News Junkies Show 9 - December 4 2008

It's our final show of the year and we have a great lineup to say good bye to 2008.

Joining us for a run down of the biggest stories of 2008 are Sarah Prial and Chris Lebeau.

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Undergrad Mike Fazzino talks about the RED campaign

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Professors Brian Stiltner and Kirk Bartholomew discuss ethics in bio research and how the upcoming Obama presidency will change the research game.

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Media Studies Instructor Justin Liberman has a great new project in the works. My conversation with Professors Brian Stiltner and Kirk Bartholomew continues here.

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Instructor Damon Maulucci calls in for the 5 minute fix.

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NEWS JUNKIES Show 8 - November 20

NEWS JUNKIES Show 8 - November 20

Guests:

Professor Steven Michels from SHU's Department of Government and Politics

Student Co-Hosts Lacey Gilleran, Rob Coloney

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Lacey Gilleran and the Entertainment Fix:

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Professor of Economics Khawaja Mamun joins in.

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Podcast 1 & more conversation - SHU Students on the Economy by Lacey Gilleran, Kaitlyn Neuman and Ali Kaba

Podcast 2 - SHU Students on the Economy by Noelle Gharbi, Brendan Foley

with additional conversation with Professor of Psychology Shirley Pavone and Host of Weekly Bread Sam Dowd

Project: CyberTribe segment with Erin Howard

And as always - Prof. Damon Maulucci with the 5 Minute Fix

News Junkies Show 7 Nov 13 2008

Another action packed show with Student Co-Hosts Sam Dowd (Host of 'Weekly Bread' also here on whrtradio.com) and Leah Gallagher

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Prof. Michael Reynolds from the Department of Media Studies and Digital Culture on the post election news

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One Campaign Student Activist Scott Matheson

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The Five Minute Fix with Prof. Damon Maulucci

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News Junkies Show 6 - November 6 2008

What a show! Professor Gary Rose from the department of Government and Politics was in the studio along with SHU Student Govt. President Matt Telvi and my great co-hosts Sarah Prial and Lacey Gilleran.

Special Segment - The Full Audio of opinions on the election - 

Voices from SHU

Listen to our opening News Junkie Headline Roundup Here 36:00

Professor Gary Rose Joins in Part 1  16:34  - Part 2  43:57

Special Segment - "Phoning It In" guest SHU Alum Matt Libassi  4:30

Special Segment - Project: CyberTribe "B-Boyz" with Adrian Fitzsimon 5:54

Special Segment - Five Minute Fix - A quick chat among News Junkies with Damon Maulucci

What's at Stake

I just found this amazing pictorial on the working poor of Troy New York. Today as we go to the polls we have so much at stake but out there even amidst the high turnout are those on the lowest rungs of the financial scale and only one candidate has consistently talked about poverty while the other created a mockery of the middle class with the Joe-the-Plumber gimmick. Those working poor may not even know who is running but they'll certainly feel the effects of more of the same failed economic policies. Vote for change and vote for a government that works for those who struggle to keep their head above the water of this "trickle-down" economy.

Brenda Ann Kenneally captures the female working poor and culture of incarceration in Troy, NY, where the presidential race has little resonance.

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News Junkies Show 5 - October 30 2008

4 Days left until the presidential election of 2008 and we're all going nuts! Let's get this thing over already!

Obama's big infomercial was last night and got the biggest ratings of the evening. He purchased a half an hour of air time on 7 networks so odds were good you were flipping channels and thought someone else had a remote too and was messing with you.

This week Co-Host extraordinaire  Lacey Gilleran returned to the show and accounting student Chris LeBeau sat in for our headline session.

Listen to Part 1 - 19:15

Listen to Part 2 - 8:20

You've seen the posters you puzzled at the statistics, now Janice Kessler of the SHU Counseling Center joined us to talk about the poster campaign and how the information was gathered.

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News Junkies Show 4 - October 23 2008

Today I spoke with Diana Sena, a senior at SHU and the lead organizer of the environmental club. Diana is working hard toward establishing the club and helping to put SHU on a greener path. Listen to her interview here.

Senior Nicole Giglia reports for News Junkies in the first of a new and exciting series called PROJECT: Cybertribe. This feature explores digital subcultures and how people find each other and share their interests regardless of geography. Nicole reports on Club Penguin, a social networking site for kids.

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News Junkies Show 3 - October 16 2008

The economy is issue 1 on News Junkies this week and we have the economist on to prove it!

Professor Khawaja Mamun from the John Welch College of Business here at Sacred Heart University talks money and I try to keep up.

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We bring the talk around to religion and politics with 2 more interviews with Professor Brian Stiltner of the Religious Studies Department and Instructor Justin Liberman from the Department of Media Studies and Digital Culture.

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News Junkies Show 2 - October 9 2008

Our guest on this episode is Professor Jane Carlin. I met Jane on a relief mission to Mississippi in May of 2006. I visited the areas of Waveland and Gulfport (where the eye of Katrina passed) at 6 months and 9 months after the hurricane. Jane, a professor of English, and I speak at length about the trip and the role of government in such matters.

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Welcome to News Junkies at WHRTradio.com

10/2/2008

I'm your host Professor Gregory Golda and this is News Junkies. A current issues talk show for the students of Sacred Heart University in Fairfield Connecticut.

The program is a mix of students, faculty and experts talking about politics and issues. All punctuated by an eclectic mix of music.

On the first week of the program October  10/2/2008, News Junkies hosted Professor June Ann Greeley. WHRT General Manager Sarah Prial was my student guest.

Listen to the interview here.

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We also had the pleasure of speaking with SHU student, activist and artist Mike Randa about his family history of protesting and his recent run-in with the law.

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