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Annual Thanksgiving Car Chat

Mon, Dec 1 Listen

It’s an annual tradition: Rick talks with Steve Bullock of Edgecomb Auto and WNRN’s own Rusty Cempre of Price Hyundai-Isuzu about prepping your car for the winter season, what to check when buying a used car, and other automotive questions.

Economics Professor David C. Smith on government bailouts

Sun, Nov 23 Listen

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 [...]

Dave Norris and PACEM

Sun, Nov 16 Listen

On the November 9th edition of WNRN’s Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call, Rick Moore talks with Charlottesville Mayor Dave Norris in his capacity as Executive Director of People and Congregations Engaged in Ministry (PACEM), an interfaith collaboration of congregations and community partners in Charlottesville dedicated to help the homeless find shelter at night, especially during the [...]

Young Local Talent

Sun, Nov 9 Listen

On the November 9th edition of WNRN’s Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call, Rick Moore chats with local young talents Pilar Marshall and Will Denton. Pilar sings, acts, and dances in productions at Live Arts and other area venues. “Willie DE” is the lead singer for The Wave, a trio that plays regularly at local venues such [...]

Wake-Up Call: Election Day

Sun, Nov 2 Listen

On this edition of Sunday Morning Wake-Up call show Pete Ronayne and Jim Sofka, two political analysts join host Rick Moore to discuss the presidential election of 2008, which is less than two days away. Some of the issues discussed were: The Bradley Effect, the number of robo calls, Obama’s informercial and who can still [...]

2008 Virginia Film Festival

Sun, Oct 26 Listen

On the October 26th edition of WNRN’s Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call, Rick Moore talks with Richard Herskowitz, Artistic Director of the Virginia Film Festival, which begins this Thursday, Oct. 30. This is Herskowitz’ fifteenth and final festival, and he speaks about all the various elements that must come together to make it so successful. Also [...]

Wake-Up Call: Presidential Debate

Sun, Oct 19 Listen

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 [...]

Wake-up Call: Foreign Policy in the Middle East

Sun, Oct 12 Listen

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 [...]

Understanding Single Men in Mid-life

Sun, Oct 5 Listen

On the October 5th edition of WNRN’s Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call, Rick Moore speaks with Beth Eck, Professor of Sociology at James Madison University, who for the past four years has been engaging in a study of single men in mid-life. Through her studies, Eck has found that there are a lot of assumptions and [...]

Literacy Volunteers of Charlottesville/Albemarle

Mon, Sep 29 Listen

On the September 21st edition of WNRN’s Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call, Rick Moore welcomes Beth Golden of Literacy Volunteers of Charlottesville/Albemarle. The LVCA provides one-on-one, confidential tutoring in basic literacy and English as a second language to adults living or working in Charlottesville and Albemarle County. This is also pledge week at WNRN, and [...]

Sports at the University of Virginia

Sun, Sep 21 Listen

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 [...]

Talk with the psychic: Lee Channing, Intuitive Consultant

Sun, Sep 14 Listen

On the August 17th edition of WNRN’s Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call, Rick Moore welcomes returning favorite guest Lee Channing, Intuitive Consultant. The many people who called the show had questions about job, travel, relationships, and the future. Lee has a new book out titled The Intuitive Color Awareness Guide, copies of which can be ordered [...]

The Presidential Race Post-Convention

Mon, Sep 8 Listen

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.

Wake-Up Call: Talk to the Vet - Georgetown Veterinary Hospital

Sun, Aug 31 Listen

On the August 17th edition of WNRN’s Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call, Rick Moore hosts Mike Fietz, Doctor of Veterinary Medicine with the Georgetown Veterinary Hospital, as they take calls and talk about modern treatment for pets. The conversation ranges from acupuncture for pain management, to cost containment when dealing with serious illness.a

An examination of ‘Buy Local, Eat Local’ in Charlottesville

Mon, Aug 25 Listen

This week on WNRN’s Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call the conversation is all about the ‘Buy Local, Eat Local’ food scene. Area restaurateurs Kate Collier (Feast!) and Will Richey (Revolutionary Soup) join Melissa Harris and Jennifer Seidel from the new Flavor magazine along with host Rick Moore to discuss independent farms and sustainable agriculture. [...]

Wake-Up Call: China’s Coming Out Party

Sun, Aug 17 Listen

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” [...]

Practical Ethics and Public Life

Tue, Aug 12 Listen

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 [...]

Art In Life

Mon, Aug 11 Listen

On the August 3rd edition of the Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call on WNRN, Rick Moore discusses the artistic life with Beryl Solla, Chair of the Piedmont Virginia Community College Art Dept. and Gallery Curator; Laura Parsons, Arts Editor for The Hook, and Maggie Guggenheimer, Executive Director of the Piedmont Council of the Arts. In [...]

Politics Roundtable with Sean McCord, Joe Crisp and Pete Ronayne

Mon, Jul 28 Listen

On the July 27th edition of the Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call on WNRN, Sean McCord, Joe Crisp and UVA adjunct professor Pete Ronanye were Rick Moore’s guests for a round table discussion on politics. Some of the issues discussed were the Presidential race, the Iraq War, the reasons for rising gas prices, whether offshore drilling [...]

A look at CASA: Court Appointed Special Advocates

Mon, Jul 21

Each year in the Charlottesville / Albemarle region, hundreds of children are victims of violence, sexual abuse and severe neglect. Piedmont CASA is an organization that trains Court Appointed Special Advocates, who work one-on-one with abused and endangered children to assist the courts in determining the best environment to ensure each child’s safety and well-being. [...]

Changing Virginia’s energy culture with Al Weed

Tue, Jul 15

Former 5th District Congressional Candidate Al Weed has relaunched Public Policy of Virginia, a grass roots organization whose stated mission is to “change the energy culture of the Commonwealth.” Weed joined Rick Moore on the July 13th edition of the Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call on WNRN to answer questions about the role carbon emissions. What [...]

Jim Duncan analyzes the Central Virginia housing market

Tue, Jul 8 Listen

On the July 6, 2008 edition of WNRN’s Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call, real estate blogger Jim Duncan talks with Rick Moore about the state of the Central Virginia housing market. Is it a good time to sell your house? Should you move from renting to owning? Find out more in this podcast from the Charlottesville [...]

Personal Finance with Karin Bonding

Sun, Jun 29 Listen

Listeners to the June 29, 2008 installment of WNRN’s Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call with Rick Moore will get a one-hour lesson in personal finance from one of the region’s top experts. Karin Bonding teaches a personal finance course at the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia. She answers calls from listeners about [...]

Wake Up Call: Presidential Election ‘08

Sun, Jun 22 Listen

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.

Wake-Up Call: No-Kill Animal Shelters

Tue, Jun 10 Listen

On this week’s edition of the Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call, three board members of the Almost Home Pet Adoption Center, join Rick in the studio to talk about No-Kill animal shelters. Bette Grahame, Sarah Landon, and Tedi Wright discuss topics such as spay and neutering, volunteering at the shelter, and how else individuals can help. [...]

Towards a world without Alzheimer’s

Mon, Jun 2 Listen

This week’s edition of the Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call with Rick Moore is a discussion about Alzheimer’s - what it is, how to catch it, and what to expect in those that have it. Sue Friedman is the President of the Central and Western Virginia Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association, and joins Rick in the [...]

Wake-Up Call: The 2008 Presidential Election

Sun, May 25 Listen

This week’s edition of WNRN’s Wake-Up Call is a discussion about politics - specificially the 2008 Presidential Race. Three guests: Bonnie, Thalia, and Jim, give their opinions on questions such as, “Should Clinton drop out?” “Which Democratic candidate would do better against McCain?” and “How does ageism/racism/sexism play into the equation?” The conversation then moves to each [...]

Mental Health: Treatment and Recovery

Sun, May 18 Listen

Mental health is the topic of this week’s Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call on WNRN. Paul Patrick, the founder of On Our Own, and Frank Blankenship of MindFreedom International, both Mental Health Advocacy groups, join host Rick Moore in the studio. They also consider themselves to be psychiatric survivors, having both been forcibly committed to mental [...]

What It’s Like to Be a Mom

Sun, May 11 Listen

This week is a special Mother’s Day edition of the Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call. Two mothers joins host Rick Moore in the studio to talk about what it’s like to be a mom, and how they raised their kids. Vicky - a mother of three, and Molly - who has two children, answer questions about [...]

Local Mysteries

Mon, May 5 Listen

On this week’s edition of the Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call, Barbara Nordin, who has written articles for the Hook and the C-Ville, speaks with host Rick Moore about three local mysteries. From the disappearance of Judy Jones in 1969, to the deaths of Julie Williams and Lollie Winans in 1996, to Pat Collins in 1986, [...]

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