Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Dawn Hall - Carolina Donor Services

Discussing the process of getting on and off organ transplant lists.

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Gregg Stebben - Author of "Internet Privacy For Dummies"

Discussing how the word "free" can be very misleading on the internet.

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Katerine Southard - Miss North Carolina 2009

Discussing being Miss Raleigh and moving on to Miss North Carolina and what’s next.

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Andres Martinez - New America Foundation

Giving an overview of what’s going on in Honduras and why it’s important to the U.S.

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David Adcock - Council at Ogletree Deakins

Discussing the reversal of Sonia Sotomayor’s decision in the Ricci case in New Haven, regarding firefighters facing reverse discrimination.

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Phil Mahoney - Mortgage Brokers Association of the Carolinas

Discussing the fact that more people with good credit are facing foreclosure.

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Monday, June 29, 2009

Representative Jim Crawford

Discussing the additional $150 million in revenues that will be brought in next year beyond what was expected.

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Dr. Zack Moore - Lead NC Epidemiologist Responding to H1N1

Discussing discuss the process of reporting H1N1 cases and responding to them.

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Tom Bonfield - Durham City Manager

Discussing putting an end to the practice of suspending state employees who are behind on taxes.

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Roy Cordato - John Locke Foundation

Discussing the “con” perspective on the climate change bill that would establish a complex cap-and-trade system to limit the nation's greenhouse gas emissions to be voted on in the House today.

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Mary Grealy - Healthcare Leadership Council

Discussing HLC’s position on public health care and how it is going to have a big impact on private insurers.

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Allan Handelman - Host of Rock Talk on WZTK

Discussing his relationship with Ed McMahon

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Jim and Linda Scott

Scott talks to his parents about the impact Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett had on his youth.

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Thursday, June 25, 2009

Jay Ratliff - Aviation Expert

Discussing new airline fees.

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Robert Marotto - Orange County Animal Control

Discussing the recent fox attacks at a daycare in Durham and an office building in Chapel Hill and whether this means we have a huge problem with rabies in Orange County.

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Ballard Everett - Political Consultant

Discussing South Carolina Governor Sanford’s press conference yesterday about his recent disappearance to Argentina and the political implications of his actions.

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Representative Nelson Dollar

Discussing the “Bully Bill” that Governor Perdue is expected to sign into law.

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Monday, June 22, 2009

Jack Nerad - Executive Market Analyst with Kelly Blue Book

Discussing the bill passed by Congress to give people $4500 for them to trade in their old cars for newer, more fuel-efficient cars.

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Jeffrey Skiles - Co-Pilot to Chesley Sullenberger

Discussing his experience during the emergency landing on the Hudson.

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General Bert Moore - Retired Air Force

Discussing North Korea possibly firing a missile toward Hawaii and the precautions being taken.

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Michael Scheuer - Veteran CIA Counterterrorism Analyst

Discussing the National Geographic special “Iran and the West”

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Ken Blanchard - Author of "Who Killed Change?"

Discussing why change initiatives tend to fail with businesses.

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Bill Kempfer - Deep River Sporting Clays and Shooting School

Discussing shooting clays as a sport. Conducted by Rick Martinez.

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Perry Woods - Democratic Political Consultant

Discussing the political events of the past week.

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Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Monday, June 15, 2009

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Giving some advice on having a great, inexpensive summer vacation in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park, which is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year.

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Martin Vaughan - Wall Street Journal Reporter

Discussing the news that the IRS is considering taxing – as a fringe benefit – your use of work cell phones for personal business.


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Representative Virginia Foxx

Discussing our country’s energy future and the course of action she believes we should take, as outlined in the American Energy Act – a bill she’s co-sponsoring.

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Brandon Wright - North Carolina Bankers Association

Talking about the organization’s effort to help send a piece of home to soldiers deployed in Iraq. The Back Home Box Foundation event will take place July 2nd and they can use OUR help, in order to make things a little bit better for the men and women serving our country.


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Master Sergent David Roman

Discussing the Army's 234 birthday.

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Neil Goldberg - Creator of Cirque Dreams

Discussing his latest show, Cirque Dreams Illumination

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Jeff Wise - U.S. National Whitewater Center in Charlotte

Discussing whitewater rafting.

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Barlow Herget - StateGovernmentRadio.com

Barlow reviews the political events of the past week.

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Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Tom Humble - Principal of Raleigh Charter High School

Discussing Newsweek magazine ranking the school as #33 in the country in its 2009 US rankings, and US News & World Report rating the school as 20th in the country.

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Gregg Thompson - National Federation of Independent Business

Discussing NFIB’s opposition to SB 534, which would mandate that businesses provide paid sick days to employees.

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Louisa Warren - North Carolina Justice Center

Discussing the Health Families and Healthy Workplaces Act (SB 534), which is being heard by a Senate committee this week.

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Jim McTague - Washington Editor of Barron’s Magazine

Providing perspective on developments with two major financial stories facing this country and every single taxpayer: Chrylser/Fiat and news that the feds have given approval to some banks to repay their TARP funds.

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Richard Wolffe - Author of the book "Renegade"

Discussing his behind-the-scenes access to President Obama during his presidential campaign.

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Elizabeth Page - Inclusive Health

Discussing the state’s health insurance program, which debuted earlier this year as a way to provide coverage for the uninsured and hard-to-insure North Carolinians.

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Gary Ray - State President for the Federation of the Blind

Discussing budget cuts facing the Governor Morehead School for the Blind in Raleigh.

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Garner Mayor Ronnie Williams

Providing an update on the explosion at the ConAgra Building on Jones Sausage Road in Garner.


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Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Rick Kearney - Driver of the Electric Green Machine

Discussing the the Prius hybrid-electric car he’s driving from Florida to Washington DC on one tank of gas.

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Joe Kennedy - Associate Professor of Law at UNC

Discussing the fascinating and evolving area of digital and internet law.

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Nina Owcharenko - Heritage Foundation

Analyzing President Obama’s ideas for reforming the healthcare system by stepping up the government’s role.

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Tom Campbell - Political Analyst and Creator of NC Spin

Discussing the Mike and Mary Easley mess, what he's hearing from political insiders, and what might be the next shoe to drop.

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Abram Harder - NC State University

Joining us from the steps of the Energy Dept. in Washington DC to tell us about NC State's team entry in the national competition to re-engineer a 2009 GM Saturn. The team’s goal is to minimize environmental impact by reducing fuel consumption and petroleum use and emissions, while retaining the car’s utility, performance and safety.

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Monday, June 8, 2009

Keith Weatherly - Mayor of Apex

Discussing the proposed 1,000-acre Veridia project would add $6 billion to Apex’s tax revenue – doubling the tax base.

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Larry Lytle - Course Facilitator with the Avadon Group

Discussing a free event that will help you with writing a winning resume, establishing new goals, selling yourself to prospective employers, seizing new career opportunities, and filing unemployment claims.

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Don Carrington - Executive Editor of Carolina Journal

Discussing the latest on Mary Easley and former NCSU Provost Larry Nielsen.

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Dr. Steve Scott - President of Wake Tech

Discussing proposed budget cuts that have him concerned that his campus’s ability to help put people back to work would be severely hindered.

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Francis De Luca - Civitas Institute

Discussing his concerns over a pair of bills related to homeowner associations that are pending in the General Assembly.

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Dr. Jen'nan Read - Duke University Sociologist

Analyzing President Obama’s speech to the Muslim world.

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Glenn Moyer - Balloon Federation of America

Discussing the world of ballooning.

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Barlow Herget - StateGovernmentRadio.com

Reviewing the political events of the past week.

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Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Sheila Frye - 2008 Champ of the National Hollerin’ Contest

Discussing the 2009 National Hollerin' Contest in Spivey’s Corner in Sampson County

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Phil Harris - Captain on "The Deadliest Catch"

Discussing the hit tv show and what it's like having one of the deadliest jobs in the world

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Maya MacGuineas - Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget

Discussing the future of General Motors.

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Jay Ratliff - Aviation Expert

Providing an update on the air and sea search for Air France flight 447, which left Rio de Janiero for Paris and vanished, apparently over the Atlantic Ocean.

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Brittany Farrell - North Carolina Family Policy Council

Discussing the debate among lawmakers and the public about whether North Carolina public schools should be teaching kids the abstinence-only approach to sex education, or whether the state should move to the “comprehensive’ curriculum.

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