WNRN’s Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call

Rick Moore (host of Wake-up call) talks with Jim Sofka (used to teach international relations at UVA, now part of adjunct faculty at the Federal executive institute and at the American Military University) and Pete Ronayne (part of senior faculty at the Federal executive institute and an adjunct professor at UVA). Their discussion contains topics such as health care, Obama’s presidency, Ted Kennedy’s seat, and the balance of Democrats and Republicans in the house.

 

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On the May 31st episode of the Wake-Up Call, host Rick Moorse chats with Jim Sofka, adjunct faculty at the Federal Executive Institute, on the many issues facing the freshman Obama administration.

 

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On the April 5 edition of the Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call, Rick talks with Herman Schwartz, UVa professor of international relations and author of “Subprime Nation: American Power, Global Capital and the Housing Bubble.” In a wide-ranging discussion covering global lending practices, Prof. Schwartz explains how the entire financial crisis is actually the fault of a single homeowner in Modesto, California.

 

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On the January 25th edition of WNRN’s Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call, host Rick Moore talks with David C. Smith, Associate Professor in UVA’s McIntire School and Director of the Center for Financial Innovation, about the challenges facing our economy.

 

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On the January 10 edition of the Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call, host Rick Moore talks with Pete Ronayne and Jim Sofka of the Federal Executive Institute on the political challenges faced by the incoming Obama administration.

 

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On the November 23rd edition of WNRN’s Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call, host Rick Moore talks with Professor David C. Smith of UVA’s McIntire School and Director of the McIntire Center for Financial Innovation. With CEOs of the “big three” US automakers asking for billions of dollars in federal aid, banks asking for help to free up credit spending, and talks of “negative inflation”, Professor Smith helps sort out the confusing news and what impact all of this may have on our economy.

 

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On the October 19th edition of the Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call on WNRN, Virginia Policy Director, Oscar Ramirez, a representative of Obama Campaign,  joins host Rick Moore to discuss politics. Sean Kenney, a former communication director from the Republican Party joined the later half of the show to represent the McCain Campaign. Some of the topics touched upon were: Were the early economic warnings overlooked? What part of the problem did regulation play in the current crisis? Politicians such as Colin Powell announcing their selections make any difference?  Find out more on this weeks edition of WNRN’s Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call.

 

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On the October 12th edition of the Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call on WNRN, Uinversity of Virginia Professor Emeritus R. k. Ramazani joins host Rick Moore to talk about foreign policy in the Middle East. Some of the issues dicussed were: Is there a need for a democracy in Middle East? How difficult will it be have one? Do we use Isreal’s safety as an excuse for unnecessary middle east policies? Find out more on this weeks edition of WNRN’s Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call.

 

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Now that the Republicans and Democrats have both held their political conventions, the candidates have two months to win over enough independents and swing voters to secure the Presidency. Political experts Pete Ronayne and Jim Sofka joined Rick Moore on the September 7th edition of WNRN’s Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call to give their thoughts.

 

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On this edition of Sunday Morning Wake-Up call show Pete Ronayne and Jim Sofka, two political analyst discuss presidential election 2008 wiath Rick Moore. Topics include candidate experience, whether America is ready to vote for a black man as President, and who would be a more acceptable first lady.

 

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