Charlottesville Podcasting Network
Lectures, radio shows and more available on-demand
Interviews with newsmakers and everyday folks in Central Virginia. Some are conducted by Coy Barefoot on his WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now or Sean Tubbs of Charlottesville Community Media.
James and Sam Wilson from Sons of Bill dropped by the WNRN studio this morning for an interview with Anne Williams on Acoustic Sunrise. They played a few tunes including a couple from their forthcoming album. WNRN Presents Sons of Bill with Wrinkle Neck Mules at Toad’s Place in Richmond on October 11. Tickets are available now at the Toad’s Place Website.
Birdmonster dropped by WNRN this afternoon for an interview with Ronda Chollock before their show at Gravity Lounge with Birdlips. They played a few songs from their album “From the Mountain to the Sea” including WNRN favorite “I Was Born to be Your Man”. Videos will be available soon at youtube.com/WNRNradio
In today’s show, we introduce the Moderator and UVa Faculty panel participating in the Race and Gender in Politics Forum being held tomorrow evening at 7:00 PM at the Miller Center of Public Affairs, located at 2201 Old Ivy Road, in Charlottesville, VA. This event is free to the public.
With the election season upon us, and the diverse nature of the major candidates, Americans are faced with unique challenges when they go to the polls this November 4th. With the notable exception of Geraldine Ferraro in 1984, the major candidates for the office of President of the United States have been white males. But this election season, both major political parties have offered candidates that begin to explore the multicultural basis of our nation.
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Tomorrow evening, September 25th at 7:00PM, the Miller Center of Public Affairs will be hosting the UVa Faculty Round Table on Race and Gender in Politics. This event is sponsored by the University of Virginia’s Arts & Sciences Magazine will be Moderated by Douglas A Blackmon, the Atlanta bureau chief for the Wall Street Journal. This forum will discuss many of the issues that face the electorate this season. The panel will include UVa faculty members, Paul Freedman, Brian Nosek, Lynn Sanders, Vesla Weaver and Nick Winter.
Live Arts opens its 2008/09 season with John Patrick Shanley’s Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winning play DOUBT: A Parable.
For more information or tickets:
www.livearts.org
Live Arts Box Office: 434-977-4177 x 108
Eilen Jewel is playing tonight at Gravity Lounge. She and her band stopped by WNRN this morning to be interviewed and play a few songs with Anne Williams on WNRN’s Acoustic Sunrise. Videos will be available at youtube.com/WNRNradio.
The Bittersweets dropped by the WNRN studios this morning for an interview with Anne Williams on Acoustic Sunrise. They discussed their tour, their album and some of their musician friends. They performed some music from their album “Goodnight San Francisco”. They are playing tonight at Gravity Lounge. The video from their interview can be seen at youtube.com/WNRNradio.
Lunasa is playing Stand Up Charlottesville for Darfur at the Paramount Theater tonight and Anne Williams had them in this morning during Acoustic Sunrise for an interview. They played a set of jigs and a set of reels.
Peter Bradley Adams made a guest appearance with Anne Williams on Acoustic Sunrise at WNRN. He talked about his tour, his songwriting process, the music that he’s listening to now and his days with Eastmountainsouth. He even played a bunch of songs. You can check out the videos here.
Teddy Thompson rolled into WNRN’s Acoustic Sunrise on August 21, fresh from the previous night’s show at Gravity Lounge. He chatted with Anne Williams and performed “In My Arms”. You can view the video of his interview here.
Jesse Harper dropped by the WNRN studio on August 15 to give an interview with Anne Williams and play some songs. Jesse is the front-man for Old School Freight Train. He performed at Gravity Lounge on August 16 to celebrate the release of his new CD. You can watch the video of his visit here.
In today’s show, adapted from an article written by Rebecca P. Arrington, Assistant Director of Media Relations, we look at the annual Walter A. Ridley Distinguished Lecture at the University of Virginia, held in April in the Rotunda’s Dome Room.
“In an increasingly diverse nation and interconnected world, educators must teach students to be global citizens committed to justice for all people,” a leading voice in multicultural education told a audience at the annual Walter A. Ridley Distinguished Lecture at the University of Virginia. The Ridley Lecture Series honors U.Va.’s first African-American graduate, who received his doctorate in education from the Curry School in 1953 and went on to a distinguished career in higher education administration.
According to James A. Banks, director of the University of Washington’s Center for Multicultural Education and the Kerry and Linda Killinger Professor of Diversity Studies, “schools across the nation and the world are becoming increasingly diverse due to immigration…”
For more information about the show or to see the full text, visit the Oscar Show’s blog.
In today’s show, written by Matt Kelly, Writer for the UVa News Department, we look at Philander D. Chase, who recently retired as senior editor of the Papers of George Washington, housed at the University of Virginia’s Alderman Library.
Philander D. Chase has spent 35 years in George Washington’s world — and he’s not done yet. “Being a documentary editor is a life, not a career,” Chase said.
Chase, 65, recently retired as senior editor of the Papers of George Washington, housed at the University of Virginia’s Alderman Library. Chase said he will miss the “research, writing, collaboration and interacting with the public…
For more information about the show or to see the full text, visit the Oscar Show’s blog.