Host: Joe Gray
Guest: Joey Maghan, Geostellar, Solar Energy for Homes
Discussion: Joey Maghan describes the advantages of and process for obtaining solar energy for homes, including solar tax credits, net metering, cost, installation, financing, renewable energy credits and solar employment.
Originally Broadcast on WSHC Shepherdstown, Shepherd University Radio, Shepherdstown, WV on July 18, 2015
Host: Joe Gray
Guest: Mary Anne Hitt, Director, Sierra Club, Beyond Coal Campaign
Discussion: Mary Anne describes progress to retire coal plants in the U.S. and to increase the availability of renewable energy, coal exports, opposition to coal export terminals in the U.S., Chinese investment in renewable energy, Supreme Court ruling on EPA regulation of mercury emissions from power plants, President’s Clean Power Plan and its impact on international climate negotiations. Discussion of health problems caused by coal dust emissions. Introduction of significant wind energy in Iowa and North Carolina.
Radio Broadcast on WSHC Shepherdstown from the campus of Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, WV on July 18, 2015
Host: Joe Gray
Guest: Jim Surkamp, Noted Historian and Media Producer, Shepherdstown, WV
Discussion: Jim presents the narrative of a Vietnam Veteran, “Don’t Mean Nothin'”, produced during the 1990’s, winner of the Harvard University Peabody Award in 1999.
This audio was broadcast on WSHC Shepherdstown Radio, from the Shepherd University Campus on July 4, 2015.
The audio above is an introduction only. To listen to the actual narrative entitled “Don’t Mean Nothin” click on: http://jimsurkamp.com/?p=332
Host: Joe Gray
Guest: Hubert Smith, President, Martinsburg-Berkeley County WV Chapter, NAACP
Discussion: The killing of Wayne Jones by 5 Policemen of Martinsburg, WV on March 14, 2013, the struggle for justice and accountability. Recent events to improve relations between the Martinsburg Police and the black community of Martinsburg.
Host: Joe Gray
Guests: Josh Cutler, Samuel McJonathan and Dan Morgan
Discussion: Lyme Disease prevalence, symptoms, fund raising to support work to improve recognition and sanctioned available treatment for Lyme disease. Josh Cutler discusses work by his organization, The Mayday Project, to get IDSA to recognize chronic Lyme disease and revise the medical guidelines. Samuel McJonathan and Dan Morgan relate experience with Lyme and fund-raising through the upcoming Bless the Woods music festival in Fairplay, MD, June 11-14, 2015.
Audio program was broadcast on WSHC Radio, Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, WV on May 30, 2015
Host: Joe Gray
Guest: Autumn Long, Social Justice and Environmental Activism relating to impacts of Marcellus Shale Gas Fracking boom.
Discussion: Fracking impacts on water, land and people in WV. Legal, regulatory, environmental and health issues related to fracking.
Originally broadcast on WSHC Radio, Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, WV, on May 30, 2015
Host: Joe Gray
Guests: Dr. Aart Holtslag, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Shepherd University and students, Nathan Emery and Wilhelm Remberg. These students represented a larger group of students from the Political Science class who participated in and received awards for their success in the program.
Discussion: This team participated in a recent Model UN program in which they represented various countries and issues in a format similar to actual UN protocol. The group received several awards for their participation.
Originally broadcast on WSHC from the campus of Shepherd University on May 2, 2015.
Note: The audio was set a little too low for the opening by Dr. Holtslag but this was cleared up after the first couple of minutes, so hang in there it gets better!
Host: Joe Gray
Guest: Aurora Ellis, Journalist, Editor, Graduate of Howard University, Political Science and International Relations
Discussion: Police relations with the black community, the Baltimore unrest following the death of Freddie Gray, the need for police accountability and transparency, underlying conditions
Note: The audio starts mid-stream of the conversation.
Host: Joe Gray
Guest: Allan Balliet, Organic Farmer in Shepherdstown, WV
Description: Allan Balliet discusses GMO’s, organic food, food labeling, biodiversity, seed saving, vaccines, food, nutrition and local farming.
Broadcast on WSHC Radio, 89.7 FM, from Shepherd University, April 18, 2015
Host: Joe Gray
Guests: Jan Hafer and Rita Nieman
Description: Discussion of Sex Trafficking and Modern Day Slavery
Broadcast on WSHC Radio, 89.7 FM, Shepherd University, April 18, 2015
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