Weather Crisis

Thursday, November 29, 2018

What is it like to cover a weather emergency? What split-second decisions have to be made with the pressure mounting and snow coming down? Joe Flanagan will host a round table with media veterans who will tell their tales. Then, we will find out what's going on in Mal's World. Join us at noon.

Today's Guests:

Kathy Barnstorff - Public Affairs Specialist
Andy Fox - WAVY
Art Kohn - PIO, VB Fire Department
Lori Crouch - Corporate Communications Director, City of Norfolk

Weird Space Objects

Wednesday, November 28, 2018

Justin Mason, the director of ODU's Pretlow Planetarium will host a show about the strangest phenomena in outer space. It promises to be a fun, bizarre conversation on the universe around us and the importance of discovery and wonder. Give us a call and get in on the action at 1-800-940-2240 or 757-440-2665.

Today's Guests:

George Reynolds - Solar System Ambassador, Back Bay Amateur Astronomers
Dr. Ronald Kaitchuck - Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Ball State University
Dr. Alec Hirschauer - Postdoctoral Fellow at the Space Telescope Science Institute 

Coming up after the show: Radio Lab

Failure

Tuesday, November 27, 2018

HearSay producer Paul Bibeau will guest host a show about how things go wrong and what disaster can teach us. We'll sort through missed appointments, stalled projects, and job interviews that did not go as planned. Call us with your own debacles, snafus and catastrophes at 1-800-940-2240 or 757-440-2665.

Today's Guests

Dr. LaDonna Hankins - Watermark Psychological Services
Shion Fenty - Businesswoman, Candidate
MaryCatherine McDonald - ODU

Coming up after HearSay: The Thomas Jefferson Hour

Gloom and Doom / Momentum / Digital Authoritarianism

Monday, November 26, 2018

Cathy will ask the managing editor of Human Progress about how we react to the news and what we're missing. We'll also talk to two entrepreneurs about the new option they're giving working parents. Finally, an expert from Freedom House will tell us about the rise of digital authoritarianism. Hope you'll tune in at noon on 89.5 WHRV-FM.

Today's Guests:

Chelsea Follett - Managing Editor, Human Progress
Marla Schuchman - Momentum 
Aazia Mickens-Dessaso - Momentum
Sanja Kelly - Freedom House

Coming up after HearSay: Left, Right & Center

Politics at the Table

Wednesday, November 21, 2018

How can you get through Thanksgiving in these political times? What will it take to avoid fights over the midterms, or Trump, or whatever Robert Mueller is going to do next? Cathy and her guests will help you maintain composure. Give us a call and share your tips (and complaints) at 1-800-940-2240 or 757-440-2665.

Today's Guests:

Jaime Settle - William and Mary government professor and author of Frenemies: How Social Media Polarizes America
Louise Phipps Senft - Mediator and author of Being Relational: The Seven Ways to Quality Interaction and Lasting Change
Parisa Parsa - Executive Director, Essential Partners

Coming up after the show: Radio Lab

Thanksgiving Customs and Cuisine

Tuesday, November 20, 2018

Thanksgiving is upon us, and we are exploring the local legends and the delicious dishes of this holiday with history experts, food writers and the people who help put the feast on your table. Call us with your own stories at 1-800-940-2240 or 757-440-2665.

Today's Guests:

Dee Dee and Tommy Darden - Darden's Country Store
Matthew Korfhage - Food Writer, The Virginian-Pilot
Lisa Suhay - Author of America the Grateful: Where America Really Began
Mr. Graham Woodlief - President, Virginia Thanksgiving Festival

Coming up after HearSay: The Thomas Jefferson Hour

The State of Retail

Monday, November 19, 2018

With Black Friday approaching and Amazon moving operations into the state, we will talk about how the retail industry is faring in our own backyard. Hope you'll tune in at noon on 89.5 WHRV-FM.

Today's Guests:

Kimberly Pierceall - The Virginian-Pilot
Raymond J. Mattes III - President & CEO, Retail Alliance

Coming up after HearSay: Left, Right & Center

Hatred and the Holocaust

Thursday, November 15, 2018

Today we're going to talk to a Holocaust survivor with an astounding story and discuss the disturbing incidents of anti-Semitism and other forms of hatred in America today. After that, we'll find out what's going on this week in Mal's World.

Today's Guests:

Dr. Alfred Munzer - Holocaust survivor
Annette Finley-Croswhite - Old Dominion University
Joashua Schulman - Witness to an incident of hatred

Coming up after HearSay: A Way with Words

Backlash Midterms

Wednesday, November 14, 2018

A Washington Post reporter will update us on the lawsuit filed by family of the victims of the attack on the USS Cole. Then... A new president often triggers a midterm in which the opposition party gains power and flips one of the houses in Congress. But what happens after that? Does this re-balancing freeze all policy, or can people work together in Washington? We'll examine the record with W&M government professor C. Lawrence Evans. And Dave Ress of the Daily Press has the early word on what will happen in the 2019 state elections. Give us a call at 1-800-940-2240 or 757-440-2665.

Today's Guests:

Robert Barnes - The Washington Post
C. Lawrence Evans - College of William and Mary
Dave Ress - Daily Press

Coming up after the show: Radio Lab

Holiday Gripes

Tuesday, November 13, 2018

HearSay Producer Paul Bibeau will guest host, and he will help you channel your inner Grinch. Let's face it: Sometimes you just can't stand the holidays. The twelve-hour airport delays, creepy surveillance elves, Thanksgiving Carb Apocalypse and lawn ornaments that beep out "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" so it gets into your dreams like Freddy Krueger. We're going to have a therapy session on all of this with Dr. LaDonna Hankins. We want you to call us with your terrible eggnog-soaked stories at 1-800-940-2240 or 757-440-2665.

Today's Guests:

Dr. LaDonna Hankins - Watermark Psychological Services

Coming up after HearSay: The Thomas Jefferson Hour