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The Spark (Fri noon)
2:41 pm
Thu May 17, 2012

What Can Roller Derby Teach The Church?

“Five Things the Church Can Learn from Women’s Roller Derby” is Kelly Figueroa-Ray’s  latest  essay for the Huffington Post.  HuffPo religion-blogger Kelly Figueroa-Ray has a divinity degree from Wesley and also actually does do roller derby --under the rinkname Bible ThumpHer.

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The Spark
2:15 pm
Thu May 17, 2012

Song-Catcher Gene Bowlen

Gene Bowlen of Port Republic plays acoustic music and loves the musical "pot luck" aspect of performers' get-togethers.  He built a recording studio in his back yard to better catch the spirit of the sound.

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The Spark
1:34 pm
Thu May 17, 2012

College Admissions Guru Margee Greenfield

What can you do with an art history major?  Long-time school guidance counselor and college administrative staffer Margee Greenfield became a freelance college admissions advice-giver when she saw a need.  Funding cuts to school budgets increased guidance counselor workloads and decreased the one-on-one attention they could give. 

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Virginia Insight
4:19 pm
Tue May 15, 2012

God and Politics

Abortion - Gay Marriage - Family Values - Who qualifies as Christian and who doesn’t.

How did religion become such a big deal in presidential politics?

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Pet Day
10:39 pm
Mon May 14, 2012

Calling all Cats, Dogs, Birds, Frogs, Snakes...

WMRA's 4 1/2 Day Fundraiser begins with Pet Day!

Listeners Supported for themselves and for their furry, scaly, and feathery friends.

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Virginia Insight
4:00 pm
Mon May 14, 2012

School Money

What will the new Virginia budget mean for funding Virginia’s public schools?

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The Spark
12:57 pm
Fri May 11, 2012

Physicist Giovanna Scarel

What is a photon?  Solid state physicist Dr. Giovanna Scarel explains photons and why such tiny things are intriguing.

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The Spark
11:50 am
Fri May 11, 2012

Glassblower Minh Martin

Glassblower Minh Martin works as part of the Waynesboro artisan collective, South River Studios.

Virginia Insight
4:00 pm
Thu May 10, 2012

The Patent Economy

Perhaps you’ve noticed headlines about firms like Google, Facebook, and Microsoft paying hundreds of millions of dollars to buy up other companies’ patents.

Has it occurred to you to wonder why?

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Virginia Insight
4:00 pm
Mon May 7, 2012

Future Fuel

What will power the engines of the future?  Biodiesel... Hydrogen... Seaweed... Natural gas from hydrofracking?

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