WNRN’s Weekly Public Affairs Program
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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.
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.
On the September 21st edition of WNRN’s Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call, Rick Moore hosts sports enthusiast “Joe” for a discussion of sports at the University of Virginia. Some of the issues discussed were: UVA not allowing signs at sporting events. Where else can the University ban signs? What is a sign? Does being a public university make this illegal? For details, listen to the podcast and express your opinion by commenting after the show!
On the August 17th edition of WNRN’s Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call, host Rick Moore talks with UVA Professor Bradley Reed, specialist in Late Imperial and Modern China. The 2008 Olympics have served to introduce post-Mao China to the world. Our guest provides a sense of history and culture to modern China’s 21st century “coming out” party.
On the August 10th edition of WNRN’s Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call, James Childress and Ruth Bernheim, co-directors of the Institute for Practical Ethics and Public Life at the University of Virginia and Andrew Wicks, co-director of Olsson Center for Applied Ethics at the Darden Business School, join host Rick Moore to discuss ethics and practical ethics.
Some of the issues discussed were: What are ethics? What makes someone ethical? Does ethical automatically mean good? And what is the difference between ethics and morals? For details, listen to the podcast and express your opinion by commenting after the show!
