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Friday, June 29, 2007 Meeting NOVA’s Power Demands While the nation wrestles with an uncertain energy future, Northern Virginia continues to grow and consume electricity at an alarming rate. In response to anticipated demand, Dominion Power plans to build a new high-voltage power line stretching over half-a-dozen counties. Join the conversation as we look at energy needs in Virginia and the role of conservation in finding a solution to this looming need.
Guest Host:
Chris Graham - Executive Editor of The New Dominion, and Co-Author, along with Patrick Hite, of Mad About U: Four Decades of Basketball at University Hall.
Guest:
Erik Curren, Ph.D. - Editor of Conserve. Dr. Curren also teaches English at James Madison University. Dr. Curren has served as a communication and political consultant to such clients as the State of California, Hill and Knowlton, Wells Fargo Bank, and the Natural Resources Defense Council.
Bob Lazaro - Communications Director for the Piedmont Environmental Council.
Life today is dramatically different for many youth, compared to pre-Katrina times.
One teen, for example, struggles with the trauma of living through the hurricane. A college student trys to plan a career in a city where there are many jobs, but limited professional opportunities. A young musician works to rebuild New Orleans' music culture beyond the tourist trade.
These and other young people share their experience, as they work to reconcile a traumatic past with future dreams and present realities.
Generation Katrina: Youth Voices From New Orleans
When he was first diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, he felt like the world had ended.
Since that dark day, two years have passed and he’s now training for a marathon, managing a successful psychology practice and writing his second book.
On this edition of Insight, Dr. Audie Gaddis talks about his determination to have fun fighting his disease, and shares a few tips for anyone else wrestling with a neurological disorder.
Guest Host:
Matt Bingay - Executive Producer for Insight.
Guest:
Audie Gaddis, Ph.D. - Clinical Psychologist, Commonwealth Psychological Services.
If you look at the past century, it's fair to say that America has been shaped by cheap oil.
But what happens when oil supplies begin to decline?
We consider the devastation it could cause to our lives and lifestyles, and explore the possibility of taking action before the crisis hits.
Years ago, her self-destructive behavior culminated with a life changing night in jail.
After that fateful night, Martha Woodroof took a journey through 12 steps of recovery and gained some wisdom she would like to share.
Discover how you can tackle the urge, behind the urge... and finally stop doing whatever behavior it is that you find limits your happiness.
Guest Host:
Bob Leweke - Local host for All Things Considered every Monday and Tuesday.
Guest:
Martha Woodroof - WMRA Reporter, Freelance Reporter for NPR and other public radio networks, and author of How To Stop Screwing Up: 12 Steps to a Real Life and a Pretty Good Time.
In August, 2004, State Health Commissioner Robert Stroube declared, "sexual assault of children in Virginia continues to be a major public health concern."
So what have we been doing since then?
Are children any safer today?
Will they be safer tomorrow?
We peruse answers to those questions with The Collins Center.
This program was originally broadcast February 26, 2007.
Guests:
Gianna Gariglietti, LPC - Executive Director of The Collins Center.
Cory Davies - Outreach Coordinator of The Collins Center.
Trent Wagler - Education Coordinator of The Collins Center.
Some experts believe illegal immigrants are a burden on the economy and social services, on schools and hospitals. Others say they keep the economy chugging along, even spurring economic growth. And while illegal immigrants were once confined to big cities, now they can be found all across America, impacting rural and suburban life as well.
We examine the mood for change on Capitol Hill and whether party leaders can find consensus on meaningful immigration reform.
At-Risk Health
The official phrase is at-risk families. In simplest terms, that often means people who don’t have enough money to get by.
And if a family is dealing with significant health challenges, not having enough money can be life-threatening.
On this edition, guest host Katherine Brooks examines one local effort to make sure at-risk families have a much better chance of getting the health care they need.
Guest Host:
Katherine Brooks - Co-Chair of Charlottesville-based Women United in Philanthropy, Co-Founder of The Inheritance Project and Co-Editor of The Legacy of Inherited Wealth.
Guest:
Judy Smith - Coordinator of The Jefferson Area Office of the Comprehensive Health Investment Project (CHIP).
More than 17 years after Larry Peterson was sent to prison for being convicted of a violent crime, DNA analysis discredited the physical evidence against him.
And even though it did get him out of prison, it did not prove his innocence or end his troubles.
This hour-long special includes Robert Siegel’s feature reports as originally heard on All Things Considered, along with a round-table discussion about why it is so hard to be exonerated and proven innocent in our society.
The Exoneration of Larry Peterson
Two Virginia researchers, who recently returned from the Bering Sea, have come to the conclusion that what happens in the Bering Sea today could affect all of us tomorrow.
They have been examining how climate change in sub-artic regions is affecting walrus populations.
On this edition of Insight, we hear what they’ve been discovering, and how those discoveries may hold warnings for the future of our planet.
Guests:
G. Carleton Ray, Ph.D. - Research Professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences at the University of Virginia.
Jerry McCormick-Ray, M.A. - Senior Research Scientist in the Department of Environmental Sciences at the University of Virginia.
When it comes to focusing on Homeland Security, is the primary goal preventing a terrorist attack? How about responding to natural disasters and other massive emergencies?
If a terrorist attack does occur again inside the U.S., who should be in charge of each aspect of an emergency response?
Three scholars from James Madison University spent the past two years researching such questions and the results are now making their way into classrooms across America.
On this edition of Insight, we ask the authors of Understanding Homeland Security: Policies, Perspectives and Paradoxes about their idea that if the homeland is to be secure, each individual American needs to do more.
Guests:
John Noftsinger, Jr. Ph.D. - Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs and Executive Director of The Institute for Infrastructure and Information Assurance at James Madison University.
Ken Newbold, Jr. M.A. - Associate Director of The Institute for Infrastructure and Information Assurance at James Madison University.
Jack Wheeler, M.A. Security Consultant for IBM Global.
This Father's Day special includes life lessons, painful memories, fond moments and a few thoughts on how to be a better father.
A sound portrait of fatherhood hosted by Jay Allison and produced by Hearing Voices.
What is the biggest thing science can examine... or the smallest... and are they connected?
Astrophysicists estimate that gamma ray bursts, the biggest explosions in the universe, take ten billion years to reach us.
Physicists believe the smallest possible element of matter is something they haven’t actually seen yet.
And there is now reason to believe they will actually find the Higgs Particle, sometimes called the God Particle, before the end of this decade.
We talk with two local scientists who are on the cutting edge of research into the biggest and smallest parts of the universe... and the possible connections between them.
This program was originally broadcast February 21, 2007.
Guests:
Bradley B. Cox, Ph.D. - Professor of Physics at the University of Virginia.
Craig Sarazin, Ph.D. - WH Vanderbilt Professor of Astronomy at the University of Virginia.
The 28 year standoff between Iran and the United States now threatens to ignite into military conflict.
The Islamic Republic continues to expand its power and influence throughout the Middle East, while the US warns that “all options are on the table” to confront Iran’s nuclear program.
Find out how the once friendly relationship between the US and Iran turned hostile, hear from key American decision makers as they recall the 1979 Iran Hostage Crisis, and explore the regional effects of this looming confrontation.
Iran: The Looming Confrontation
Is your life so busy you could use some Crisis Management advice?
Guest host Jim Clawson interviews a woman who’s spent years researching Crisis Management, and uses what she’s learned in her own busy life as mother, spouse, author, adviser and teacher.
Guest Host:
James Clawson, Ph.D. - Professor of Business at the Darden School, University of Virginia. Author of Level Three Leadership. Dr. Clawson is also an International Business Consultant and Co-founder of the interactive career advice service, Career Next Step.
Guest:
Erika James, Ph.D. - Associate Professor of Business Administration at the Darden School, University of Virginia.
What do nuclear power plants have to do with the future of America’s foreign policy?
The U.S. Council on Foreign Relations has just completed a study on the subject, and their findings are soon to be reviewed in a public forum at Washington and Lee University.
We examine the many controversies connected to nuclear power... an energy source whose future will likely affect us all.
Guests:
Frank Settle, Ph.D. - Professor of Chemistry at Washington and Lee University, and editor for the Alsos Digital Library for Nuclear Issues.
Albert Carr, J.D. - Adjunct Professor of Law at Washington and Lee University, and former counsel for Duke Energy Corporation.
The threat of global warming is capturing the world’s attention, and raising new fears.
This truly international problem knows no political boundaries, but major economic and political obstacles stand in the way of an effective global response.
On this edition of America Abroad, find out how climate change was first discovered, and how the issue soon attracted international concern.
Plus, a look back at America’s role in the controversial Kyoto Protocol, and a trip to New Delhi to explore the global warming debate between the US and developing countries such as India.
Feeling the Heat: The Global Politics of Climate Change
What would it be like to have a job where, if you do it well, you can be certain somebody is always going to be mad at you?
On this edition of Insight, we talk with three arts and entertainment critics and find out whether getting paid to go to all those shows is as fun as some people might think.
Guests:
Frank Albrecht - Theater Reviewer for The News Leader, Staunton.
Clare Aukofer - Entertainment Critic for The Daily Progress, Charlottesville.
Cathy Harding - Editor of C-ville, Charlottesville.
Every day the latest headlines reflect a world filled with fear.
Terrorism, war, disaster, and disease are grim realities brought closer to home in our increasingly connected world.
And, they ultimately shape America's national security and foreign policies.
But should fear itself drive our daily lives?
David Brancaccio hosts and reports for this special one-hour documentary that attempts to go beyond the headlines with expert insight and field reporting from Africa, Asia, and Europe and explores new scenarios for US global leadership built on common action, trust and hope.
Beyond Fear: America's Role in an Uncertain World
What does it take to create happiness?
Therapist Christy Barongan says the more she read about the findings in the field of positive psychology, the more fascinated she became.
Now she’s offering a course called Happiness 101 to faculty and staff at Washington and Lee University.
She started the course, and agreed to be our guest, in the hopes that new research findings about creating happiness reach as wide an audience as possible.
Guest:
Christy Barongan, Ph.D. - Counseling Psychologist at the Washington and Lee University Counseling Center and Co-author of the college textbook Multi-Cultural Psychology.
As a president faces mounting pressure to withdraw troops from an increasingly unpopular war, what is he secretly thinking behind the scenes?
Scholars from the University of Virginia’s Miller Center discuss recently released recordings from the Nixon White House.
The focus of these tapes reveal Nixon’s hidden views about Vietnam.
These secret recordings were made more than 36 years ago, but with a White House and Congress once again at odds over an unpopular war, revelation of the hidden politics of Vietnam could be especially useful today.
Guests:
David Coleman - Chair of the Presidential Recordings Program, Miller Center of Public Affairs University of Virginia.
Ken Hughes - Research Associate for the Presidential Recordings Program, Miller Center of Public Affairs University of Virginia.
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Thursday, May 31, 2007 Insight Presents - Radio Lab: Mortality Is death a fact of life or a disease that can be cured (as some scientists claim)? We filter the modern search for the fountain of youth through personal stories of witnessing death...the death of a cell, the death of a loved one...and the aging of a society.
Wednesday, May 30, 2007 Culture Pop
When she was fresh out of college, she thought she’d have a career as a modern dancer, but her dance music took off and she found herself fronting a pop band instead. Years later, she continued to delve into music, but as a classical composer, not as a pop star. Today, there's a resurging interest in her pop days and she is now thinking about dusting off the pom-poms, picking up the mic and heading out on a reunion tour with The Cosmopolitans. Join the conversation as we talk with Jamie Sims about her life as a genre crossing artist and what it’s like to reconcile the present with the past. This program was originally broadcast February 28, 2007.
Guest:
Jamie Sims - Freelance classical composer and creative force behind the 1980s new wave/pop punk/garage band The Cosmopolitans.
According to the latest research, recall is an unstable and profoundly unreliable process. It’s easy come, easy go as we learn how true memories can be obliterated and false ones added. And Oliver Sacks joins us to tell the story of an amnesiac whose love for his wife and music transcend his 7 second memory.
Radio Lab: Memory and Forgetting
Ever since his first visit to a third world country almost 40 years ago, Dr. Richard Guerrant has searched for understanding of what he calls the world's biggest health problem. It is an illness that devastates the lives of millions of children.
Now on the verge of a scientific breakthrough, Dr. Guerrant says it's time for all of us to view health differently.
Join the conversation as we probe one man's dream for a different definition of human well being.
This program was originally broadcast March 9, 2007.
Guest:
Richard L. Guerrant, MD - Director of the Center for Global Health at the University of Virginia.
Ever think of writing your life story?
A man from Albemarle County, a former journalist, thinks you probably have. And if you haven't — you should!
On this edition we talk with the founder of Memoirs for Life about how everyday people are turning their personal histories into published memoirs.
Guest:
Kevin Quirk - founder of Memoirs for Life; author of Hello, Aibek! A Journey of International Adoption and Not Now Honey, I’m Watching the Game.
Does a booming China spell trouble for America? Listen in as a panel of experts participate in an Oxford-style debate, part of the Intelligence Squared U.S. series.
Cavemen used a stone hammer... you use a cell phone... is there any similarity between the two?
The editor of a new seven volume set of history books thinks you may be surprised by the answer to that question.
Yes, technology is always changing, but some researchers believe the manner in which humankind uses technological advances to shape culture remains constant.
We talk with the man behind the ambitious project to sum up the history of technology since the beginning of recorded time.
This program was originally broadcast February 5, 2007.
Guest:
W. Bernard Carlson, Ph.D. - Professor of Science, Technology and Society at the University of Virginia and Editor of Technology In World History.
In a cruel trick of evolution, humans can stand just three feet from a ferocious wild animal and still be perfectly safe. What's with our need to get close to 'wildness'? We start with the Romans and end in the wilds of Belize, staring into the eyes of forest jaguar.
After some thirty years as a clinical therapist, Maslow acknowledges he, of course, long knew about the importance of being empathic. But it wasn't until just a few years ago that he discovered a way to use empathy in an exceptionally powerful manner. First in his work. Then in his personal life.
Join the conversation as we talk with this Charlottesville psychologist about his new book Men, Women, and the Power of Empathy.
Guest:
A.R. “Bob” Maslow, PhD Clinical Psychologist. Author of Men, Women, and the Power of Empathy.
Need Help ?
Before you pick up yet another self-help book, you may want to hear what Jennifer Niesslein has to say. She is the Charlottesville based magazine editor who spent two years following a series of self-help programs, and has just published her own book about that experience.
One reviewer calls Niesslein's approach "a levelheaded, laugh-out-loud tour of the loopy world of self-help."
Guest:
Jennifer Niesslein Co-founder of Brain, Child: The Magazine for Thinking Mothers and author of Practically Perfect in Every Way: My Misadventures Through the World of Self-Help - And Back.
Every creature does it - from giant hump back whales all the way down to fruit flies - and yet science still can't answer the basic questions: Why do we sleep? What is it for? We'll eavesdrop on the uneasy dreams of rats in search of answers.
For many people involved in thorny disputes, getting a lawyer involved might just end up causing problems instead of resolving them.
And as a result of this experience, there's a new trend in America's law offices...
Guest Host Peter Sheras talks with two attorneys about a new resolution practice called Collaborative Law.
This program was originally broadcast January 22, 2007.
Guests:
Ron Tweel - Attorney with Michie, Hamlett, Lowry, Rasmussen & Tweel in Charlottesville, Virginia. Practicing Family Law for more than 35 years, he is listed in The Best Lawyers in America.
Susan White - Family law attorney in Charlottesville where she has been practicing for more than 30 years. Also listed in The Best Lawyers in America, she practices Collaborative Law full time now and is a member of the International Association of Collaborative Professionals.
Could the best medicine be no medicine at all? With new research demonstrating the startling power of the placebo effect, Radio Lab examines the chemical consequences of belief and imagination... from the symbolic power of the doctor coat to the very real stash of opium in your mind.
They were the first military “Special Forces” in America.
Best known by school children for their part in America’s War for Independence, the “Minutemen” actually date back to the 1600’s — when they would mobilize to fight off Indian attacks. Now a new kind of Minuteman group is making history. These Minutemen focus on fighting illegal immigration.
Join the conversation as we examine the Minutemen’s agenda for Virginia.
Guests:
George Taplin, Director, Virginia Chapter, Minuteman Civil Defense Corps
"It’s time to change how war crimes are punished."
So says a Virginia lawyer who has spent more than fifteen years studying atrocity and genocide. He has worked both on defense and prosecution sides in international tribunals. Now he explains why he thinks current approaches to international law are not working.
Guest:
Mark A. Drumbl, author of Atrocity, Punishment, and International Law (published April, 2007). Professor of Law and Director - Transnational Law Institute, Washington & Lee University.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, it can be argued, directs a repressive regime and dreams of leading the forces of radical Islam in an anti-American jihad. If the United States and its allies permit his country to develop nuclear weapons, jihadists elsewhere may conclude that they, too, will pay no penalty for pursuing their radical agenda.
The question of whether we must tolerate a nuclear Iran was recently posed to a panel of experts in an Oxford-style debate, part of the Intelligence Squared U.S. series.
In today’s rapidly changing world, it seems like new technology is popping up everyday… but what does it really take to bring a new invention to the marketplace?
We talk with three people who are helping researchers take ideas out of the lab and bring them into your home.
This program was originally broadcast October 30, 2006.
Guests:
Andrea Alms M.S., M.B.A., General Manager of Spinner Technologies.
Robert MacWright J.D., Ph.D., President of Spinner Technologies and Executive Director and CEO of the University of Virginia Patent Foundation.
Erik Hewlett M.D., Senior Associate Dean for Research of the School of Medicine at the University of Virginia.
Around the world, where governments don't function, humanitarian organizations feed the hungry and heal the sick. The 1999 Nobel Peace Prize-winning Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), or Doctors Without Borders, is one such group. Their medical staff serve victims of war and poverty, working under dangerous conditions. It would be easy to romanticize their work, but the reality can be much different. WBUR's Inside Out Documentaries Senior Correspondent Michael Goldfarb takes us into the Niger River delta, as a team from MSF returns to the region where the organization was founded thirty years ago.
With Goldfarb we travel by boat, through mangrove swamps and dense forest, observing the MSF team as they treat malaria victims and inoculate children against the disease. Travelling further into Nigeria we attend a ceremony in which traditional healing practices such as animal sacrifice provide a vivid contrast to the Western science that MSF offers. Finally we listen to the doctors and nurses as they unwind and take stock of the personal and professional implications of their work.
Doctors Without Borders: Inside Out
Bob Deans believes the James River is “the most historic waterway in America.”
Yet he acknowledges that most Virginians, let alone the rest of America, know very little about the true history of Jamestown, the James River, or the people whose lives have been touched by both.
Join the conversation as we ask this international journalist (and native Virginian) why he thinks a better understanding of one key part of American history could lead to better understanding between today’s peoples of the world.
Guest:
Bob Deans, National Correspondent, Cox Newspapers. Author, The River Where America Began.
According to Trinh Xuan Thuan: “Science can operate without spirituality. Spirituality can exist without science. But man, to be complete, needs both.”
On this edition of Insight we ask this Virginia based astrophysicist how he came to believe that — not only do science and religion compliment each other — but they may be leading to similar discoveries.
Guest:
Trinh Xuan Thuan, PhD. Professor of Astronomy, University of Virginia. Co-author, The Quantum and the Lotus.
The American people have long debated how best to balance protecting individual liberties while assuring public safety. The intensity of this debate increased markedly in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks, which prompted the Patriot Act and other legislative initiatives. The moves were designed to increase protection against terrorist attacks, but they also allowed increased government scrutiny of individual activities.
The question of whether it is better to have more domestic surveillance than another Sept. 11-like attack was recently posed to a panel of experts in an Oxford-style debate, part of the Intelligence Squared U.S. series.
When you see the word philanthropy, what comes to mind?
Do you think of Bill Gates, or maybe the Rockefellers?
If so, a group from our region would like to change your thinking. They hope that someday soon, when someone says philanthropist, the first person that will spring to your mind is... you.
We examine the idea that each of us can be a philanthropist and have a remarkable degree of impact in our communities.
This program was originally broadcast December 8, 2006.
Guests:
Katherine Brooks, Margery Daniel, and Cathy Train, Members of Women United In Philanthropy.
Do you feel like your doctor isn't really listening to you? Are Hospitals safe? How do healthcare professionals feel about the system they work in? What can be done to provide quality care to all Americans?
The relationship between patient and healthcare professionals is historically based on mutual trust, on benevolence, the desire to heal, and the desire to get better.But today, growing numbers of patients complain of hurried doctors who don't listen, and overworked staff members who don't have time to take care of most basic needs. Patients feel that they have to take charge of their own medical care and records, while arguing with their insurance companies about which treatment they should be getting. Doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals complain of unmanageable demands in the work place, emotional stress, understaffing, and mountains of paperwork that keep them from spending time with patients.
How did this happen, and what can be done?
Hosted by Dr. Dan Gottlieb and Maiken Scott, the WHYY one-hour radio documentary "Healing Healthcare" explores the relationship between healthcare professionals and patients. We'll hear from policy makers, administrators, patients, families and healthcare professionals. "Healing Healthcare" also follows medical students as they learn what it means to be a healer, patients who become advocates for a better approach to medicine, and physicians who are trying to transform the health care system.
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Monday, April 30, 2007 Women, Sex, and the Quest for Intimacy Is everybody else’s sex life better than yours? If you are an adult American female, Dr. Anita Clayton suspects “Yes!” is the private answer you think to yourself in response to that question. In her new book, the Charlottesville based psychiatrist says millions of women quietly keep to themselves dysfunctional beliefs about their sex lives. Clayton argues that shame and misunderstanding are major factors preventing many women from experiencing levels of fulfillment to which they are entitled. On this edition of Insight a frank discussion about what — when it comes to sex and intimacy — women (and men) want and need.
Guest:
Anita Clayton, M.D. - Professor of Obstetrics, David C. Wilson Professor of Psychiatry — University of Virginia School of Medicine. Author of Satisfaction: Women, Sex, and the Quest for Intimacy.
They are an environmental group that has renamed and reoriented itself.
But its members say their top priority remains the same.
And that priority is protecting and preserving the lands and ecosystem of the George Washington National Forest.
This program was originally broadcast January 17, 2007.
Guests:
David Hannah - Conservation Director of Wild Virginia.
Cynthia Hurst - President of Butterflies in Progress and Board member of Wild Virginia.
Ernie Reed - Director of the The Living Education Center for Ecology and the Arts and Board member of Wild Virginia.
President John Adams was a Shakespeare enthusiast whose diaries were filled with mentions of the plays.
Attorney General Janet Reno once assembled her staff to read King Lear.
And in 1849, disputes over British and American acting styles touched off a deadly riot.
Discover how Shakespeare has been used for political purposes throughout American history, when Insight presents the documentary Shakespeare in American Politics.
Shakespeare in American Politics
Can one word change the future of a nation?
In the early 1920’s, a public relations campaign promoted a word that was so successful, it reshaped our views on transportation.
This program was originally broadcast on January 8, 2007.
Guest:
Peter Norton, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor of Science Technology and Society, University of Virginia. Author of the soon to be published book, Fighting Traffic: The Dawn of The Motor Age In The American City.
How difficult is it to preserve Native American heritage in today's society?
Tune in and learn about a Navajo family that survives by blending tradition, political activism, and punk rock, and take a look at the southwestern phenomenon of Indian wannabes.
Hear stories from border towns on the edge of Indian country in part 2 of the documentary series Edge of the Rez.
What do you know about Donald Rumsfeld?
Andrew Cockburn suspects that what you think you know is only a small fraction of the true story behind the most controversial Secretary of Defense in modern times.
In his highly critical biography, Cockburn argues that Donald Rumsfeld did more damage than even many of his most ardent critics had previously claimed.
Guest Host Bob Leweke interviews the author on this edition of Insight.
Guest:
Andrew Cockburn, author of Rumsfeld: His Rise, Fall and Catastrophic Legacy
Mention “Islam” and what springs to mind for most Americans is not “Commerce.”
But Charlottesville based businessman David Martin thinks that is about to change.
On this edition, we talk with Martin and two international business leaders about their belief that the future of world commerce may be based in the Middle East.
Guests:
David Martin, Ph.D., founder of M-CAM, Inc., an international intellectual property rights firm based in Charlottesville.
Moustapha Sarhank, honorary chairman of Sarhank Group for Investments, a holding company with headquarters in Egypt and Switzerland.
Steffen Schubert, founding CEO of the Dubai International Financial Exchange.
"I never believed it could happen here."
Those words are an often heard refrain following any disaster — natural or man made. But they have never been more poignant than this week in Virginia.
On this special edition of Insight — we talk with those responsible for safety and emergency planning on several college campuses in our region. Additionally, we will hear from research and clinical psychologists experienced in responding to the traumatic aftermath of violence.
Your thoughts in response to this week's tragedy at Virginia Tech are also invited.
Guests:
Peter Sheras, Ph.D - Psychologist, Associate Director of Virginia Youth Violence Project
Andrew Perrine - Associate Vice President for Communications at James Madison University
Ken Nafziger, Ph.D - Vice President for Student Life, Eastern Mennonite University
Lennie Echterling, Ph.D - Clinical Psychologist and Director of JMU's Counseling Psychology Program
Tim Kolly - Vice President of Communications, Washington and Lee University
Patricia Lampkin, Ed.D - Vice President in charge of Student Affairs at University of Virginia
The trail starts in the mid 1700's with a lucrative slave trade based out of Sierra Leone, and ends on the modern day coasts of Georgia and South Carolina.
And the series of events that led to a reunification of long lost relatives is so unlikely, that one researcher described the experience as being struck by lightning, over and over again.
We talk with Historian Joseph Opala about this journey of discovery and joy as he helped a few African-Americans connect to their roots.
This program was originally broadcast on February 17, 2007.
Guest:
Joseph Opala - Professor of History at James Madison University and teaches African and African-American History in the honors program. Mr. Opala lived in West Africa for two decades, teaching African studies at the University of Sierra Leone and researching the Atlantic slave trade, creole languages, and various topics in West African history and traditional culture. He has published two documentary films: Family Across the Sea (1991) and The Language You Cry In (1998).
WMRA aired special news programs related to the shootings at Virginia Tech.
When was the last time you visited a nursing home?
With today’s aging population and the changes in our health care system, chances are, you or someone you love will have to consider living in a nursing home someday soon.
The Community Partnership for Improved Long-term Care is working to improve life at nursing homes across Virginia, and they want make sure that you have the tools to find the nursing home that fits your needs.
This program was originally broadcast on August 18, 2006.
Guests:
Dr. Jonathan Evans, M.D., M.P.H. - Head of Geriatric and Palliative medicine at the UVA Medical Center.
Claire Curry - Legal Director of the Civil Advocacy Program at the Legal Aid Justice Center in Charlottesville and Coordinator of the Charlottesville based Community Partnership for Improved Long-term Care.
Shakespeare is everywhere in America, in musicals, festivals, television and the movies.
Shakespeare’s presence ranges from our nation's earliest days, when an American acting style first took shape, to his ongoing influence is of African American culture on the stage.
Discover how Americans have made Shakespeare their own when Insight presents the documentary Shakespeare in Performance.
Jacob Hacker thinks your life is not what you’d like it to be... and he’s got the data to prove it.
Meet the man who’s come up with new economic models to measure how well Americans are doing, models showing more worry among American families than anytime since the Great Depression.
But don't worry too much; Jacob Hacker says there is something you can do about it.
This program was originally broadcast on November 17, 2006.
Guest:
Jacob Hacker, Peter Strauss Family Associate Professor of Political Science at Yale University and author of The Great Risk Shift. Mr. Hacker is also a Fellow at the New America Foundation. He is also the author of The Divided Welfare State and The Road to Nowhere, and most recently, co-author of Off Center: The Republican Revolution and the Erosion of American Democracy. A frequent commentator on NPR, PBS, and CNN, Hacker has written for The New Republic, The Nation, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, and other publications.
What happens when cultures collide in northern Arizona border towns?
Sometimes it means sacrifice when the government mandates a move and you have to leave your birthplace behind.
Other times it means patience, especially if you are biracial and you try to walk in two worlds.
Hear stories from border towns on the edge of Indian country in part 1 of the documentary series Edge of the Rez.
There’s doing... there’s thinking... and then there’s believing.
On this edition of Insight, we talk with a productivity researcher who says bosses are not doing their jobs correctly unless they connect with employees about all three of those activities.
He also proposes that, no matter what the organization, leadership stems far more from personal choice than organizational status.
His new book on the subject is titled Level Three Leadership and he believes that this is something anyone can do, if they want to.
This program was originally broadcast on February 2, 2007.
Guest:
James G. Clawson, Ph.D. - Professor of Business, Darden School, University of Virginia. Author of Level Three Leadership. Dr. Clawson is also an International Business Consultant and Co-founder of the interactive career advice service, Career Next Step.
Got ideas about what causes happiness?
This program was originally broadcast on December 18, 2006.
Guest:
Jonathan Haidt, Ph.D. - Professor of Psychology at the University of Virginia, and auuthor of The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom.
Have you ever wondered why a British playwright like Shakespeare became so prominent in a country that fought for it’s independence from England?
Tune in and find out why Shakespeare played a role in major American movements like the push West, the Civil War and immigration.
We’ll also examine America's fascination with the Bard outdoors when Insight presents the socumentary Shakespeare in Education and Civic Life.
Shakespeare in Education and Civic Life
What is Hospice?
How can you help them and how can they help you?
We’ll get answers from leaders of hospice programs in the Charlottesville area and the Shenandoah Valley.
This program was originally broadcast on December 20, 2006.
Guests:
Monica Lincoln - Director of the Rockingham Memorial Hospital Hospice.
Roberta White - Executive Director of the Hospice of the Piedmont.
Walt Whitman was a rebel... a radical... an American poet who broke every
convention of subject matter, language and style.
But how did this 36-year old freelance journalist, and part-time
house-builder, create an outrageous, groundbreaking work that irrevocably
altered the development of poetry?
What do you think should happen to your body once you’re gone?
A Virginia researcher says the fact that most of us have trouble with that question shows us a lot about our culture. We discover how society's attitudes have changed over the years about the topic of death.
This program was originally broadcast on January 5, 2007.
Guest:
Bernard Means, Ph.D. - Visiting Professor of Anthropology, Washington & Lee University. Author of the new book, Circular Villages of the Monongahela Tradition.
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