WNRN's Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call

Mothers, Fathers, and Families

Sean Tubbs — Sun, 13 May 2012 16:12:42 +0000

On a special Mother’s Day edition of the Wake-Up Call, host Rick Moore talks with Renee Branson and Eddie Harris from the Charlottesville Children, Youth, and Family Services about the changing nature of families.

Teens and Alcohol

Sean Tubbs — Sun, 06 May 2012 16:23:33 +0000

On the May 6 Wake-Up Call, host Rick Moore leads a discussion about teens and alcohol with Mary Sullivan of the UVA Teen Health Center and Lori Wood of the Charlottesville Prevention Coalition.

On privacy with Professor Siva Vaidhyanathan

Sean Tubbs — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 16:12:42 +0000

On the April 29 Wake-Up Call, host Rick Moore talks with UVA Professor Siva Vaidhyanathan, author of The Googlization of Everything, on privacy in a hyperlinked world.

Josh Wheeler and the 2012 “Muzzies”

Sean Tubbs — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 16:08:23 +0000

On the April 22 Wake-Up Call, host Rick Moore talks with Josh Wheeler of the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression on the 2012 Muzzle Awards, a dubious distinction given to groups who committed particularly egregious or ridiculous affronts to free expression.

WNRN Wake-Up Call April 15th 2012: Stereo Types:True or False

Sean Tubbs — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 16:52:38 +0000

Rick’s guests are UVA Professor of Studies in Women and Gender; Kendra Hamilton with Alexis Parow and Leslie Baskfeild from Play On Theatre. Together they explore stereotypes thru both an academic view point and the characterizations in poet/playwright Ntozake Shange’s work “For Colored Girls Considering Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf” presented by Play On! at The Theatre at lx April 19-May 6. They further discuss these views and how the pertain to real life stereo types, true or false. “For Colored Girls…” tickets and times, PlayOnTheatre.org

WNRN Wake-Up Call: “Buy Local” & The Cash Mob

Sean Tubbs — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 16:29:34 +0000

Discover how local residents support businesses in the community by spending their money en masse through a “cash mob”. Key organizer of Charlottesville’s Cash Mob, Kathy Kildea along with Cville Arts VP of membership Barbara Albert and UVA Economics Professor Leora Freidberg join Rick to explain the process and benefits of this cultural trend.

WNRN Wake-Up Call March 25th: 2012 Spring Fund Drive

Sean Tubbs — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 14:47:07 +0000

Guest Kaki Dimock with The Haven and Rick discuss homelessness in Charlottesville as well as sharing some of his favorite bits from the past six months.

WNRN Wake-Up Call: IMPACT

Sean Tubbs — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 16:23:04 +0000

Kristin Sancken and Kim Wilkins from the Charlottesville IMPACT group (Impact Movement Promoting Actions by Congregations Together) discuss the alliance of people from different faiths in the promotion of justice and fairness. Rick digs to find how the groups with different beliefs work together on specific issues.

Kathy Galvin, Charlottesville City Council

Sean Tubbs — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 17:43:01 +0000

On the Feb. 19th Wake-Up Call, host Rick Moore talks with newly elected Charlottesville City Councilor Kathy Galvin.

WNRN Wake-Up Call: Children With Disabilities and Special Needs

Sean Tubbs — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 17:34:46 +0000

On the March 4 Wake-Up Call about special education, host Rick Moore talks with Sarah Blech, Coordinator of the Albemarle Schools Parent Resource Center; Dr. Carla Manno of Accord Consulting, a special education advocacy group; Stephanie Morris, mother of two children with special needs; and Amy Azano of the Albemarle County Special Education Advisory Committee and a researcher at UVA’s Curry School. Among the many issues they discussed, the group also wants to make Charlottesville aware of the upcoming Sprout Film Festival, features films made by and about people with developmental disabilities, coming to the MLK Center on March 13.