Wake-Up Call: The Story and Tales of the UVA Pep Band

The Pep Band

Sunday Morning Wake-up Call host Rick Moore talks with UVA Magazine Journalist Ed Miller and Speaker and Author Ron Culberson about the history of the University of Virginia Pep Band. Topics include: The vetting of scripts and a joke that got the band in trouble with the Governor of Maryland. Also, the upcoming documentary film about the band.

The Sunday Morning Wake-up Call is heard on Real Oldies 97.9 The WREN, Sundays from 11 a.m. to noon.

Wake-Up Call: Corruption and Bribery in Politics

Michael Gilbert

Sunday Morning Wake-up Call host Rick Moore talks with University of Virginia Law School Professor Michael Gilbert about the role of Corruption and Bribery in American politics. Topics include: Loyalty oaths as a form of corruption and why Gilbert believes that transparency in government causes the very corruption it aims to prevent.

The Sunday Morning Wake-up Call is heard on Real Oldies 97.9 The WREN, Sundays from 11 a.m. to noon.

Wake-Up Call: Presidential Executive Actions

Rachel Potter

Sunday Morning Wake-up Call host Rick Moore talks with University of Virginia Department of Politics Assistant Professor Rachel Potter about the role of Presidential Executive Actions in American politics. Topics include: The difference between Executive Orders and Executive Actions and the role of the United States Supreme Court in determining the legality of Executive Orders.

Rachel Potter is also the author of Bending the Rules: Procedural Politicking in the Bureaucracy.

The Sunday Morning Wake-up Call is heard on Real Oldies 97.9 The WREN, Sundays from 11 a.m. to noon.

Wake-Up Call: Dealing With Grief: Hospice of the Piedmont

Sunday Morning Wake-up Call host Rick Moore talks with Hospice of the Piedmont’s Teresa Haase, Director, Center for Grief Healing and Rachael Palm, Marketing Specialist, about strategies for dealing with grief after the loss of a loved one. Topics include: Services offered by the Hospice of the Piedmont and grieving during COVID.

The Sunday Morning Wake-up Call is heard on Real Oldies 97.9 The WREN, Sundays from 11 a.m. to noon.

Wake-Up Call: Local and National Real Estate Update

Jim Duncan (left) and Matt Hodges

Sunday Morning Wake-up Call host Rick Moore talks with Jim Duncan from Nest Realty and Matt Hodges from Presidential Bank Mortgage about the real estate market in Charlottesville and Albemarle County. Topics include: The effect of low interest rates on the real estate market and how broadband internet availability affects the value of your home.

The Sunday Morning Wake-up Call is heard on Real Oldies 97.9 The WREN, Sundays from 11 a.m. to noon.

Wake-Up Call: Bullying

Catherine Bradshaw

Sunday Morning Wake-up Call host Rick Moore talks with Dr. Catherine Bradshaw, Professor and the Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development at the School of Education and Human Development at the University of Virginia, about bullying in the classroom and elsewhere. Topics include: Is bullying behavior learned? Also, bullying in politics.

Dr. Bradshaw’s book, Preventing Bullying in Schools: A Social and Emotional Learning Approach to Prevention and Early Intervention, is available on Amazon.com.

The Sunday Morning Wake-up Call is heard on Real Oldies 97.9 The WREN, Sundays from 11 a.m. to noon.

Wake-Up Call: How Money Became a Social Media

Lana Swartz

Sunday Morning Wake-up Call host Rick Moore talks with University of Virginia Department of Media Studies Professor Lana Swartz about money and its journey from simple currency to social media. Topics include: The Biden Government’s plan to put Harriet Tubman on the US twenty dollar bill and Facebook’s new Libre currency.

Ms. Swartz’s most recent book is New Money: How Payment Became Social Media.

The Sunday Morning Wake-up Call is heard on Real Oldies 97.9 The WREN, Sundays from 11 a.m. to noon.

Wake-Up Call: Politics and The Media

Bruce Williams

Sunday Morning Wake-up Call host Rick Moore talks with University of Virginia Department of Media Studies Professor Bruce Williams about the continuing role of the media in American politics. Topics include: The differences in how the Trump and Biden administration handle the media and the battle over “fake” news.

The Sunday Morning Wake-up Call is heard on Real Oldies 97.9 The WREN, Sundays from 11 a.m. to noon.

Wake-Up Call: The Role of Elected Officials

Richard Schragger

Sunday Morning Wake-up Call host Rick Moore talks with University of Virginia School of Law and Senior Fellow at the Miller Center, Richard Schragger about the role of elected officials. Topics include: the trade-off among the constitution, constituents preferences and the elected official’s personal belief. Also, a look at the roles of Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and the Attorney General of Texas Ken Paxton in recent events.

The Sunday Morning Wake-up Call is heard on Real Oldies 97.9 The WREN, Sundays from 11 a.m. to noon.

Wake-Up Call: Alzheimer’s Association: Central & Western VA Chapter

Tina Thomas (left) and Marie Kolendo

Sunday Morning Wake-up Call host Rick Moore talks with Central & Western VA Chapter Senior Executive Director, Marie Kolendo and Senior Director of Programs, Tina Thomas, about their work in helping families with Alzheimer’s Disease. Topics include: The warning signs of Alzheimer’s Disease and caring for Alzheimer’s patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. Also, the Alzheimer’s Association 24/7 support hotline, 800-272-3900, is discussed.

The Sunday Morning Wake-up Call is heard on Real Oldies 97.9 The WREN, Sundays from 11 a.m. to noon.

Wake-Up Call: A Look Back at 2020

This week on the Sunday Morning Wake-up Call producer Dan Gould takes a look back at three stories we ran in 2020. First, host Rick Moore talks with writer, journalist, editor and filmmaker Sierra Bellows about the University of Virginia’s 1970 transition from an all male institution to co-ed. Next, Doris Gelbman of Gelbman Law and Beth Norton from Norton Health Law join us to talk about the role of the law in protecting elder health as it pertains to COVID-19. And finally, Superintendent Colonel Martin E. Kumer joins the show to talk about crime, rehabilitation and the jail in the year of COVID-19.

The Sunday Morning Wake-up Call is heard on Real Oldies 97.9 The WREN, Sundays from 11 a.m. to noon.