Counselor James Yates on overcoming negative emotions

On the April 30 edition of WNRN’s Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call, local counselor Dr. James Yates discussed how guilt and shame rob us of our ability to live at our highest potential and get what we want out of life. Dr. Yates shared methods for beginning to overcome these self-denigrating emotions and how to refrain from passing them along to children and others who look to you.

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Murder or Disappearance? The Mystery of Patrick Collins

On March 22, 1986, U.Va physiology student Patrick Collins disappeared into thin air, after using an ATM machine in downtown Charlottesville. Two weeks later, people began asking questions about where he was. Was he murdered, or did he simply walk away from his life? Hook columnist Barbara Nordin joins Rick Moore on this installment of WNRN’s Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call to discuss the case.

In the monologue, Rick laments the impersonal nature of the digital age.

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Wake-Up Call: A Look at the Living Wage Campaign at U.Va

Activists at the University of Virginia this week rallied outside a meeting of the school’s Board of Visitors to ask the University to pay a “living” wage to all of its employees. Two people who marched for higher pay join Rick Moore on this week’s installment of WNRN’s Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call. They are Teresa Daniels and Kevin Simowitz.

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Next week’s show will feature Barbara Nordin of the Hook, who will look at the case of former U.Va medical student Patrick Collins, who has been missing for the past twenty years. Was he murdered, or did he just simply walk away from his life? Tune in Sunday April 16 at 11:00 AM to hear what Nordin has to say.

Wake-Up Call: Talking Virginia wine with Tim Gorman of Cardinal Point Winery

Spring is here, and what better way to celebrate the annual renewal of our area’s agriculture with a discussion of Virginia wine? Pete Ronayne sits in for a vacationing Rick Moore for a talk with Tim Gorman, the vineyard manager of Cardinal Point Winery. Gorman gives the vineyard’s history and talks a bit about the science of vitaculture.

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Bob Gibson of the Daily Progress updates us on Virginia politics

The two houses of the Virginia General Assembly adjourned yesterday without reaching an agreement over the state’s budget. Governor Tim Kaine has called legislators back to Richmond for a special session to convene on March 27th. Daily Progress political writer Bob Gibson dropped by WNRN to explain what’s going on in the March 12th edition of WNRN’s Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call. Gibson predicts a deal won’t be made until May.

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WNRN’s Wake-Up Call: The Annual Oscars Program for 2006

It’s Oscar night, and that means the moment everyone’s been waiting for all year. It’s WNRN’s annual Oscar program on the Wake-Up Call. Rick Moore speaks with the 91 Seconds on Film team about this year’s batch of entries. Tom Dumontier, Kim Lo and Ben Nuckols make their predictions.

In the monologue, Rick rails against the practice of giving celebrity presenters gift bags filled with such trinkets as Lasic surgery coupons and work-out sessions with Joe Frazier.

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Wake-Up Call: Should smoking be banned in Virginia’s restaurants?

A Virginia House committee voted down a bill to ban smoking in Virginia’s restaurants this week, but the topic is not going to go away. It’s been done all over Europe, and Britain will prohibit indoor smoking in all public places at the end of the year. Lisa McCade represents area smokers who are opposed to the ban. Andy McClure is one of the two owners of the Virginian and West Main.

Rick Moore says he’s a guest on this show, representing area residents who don’t smoke.
In the monologue, Rick wonders what all the fuss is over restless leg syndrome, and wonders if anyone is paying attention to other diseases that plague society.

Wake-Up Call: Offstage Theatre

On the February 19 edition of WNRN’s Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call, Rick Moore was visited by members of Charlottesville’s Offstage Theatre. The show covers the differences between traditional and ‘offstage’ theatre and features a profile of the group’s upcoming season. The show is filled with small readings from a handful of the groups humor-filled one-act plays. full of talent and laughs.

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WNRN Wakeup Call: Love, Dating, Relationships, Marriage!

What does this holy man have to do with love?

With Valentine’s Day upon us again, Rick Moore and his guests enter into a discussion of love, dating, relationships, and marriage! There’s much mystery to the subject, and no one seems to know who Saint Valentine actually was. Sure, we could look it up on the Internet, but we’d prefer if you left a comment below with your best guess.

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