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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