WNRN's Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call

WNRN Wake-Up Call: UVA Women’s Center

Sean Tubbs — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 16:18:44 +0000

On the September 5th edition of the wake-up call, Rick Moore (host) talks with Sharon Davie (director of UVA women’s center) about why this center is needed at the university, and women’s issues in the world today. The UVA Women’s Center was founded in 1989, and Sharon Davie has been the director ever since. This center has gotten more publicity ever since the things with Morgan Harrington and Yeardley Love occurred. The center has a survivor support network that tells people how to react and support people who come to them with problems like rape, and it offers support for people too.

Author Bonnie Matheson is “Ahead of the Curve”

Sean Tubbs — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 17:53:05 +0000

On the 8/29 edition of the Wake-Up Call, host Rick Moore speaks with Bonnie Matheson, author of A Head of the Curve: an intimate conversation with women in the second half of life.

WNRN Wake-Up Call: Oil & Offshore Drilling

Sean Tubbs — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 16:15:08 +0000

On the August 22 edition of the Wake-Up Call, Rick talks with Deborah (senior attorney of SELC) and Marirose Pratt (associate attorney of SELC) about the oil spill, offshore drilling, and concerns about it. SELC stands for the Southern Enviromental Law Center, which has offices in VA, and other places that have been effected by the oil spill. One of the main concerns of the SELC is that BP has violated the endangered species act by not treating the endangered effected by the spill properly. A vast Overall, we need to reduce our dependency on oil.

WNRN Wake-Up Call: Daily Newspapers

Sean Tubbs — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 16:12:04 +0000

Rick Moore speaks with Gregor McCanns (managing editor of The Daily Progress) about daily printed media, and how new forms of communication on the Internet will effect them. Plus, more about The Daily Progress.

City and County School Superintendents

Sean Tubbs — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 16:29:32 +0000

On the August 8 edition of the Wake-Up Call, host Rick Moore talks with Dr. Rosa Atkins, Charlottesville City Schools Superintendent, and Dr. Pam Moran, School Superintendent of Albemarle County. The discussion covers use of technology in schools, funding, parental involvement, and recent changes to the school boards.

Generational Differences in the Workplace

Sean Tubbs — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 19:24:56 +0000

On the Aug. 1 2010 edition of the Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call, host Rick Moore talks with Pete Ronayne, Dean of Faculty at the Federal Executive Institute about generational differences in the workplace.

An inside look at teaching

Sean Tubbs — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:26:33 +0000

On the July 25 Wake-Up Call, Rick Moore speaks with “Kathy”, a long-time teacher (who remains anonymous) about how schools have changed, and not necessarily for the better. Topics includes funding, SOLs, and parental involvement.

WNRN Wake-Up Call: Global Warming

Sean Tubbs — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 16:26:29 +0000

Host, Rick Moore speaks with Bill Antholis (managing director and senior fellow of the Brookings Institution, and co-author of the book Fast Forward: Ethics and Politics in the Age of Global Warming)
about global warming. If this warm weather pattern continues, it can have a negative effect on lifestyles, such as the production of agriculture. Obama has taken necessary steps by establishing the Copenhagen Accord, which has China and India cut back on the greenhouse gases being emitted into the air. Did you know that the people in America are one of the main causes of global warming?!?

WNRN Wake-Up Call: Car Talk

Sean Tubbs — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 16:58:58 +0000

Host Rick Moore speaks with Rusty Cempre (worker at Price Hyundai) and Steve Bullock (worker at Edgecomb’s Auto) about car issues including the check engine light, air conditioning, and more.

WNRN Wake-Up Call: Intuitive Analyst Lee Channing

Sean Tubbs — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 16:56:17 +0000

On July 11, Host Rick Moore speaks with intuitive analyst, Lee Channing. Channing has had psychic abilities ever since she was a child, and now works as an intuitive analyst for people near and far. Topics such as today’s solar eclipse and how the new moon is a great time to set your intentions for the following month, the different energies in the current oil crisis, personal health, and more.