Charlottesville Podcasting Network

ACC Nation is speaking this week with all the football coaches in the ACC. The University of Virginia s Al Groh was no exception. Here s the interview.

Coy Barefoot, the father of a six-year-old boy diagnosed with autism and the host of “Charlottesville—Right Now!” shares his reaction to the recent comments of talk show host Michael Savage as well as WINA’s decision yesterday to remove the Savage program from its schedule.

In today’s show, adapted from an article written by Anne Bromley, senior writer and editor for UVa Media Relations, we look at well-known writer, scholar and editor of African-American literature for both academic and general audiences, Deborah E. McDowell who was recently named director of the Carter G. Woodson Institute for African-American and African Studies [...]

Mincer s on the Corner just celebrated its 60th anniversary, and Bob Mincer joins Coy Barefoot on the July 19, 2008 edition of WINA s Charlottesville Right Now! He and Coy talk about the many stories in Mincer s history, beginning with how the mainstay got its start selling tobacco pipes in a small space in the location that s [...]

The latest session of Citizen Philosopher was recorded at their new venue, the Charlottesville Public Library, on Wednesday, July 2nd. The topic was: What are the essentials for a good life? Participating were veteran citizen philosophers, David Rood, Deborah Martin, George Garrett, John Tytus, Stephen Whiteman, and Steven Stokes. Also joining us for the first time [...]

On the July 17 edition of WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!” Coy Barefoot hosts a call-in discussion of the housing market with local Realtor Jim Duncan. The topics include: Has the real estate market bottomed out? Jim’s not sure Virginia s foreclosure rate ranks at #11 in the nation What to do if you’re trying to avoid foreclosure

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. [...]

Senator Jim Webb s new book is called A Time To Fight: Reclaiming a Fair and Just America and he joined Coy Barefoot on the July 17, 2008 edition of WINA s Charlottesville Right Now! with Coy Barefoot. Webb recently took his name out of the running for the vice presidency, because he wants to stay in the [...]

In this installment of WNRN s 91 Seconds on Film, Ben Nuckols reviews Hellboy II - The Golden Army.  He also his review posted on his blog, the Ill-Informed Gadfly.

Phil Steele, who publishes and writes one of the most-respect college football preview magazines on the market, joins ACC Nation this week to talk ACC football. Visit Phil’s website for more information and to order the magazine. We discuss all 12 ACC schools and Phil gives us his predictions on which two teams will meet in [...]

According to Ben Nuckols, you re going to love Dark Knight, this second installment in the revamped Batman franchise.  Problem is: He hated it. He explains why in this installment of WNRN s 91 Seconds on Film.

Brian Wheeler of Charlottesville Tomorrow is a guest every Tuesday on WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!” with Coy Barefoot to talk about growth and development issues in Charlottesville and Albemarle County. On the July 14, 2008 show: * Plans for the downtown mall- The rumors that trees on the downtown mall will be removed is… partly true. Brian explains [...]

John Whitehead, CEO and President of the Rutherford Institute, is having an incredibly busy summer as his organization trains 22 interns on the ins and outs of defending the Constitution. He’s also awaiting the publication of his new book The Change Manifesto: Join the Block by Block Movement to Recreate America which comes out in [...]

Dahlia Lithwick is a senior editor at Slate.com, where she writes Supreme Court Dispatches. She is also the legal correspondent for NPR s Day to Day. Lithwick joins Coy Barefoot in the studio to discuss the Supreme Court version of the Super Bowl the Justices 2008 decisions.

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 [...]

Ted Genoways, the editor of the award-winning Virginia Quarterly Review, joins Coy Barefoot to talk about the Summer 2008 issue. According to Genoways, all of the pieces deal with outsiders and outcasts, and we ve called it No Way Home. In this interview, Genoways highlights the contributions of Natasha Tretheway, Tom Sleigh, and Dimiter Kenarov.

David Glenn of the ACC Area Sports Journal joins the guys to discuss football and the changes to his magazine. As for football, Glenn is on the Clemson bandwagon, but he’s stepping lightly, while the magazine will be featuring a few new contributors, including Jay Bilas and John Feinstein. Visit ACC Nation for more on [...]

Hook Reporter Courtney Stuart joins Coy Barefoot on to talk about her recent article on how many smoke detectors do not necessarily do what their name describes. Ionization smoke detectors are in 90 percent of American homes, and Stuart says they can only detect smoke from an open flame. The Hook news team conducted fire [...]

After 8 long years of partisan politics and endless discussions of a red-state/blue-state divide in this country, many Americans are anxiously awaiting the end of a presidency defined by fringe politics, one that persistently and systematically moved away from the will of the center. According to historian Gil Troy, great American presidents can be defined [...]

Ralph Nader defines political activism for many Americans, though many also attribute George W. Bush s presidency to Nader s presidential run in 2000. Now, Nader is running again as an independent and will be at the Gravity Lounge on Sunday from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM for a rally. Coy Barefoot spoke with Nader before the [...]

Live Arts is on the cutting edge again just ask any tween. In the great tradition of American Musical Comedy Love Stories, Live Arts is presenting Disney s High School Musical this summer from July 11 to August 2, on the main stage, with all local talent. As the actors warmed up for their final rehearsal, I [...]

The Forest Lakes Community Association held a town hall meeting at Hollymead Elementary on July 1, 2008 to discuss the safety of the Route 29 intersection where a fatal accident occurred earlier this year. A 16 year old Albemarle High School student, Sydney Aichs, was killed on May 9, 2008 turning out of Forest Lakes [...]

John Piller is the Director of Mind-Body Programming at ACAC, and he joined Coy Barefoot on the July 8, 2008 edition of WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now! Coy begins the interview by confessing he’s always wanted to do tai chi, and then asks John how he came to get involved with his area of expertise.

Architect and Architectural Historian Ed Lay has been teaching at the University of Virginia since 1967, and he joined Coy Barefoot on the July 9, 2008 edition of WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!” Coy and Ed talk about how he got interested in his field, the evolution of architecture, and what makes a good architect.

An Albemarle County program that grants a reduced tax assessment to property owners who use their land for agricultural purposes will remain unchanged. At their meeting on July 9, 2008, the Board of Supervisors declined to make any changes to land use taxation.  Staff had prepared a report that explored the effects on County revenue [...]

Over two hundred people took advantage of an important opportunity to comment on the near final design for the proposed renovation of Charlottesville’s Downtown Mall.  They crowded into the CitySpace meeting room overlooking the Mall to view details of the plans created by MMM Design, and to give feedback on key details of the Mall [...]

Lowell Feld is the founder and editor of Raising Kaine and the co-author of Net Roots Rising: How a Citizen Army of Bloggers and Online Activists Is Changing American Politics. In this July 7, 2008 edition of WINA s Charlottesville Right Now with Coy Barefoot, Feld talks about how he got his start online, and why Virginia s [...]

President George Bush became the fourth sitting president in U.S. History to visit Monticello on July 4, 2008. The 43rd president was on-hand to address 75 new Americans who were participating in their naturalization ceremony. Bush s speech was interupted several times by protestors who shouted slogans.

Brian Wheeler, Executive Director of Charlottesville Tomorrow, joins Coy Barefoot every Tuesday for an update on growth and development issues in greater Charlottesville. On the July 8th edition of the show: Albemarle County Board of Supervisors set to discuss land use taxation on July 9, 2008. The Board will consider a proposal to revalidate the program. [...]

In today’s show, written by Brevy Cannon, General Assignments writer for University of Virginia Media Relations, we look at a recent Center for Politics event, Reconsidering the Presidency held at the University of Virginia in April 2008. “The vast and ever-increasing amounts of money spent on U.S. political campaigns are a detriment to our democracy. And, [...]