Category: Wake-Up Call

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A look at CASA: Court Appointed Special Advocates

Each year in the Charlottesville / Albemarle region, hundreds of children are victims of violence, sexual abuse and severe neglect. Piedmont CASA is an organization that trains Court Appointed Special Advocates, who work one-on-one with abused and endangered children to assist the courts in determining the best environment to ensure each child’s safety and well-being. On the July 20 edition of WNRN’s Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call, Rick speaks with CASA Advancement Director Phoebe Frosch and CASA volunteer Patty Thomas Cato.

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Changing Virginia’s energy culture with Al Weed

Former 5th District Congressional Candidate Al Weed has relaunched Public Policy of Virginia, a grass roots organization whose stated mission is to “change the energy culture of the Commonwealth.” Weed joined Rick Moore on the July 13th edition of the Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call on WNRN to answer questions about the role carbon emissions. What makes them so bad for the environment? Can the current free markets be used to reduce carbon emissions? What is a carbon tax? How does all of this affect Virginia? For details, listen to the podcast and express your opinion by commenting after the show!



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Jim Duncan analyzes the Central Virginia housing market

On the July 6, 2008 edition of WNRN’s Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call, real estate blogger Jim Duncan talks with Rick Moore about the state of the Central Virginia housing market. Is it a good time to sell your house? Should you move from renting to owning? Find out more in this podcast from the Charlottesville Podcasting Network.

This is also the last episode of the Wake-Up Call produced by Michael Strickland, who is heading off to college in a few weeks. The Charlottesville Podcasting Network owes a great deal of gratitude to Michael for his volunteering over the past couple of years. Deepak Singh and Sean McCord will be taking over. Good luck, Michael, and thanks for your hard work!

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Wake-Up Call: Personal Finance with Karin Bonding

Listeners to the June 29, 2008 installment of WNRN’s Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call with Rick Moore will get a one-hour lesson in personal finance from one of the region’s top experts. Karin Bonding teaches a personal finance course at the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia. She answers calls from listeners about how to maintaining a good credit score, the importance of taking responsibility for finances in troubled times and the best way to use your economic stiumulus check.

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Wake-Up Call: No-Kill Animal Shelters

On this week’s edition of the Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call, three board members of the Almost Home Pet Adoption Center, join Rick in the studio to talk about No-Kill animal shelters. Bette Grahame, Sarah Landon, and Tedi Wright discuss topics such as spay and neutering, volunteering at the shelter, and how else individuals can help. What are the ethics surrounding euthanasia? What are the alternatives? How should you protect your animals from the recent heat wave? Find out the answers to all these questions, only on the Wake-Up Call. Callers also chime in with their questions and comments.

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Wake-Up Call: Living With Alzheimer’s

This week’s edition of the Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call with Rick Moore is a discussion about Alzheimer’s – what it is, how to catch it, and what to expect in those that have it. Sue Friedman is the President of the Central and Western Virginia Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association, and joins Rick in the studio to answer questions about the disease. Why does it occur? How can you distinguish normal age-related memory loss from more serioius concerns such as Alzheimer’s? A mother also relates her experiences dealing with dementia, which both her parents suffered from.

For more information about the disease, you can visit the National Alzheimer’s Association’s website, or the website for the local chapter for Central Virginia. You can also call 1-800-272-3900 to be connected to the National hotline for the Alzheimer’s Association.

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Wake-Up Call: The 2008 Presidential Election

This week’s edition of WNRN’s Wake-Up Call is a discussion about politics – specificially the 2008 Presidential Race. Three guests: Bonnie, Thalia, and Jim, give their opinions on questions such as, “Should Clinton drop out?” “Which Democratic candidate would do better against McCain?” and “How does ageism/racism/genderism play into the equation?”

The conversation then moves to each candidate’s specific policies. How does each one stand on domestic affairs? Foreign policy? What policies are popular with the voters? They also discuss the college vote – what college-age voters care about, and how that could affect the general election this November. Callers also chime in with their opinions on the issues.

Plus, how did you feel about the discussion? Post your comments on the show and let us know!

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Mental Health: Treatment and Recovery

Mental health is the topic of this week’s Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call on WNRN. Paul Patrick, a founder of On Our Own, and Frank Blankenship of MindFreedom International, both Mental Health Advocacy groups, join host Rick Moore in the studio. They also consider themselves to be psychiatric survivors, having both been forcibly committed to mental health hospitals. The conversation starts off with the $42 million mental health bill Governor Kaine signed into law last month, and moves on to a discussion about prescription drugs, and their long-term effects. Do Selective Seratonin Reuptake Inhibitors (used to treat depression) help or harm the patient? What do psychiatric professionals have to say about it?

The guests and callers also talk about the road to recovery for those with mental health issues – what role do drugs and hostipal committment play in the process? What about more extreme treatments, such as shock therapy?

Find out what members of the community think about these questions, and leave your own responses to the show by commenting after you listen!

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What It’s Like to Be a Mom

This week is a special Mother’s Day edition of the Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call. Two mothers joins host Rick Moore in the studio to talk about what it’s like to be a mom, and how they raised their kids. Vicky – a mother of three, and Molly – who has two children, answer questions about raising children: setting limits, letting go when they leave for college, and even in-vitro fertilization. How do you set a balance between leniency and being strict? What about trusting them to make their own decisions? Callers also chime in with their own questions for the resident moms. Find out what they have to say, only on the Wake-Up Call!

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Wake-Up Call: Local Mysteries

On this week’s edition of the Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call, Barbara Nordin, who has written articles for the Hook and the C-Ville, speaks with host Rick Moore about three local mysteries. From the dissappearance of Judy Jones in 1969, to the deaths of Julie Williams and Lollie Winans in 1996, to Pat Collins in 1986, Barbara asks the question: What happened to these women? Find out what the experts think, only on the Wake-Up Call.

You can participate in the Wake-Up Call by calling in yourself! The show is broadcast live from 11AM-Noon every Sunday morning – listen and call in by dialing 434-979-0919, or long distance 1-877-967-6762.

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Intuitive Analyst Lee Channing

Lee Channing is back in the studio this week to take calls and answer questions about work, relationships, and other sometimes stressful aspects of life. From how job interviews will go, to how to deal with sickness and ailments, she hands out advice and insight to callers.

Lee specializes in intuitive color awareness: being aware of the color in your environment, and the effect it has on your life – a topic she recently finished a book about. She also runs a weekly internet talk-show, every Friday at noon. To contact Lee or her consulting group, Spirits Evolving, you can visit their website.