Wake-Up Call: Charlottesville City Council Candidate Nikuyah Walker on August 12th

Nikuyah Walker

Sunday Morning Wake-up Call host Rick Moore talks with Charlottesville City Council Independent Candidate Nikuyah Walker about the Alt Right rally which took place in Charlottesville on August 12, 2017. The role of government in protecting its citizens is discussed.

The Sunday Morning Wake-up Call is heard on 94.7 WPVC the Progressive Voice of Charlottesville, Sundays from 11 a.m. to noon.

Home Grown: Mixing: Knott & Berzonsky from LUA and Amanda Korman & Aerial Perkins

Home Grown: Your Show about Local Art

Home Grown gives you a show that makes white supremacists throw up! First, Estela Knott and Dave Berzonsky from LUA do their best impressions of ethnomusicologists when talking about their ongoing attempts to explore and bring together Mexican, Appalachian, South American, and Jewish roots music. (Oh, and they play a couple of songs too!) Then writer Amanda Korman returns to the show — this time in her role as Communications and Outreach Coordinator for The Women’s Initiative. They are currently accepting submissions for their Challenge into Change Writing Contest, and to that end, Amanda brings by Aerial Perkins, winner of last year’s contest to read her winning essay, “Pretty Brown Girl” on the air. Your hosts Clinton Johnston and Leslie M. Scott-Jones try to take a page from Aerial and not “put fear on the table” all on this week’s Home Grown: Your Show about Local Art.

Home Grown is heard on 94.7 WPVC the Progressive Voice of Charlottesville, Sundays from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Apropos Of Something: Charlottesville’s “Past” Performance Record & Fueling Renewable Energy Initiatives

Apropos Of Something hosts Ellen Daniels and Nancy Laurence talk with Jalane Schmidt Ph.D., Prof. of Religious Studies and BLM activist, on Charlottesville’s implicit and explicit racism, from its parks to its policies; and William Shobe Ph.D., Prof. of Public Policy and Economics, on reducing VA’s carbon emissions while expanding renewable technologies.

Apropos Of Something seeks out guests who are passionate about the arts, politics and society at-large. Co-hosts Ellen Daniels in Charlottesville and Nancy Laurence in New York City chat with experts, activists, and the most interesting people they can find. We guarantee every show will be Apropos Of Something.

Join Ellen and Nancy on 94.7 WPVC the Progressive Voice of Charlottesville, every Saturday from 10-11 a.m.

Wake-Up Call: PVCC President Frank Friedman

Dr. Frank Friedman

Sunday Morning Wake-up Call host Sean McCord talks with Dr. Frank Friedman, President of the Virginia Piedmont Community College. Dr. Friedman explains all the ways that PVCC aids residents with education, training, workforce development, and preparing for university.

The Sunday Morning Wake-up Call is heard on 94.7 WPVC the Progressive Voice of Charlottesville, Sundays from 11 a.m. to noon.

Home Grown: Winding Road: Mark Roebuck, Sean McCord & Joncey Boggs, and Brooks Wellmon

Home Grown: Your Show about Local Art

Home Grown welcomes you to another Sunday morning in the new woke C’Ville. First, it’s our final preview for the Six Pack Songwriter Showcase. Mark Roebuck visits the show for the first time to play a tune and talk about what it’s like to record his upcoming album. Then Leslie and David examine a new theater opportunity in town. Playwright Sean McCord (with his director Joncey Boggs) introduces us to The Charlottesville Playwrights Collective. They’re a collection of self-producing playwrights and their first season begins with McCord’s play (directed by Boggs), Moving.. Finally, Light House Studio Giving Director Brooks Wellmon returns to the show to talk about Light House’s 16th Youth Film Festival. If you ever wondered what Light House actually does, here’s your chance to find out. It’s all that plus a bag of your hosts David Vaughn Straughn and Leslie M. Scott-Jones, all on Home Grown: Your Show about Local Art.

Home Grown is heard on 94.7 WPVC the Progressive Voice of Charlottesville, Sundays from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Blokes on the Bench

Blokes on the Bench host Andy Richardson and the blokes talk about the world of soccer. This week: Three weeks in to the new season and who’s looking like early league contenders!
Also who looks like their a lost cause already!

The blokes are Andy Richardson and Alex Gomaa.

Blokes on a Bench is heard on WPVC 94.7 Sunday evenings at 6:00 p.m. The station is looking for volunteers.

Wake-Up Call: The Legal Aid Justice Center

Sunday Morning Wake-up Call host Rick Moore talks with Adeola Ogunkeyede, Legal Director of the Civil Rights and Racial Justice Program at the Legal Aid Justice Center and Kim Rolla, an attorney for the program. More people have been arrested in Durham, NC for taking down a Confederate statue than have been arrested for the beating of Deandre Harris in Charlottesville on August 12, 2017 and those attackers were photographed and videotaped. In fact no one has so far been arrested. Why is justice failing this community? Find out in this interesting podcast.

The Sunday Morning Wake-up Call is heard on 94.7 WPVC the Progressive Voice of Charlottesville, Sundays from 11 a.m. to noon.

Home Grown: New and Improved: Susan Munson & Debra Guy, Kaila Reid, and Sian Richards & Kailey McLane Burke

Home Grown: Your Show about Local Art

Home Grown makes it happen again. This week we continue our countdown to the Six Pack Songwriter Showcase with a two-shot! Debra Guy and Susan Munson. We then talk to visual artist Kailey Reid about her first show Dreamscape at Maya Restaurant. It’s a little bit Gothic, a little bit Manga, and a lot of fun. Finally, PEP – The Performers Exchange Project return to the show to talk about their latest incarnation of their work The Convolution of Pip and Twig. It’s had a run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival; it’s got a new set; and it’s playing for most of September at Live Arts Theatre. Continuing to bring you the artists and art that’s all around you, this is Home Grown: Your Show about Local Art.

Home Grown is heard on 94.7 WPVC the Progressive Voice of Charlottesville, Sundays from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Apropos Of Something: A Tale of Two Charlottesvilles & Southern Heritage vs. Southern History

Apropos Of Something hosts Ellen Daniels and Nancy Laurence talk with Tanesha Hudson, Charlottesville native and activist, on her city’s recent racist violence fitting into a long oppressive pattern; and Grace Elizabeth Hale Ph.D., Prof. of History and American Studies & noted author, on understanding the South’s deep divide in Black and White.

Apropos Of Something seeks out guests who are passionate about the arts, politics and society at-large. Co-hosts Ellen Daniels in Charlottesville and Nancy Laurence in New York City chat with experts, activists, and the most interesting people they can find. We guarantee every show will be Apropos Of Something.

Join Ellen and Nancy on 94.7 WPVC the Progressive Voice of Charlottesville, every Saturday from 10-11 a.m.

Wake-Up Call: Uranium Mining and Solar Energy in Virginia

Will Cleveland

Sunday Morning Wake-up Call host Rick Moore talks with Southern Environmental Law Center attorney Will Cleveland about solar energy and uranium mining in Virginia.

The Sunday Morning Wake-up Call is heard on 94.7 WPVC the Progressive Voice of Charlottesville, Sundays from 11 a.m. to noon.

Home Grown: Music/Image/Words: Jason Burke, Deborah McLeod, Blake Hurt, and Amanda Korman

Home Grown: Your Show about Local Art

It’s a packed Home Grown this week.We start our countdown to the Six Pack Songwriter Showcase with our man Jason Burke. We then talk to Deborah McLeod from Chroma Projects Art Laboratory. She talks Chroma plans — dodges questions on PCA :( — and brings with her Blake Hurt who expands the nature of portraiture in his current Chroma exhibit August Persons, Finally, David and Leslie speak to Amanda Korman — local writer and past WriterHouse seminar leader to talk about The 2017 WriterHouse and C-Ville Weekly Flash Fiction Contest.

It’s so much art on this week’s Home Grown: Your Show about Local Art you might have to sue for artful distress with the fine firm of Tochterman, Munson, Overman, & Burke.

Home Grown is heard on 94.7 WPVC the Progressive Voice of Charlottesville, Sundays from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.