Sunday Morning Wake Up Call
Jim Duncan of Nest Realty & Matt Hodges of Presidential Realty discuss our real estate & banking market - the current situation and how the market affects the local economy.
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WNRN Wake-Up Call: Orange Dot Project
On this week’s edition, Rick’s guest is Orange Dot Project Director, Ridge Schuyler. They discuss the problems and solutions of poverty in the Charlottesville area.
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Special guest John Wagner discusses Christmas rituals from around the world.
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Lee Channing local area intuitive analyst takes calls from listeners about life, health and future endeavors.
WNRN Wake-Up Call: Sugar in the School Systems
Host Rick Moore speaks with Dr. Martin Albert (Virginia Integrative Medicine), Dr. Paul Lyons (UVA Neurologist), and Ivana Kadija (chairwoman of School Health Advisory Board) about sugar in the school systems. Topics covered include: foods served in school cafeterias, nutritional standards, countries that have healthy diets in the schools, and more. Did you know that in order for children to have a good attention span during the school day they need healthy carbs and fats in their diet? Also, the USDA recommends less sugar in a daily diet for children than the amount of sugar served in school lunches.
WNRN Wake-Up Call: Center for Nonprofit Excellence
Host Rick Moore speaks with Christine Nardi (Executive director of Center for nonprofit excellence) about the things the Center for Nonprofit Excellence does, the differences between a charity and a nonprofit, and more. CNE is a regional organization that helps provide resources for nonprofit organizations. Don’t miss CNE’s Summer Open House on Tuesday, July 26 at Cville Coffee from 5:30-7:30!
WNRN Wake-Up Call: Current Events
Host Rick Moore speaks with Courteney Stuart (Senior editor of The Hook) about current events. Topics covered include: death of a local teacher by a motored vehicle, the latest with Morgan Harrington, lyme disease, and more!
WNRN Wake-Up Call: Summer Reading
Host Rick Moore speaks with Lindsay Ideson (Branch manager at the Jefferson Madison Regional Library (JMRL) of Northside), Meredith Dickens (Branch manager at JMRL Gordon Avenue Library), Patrick Kilmer (Reference Specialist at JMRL Central Library), and Sandy McAdams (owner of Daedalus Used Books in Charlottesville) about summer reading and some great book suggestions. Some suggestions are: The Women Jefferson Loved by Virginia Scharff, All That Is Bitter & Sweet by Ashley Judd, Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf, Bossypants by Tina Fey, The Harry Potter book series by J.K. Rowling, The Jack Reacher series by Arthur Lee Child, books by Michael Scott, books by Kurt Vonnegut, books by David Sedaris, and The Inheritance series by Christopher Paolini. For the kids: Hank The Cowdog, The Strange Case of Oragami Yoda, The Beverly Cleary books, The Berenstain Bears books and much more!
WNRN Wake-Up Call: Charlottesville Mayor Dave Norris
Host Rick Moore speaks with Mayor Dave Norris of Charlottesville about local politics and politics in general. Topics covered include: the western bypass, federal budget, free speech monument, and more.
WNRN Wake-Up Call: Local Food
Host Sean McCord (also known for being one of the producers) speaks with Joel Slezak (Free Union Grass Farm) and Erica Hellen (Free Union Grass Farm) about the local food movement. Slezak and Hellen decided to start their own farm specializing in pastured chicken and duck, 100% grass-fed beef, and free-range eggs because global industrial production of food causes concern about food-borne bacterial infection. One of the appeals of local food is that “you know where the food is coming from.”
