Talk of the Town: After Hours
24 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago -Talk of the Town is the flagship news show for WVBR-FM (Ithaca, NY). Each week, the WVBR News Department reports on local and national headlines that impact the Ithaca/Tompkins County region. These stories originally air on Saturdays at 3p EST on WVBR 93.5FM, but here, we welcome you AFTER HOURS.
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Ep 22: Authors on Air with Tim Johnston
February 24, 2024 20:00 - 40 minutes - 36.9 MBWVBR News Director Jack Donnellan recently sat down with New York Times Bestselling Author Tim Johnston for the latest episode of our “Authors on Air” series. Tim is the author of the novels DISTANT SONS, DESCENT, THE CURRENT, the story collection IRISH GIRL, and the Young Adult novel NEVER SO GREEN. A New York Times, USA Today, and Indie national bestseller, Descent has been published internationally and optioned for film. Also optioned for film, The Current won the Midland Authors 2020 Adu...
Ep 21: Authors on Air with Mark Wish
January 05, 2024 20:00 - 52 minutes - 48 MBWVBR News Director Jack Donnellan sat down with author, editor, and publisher Mark Wish. Mark and his wife recently founded an annual short story anthology, Coolest American Stories, which pushes its contributors to make their fiction as compelling as possible, reminding them that readers crave “unputdownable” storytelling. Mark’s latest book, which will be released in January 2024, is Necessary Deeds, published by Regal House Titles. We hear an excerpt from the novel, in which Matt Connell,...
Ep 20: Authors on Air with Ralph White
October 13, 2023 20:00 - 42 minutes - 38.5 MBWVBR News Director Jack Donnellan sits down with Ralph White alongside DZ Stone, a writer, journalist, and former WVBR staffer, for WVBR News’ newest series, Authors on Air. Ralph’s book, Getting Out of Saigon, is a political exposé, a refugee saga, a coming-of-age story, and a romance, and it is narrated by the only living person who knows exactly what happened inside that embassy during Saigon’s final two weeks when a powerful psychotic and a naïve young expatriate became locked in a test ...
Ep 19: Life and Localization with Activist Helena Norberg-Hodge
June 15, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 57.2 MBWVBR News Directors Andrew Modrowsky and Jack Donnellan interview environmental activist and a pioneer of the “new economy movement", Helena Norberg-Hodge. Norberg-Hodge is the founder and director of Local Futures, a non-profit dedicated to renewing ecological and social wellbeing by strengthening local communities and local economies worldwide. She is also the author of the international best-selling book, Ancient Futures, based on her personal experience of over 40 years living and wor...
Ep 18 Poetry and Politics with NM State Senator, Author & Cornell Alum Bill O'Neill
June 10, 2022 07:20 - 54 minutes - 50.3 MBWVBR News Directors Andrew Modrowsky and Jack Donnellan interview NM State Senator, Cornell alum (and one-time kick returner on the football team) and author Bill O'Neill. O’Neill read from his recent poetry collection The Definition of Empty from University of New Mexico Press, as well as his recent novel Short Session from Red Mountain Press at Buffalo Street Books on June 4th at 2:00 PM. A native of rural Ohio, he was elected to the New Mexico Legislature in 2008 and is now in his second ...
Ep 17: NY Politics, Stock Market Woes & Your Daily Aspirin Regimen
May 25, 2022 08:05 - 24 minutes - 22.2 MBAndrew Modrowsky discusses the resignation of U.S. Representative Tom Reed (NY-23), Grace Fairchild investigates why the markets are down, and Jack Donnellan breaks down why you might want to reconsider your daily aspirin regimen. We also report on local news from the Ithaca/Tompkins County region, including booster vaccine availability, the Ithaca Summer Concert series, and a new program making TCAT buses free for local youth this summer. This episode features segments that originally aired...
Ep 16: The Future of Abortion Rights with Cornell Law Prof Sherry Colb
May 09, 2022 20:00 - 31 minutes - 28.7 MBIntroducing new WVBR News Directors Jack Donnellan and Andrew Modrowsky! Join Jack as he provides updates on the goings-on at the station and what to expect from WVBR news in the future. Also, hear WVBR's top-notch reporting team break down the leaked U.S. Supreme Court draft opinion in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case, in which a majority of the Supreme Court privately voted to strike down Roe v. Wade. To break down the massive impact of this draft, Grace Fairchild and...
Ep 15: Antitrust and Universities with Cornell Law & Economics Prof George Hay
February 01, 2022 04:42 - 24 minutes - 22 MBOn January 11, a lawsuit was filed in federal court in Illinois against 16 major US universities, including Cornell, for antitrust violations. The lawsuit claims that these universities unlawfully collaborate on student aid calculations and fail to truly apply need-blind admissions policies. To gain a better understanding of the history of financial aid price fixing, its impacts on students, and Cornell’s place in the case, Jackie Torres and Grace Fairchild interviewed Cornell Law and Econ...
Ep 14: Haiti Earthquake, IPCC Climate Report, and Cuomo Goes Home
August 16, 2021 23:43 - 13 minutes - 12.4 MBJackie Torres provides an update on the Saturday 7.2 magnitude earthquake in Haiti, Izzy Frabotta breaks down the IPCC Climate Report, and Grace Fairchild gives an editorial on what seems to be the end of the Andrew Cuomo saga. This episode contains reports from the Saturday, August 14 live Talk of the Town show on 93.5 FM. wvbr.com/afterhours Catch the full Talk of the Town radio show on Saturdays at 3p on WVBR 93.5 FM or at wvbr.com. Follow us on social media! @WVBRFMNews on Facebook,...
Ep 13: Reopening Ithaca: A WVBR/WICB Collaborative Episode
April 26, 2021 19:14 - 53 minutes - 48.6 MBWhat does life in Ithaca look like in spring of 2021? The news departments at WICB and WVBR teamed up to catalogue the changes and challenges of the new normal. Find more from the WICB News Department here. wvbr.com/afterhours Catch the full Talk of the Town radio show on Saturdays at 3p on WVBR 93.5 FM or at wvbr.com. Follow us on social media! @WVBRFMNews on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Music written, recorded and produced by Rain. Find them here.
Ep 12: Dr. Christine Balance on Violence Against the AAPI Community & Prof. John Blume on the Derek Chauvin Trial
April 06, 2021 06:17 - 31 minutes - 28.4 MBWith segments from the April 3rd radio broadcast, this episode asks Dr. Christine Balance, Cornell PMA and Asian American Studies professor, about the rise in violence against Asian Americans in the US. Later, we visit with Cornell Law Professor John Blume about the legal procedures and norms behind the Derek Chauvin trial. Segments by Izzy Frabotta, Jade Ovadia, and Grace Fairchild. Catch the full Talk of the Town radio show on Saturdays at 3p on WVBR 93.5 FM or at wvbr.com. Follow us ...
Ep 11: Sunnier Days Ahead & BigRedBun Fun
March 22, 2021 18:34 - 45 minutes - 41.2 MBFrom the March 20th Talk of the Town show, we have an interview with small business owner Deirdre Kurzweil about her landlord experience in the Ithaca Commons, and an interview with Erin Scannell, whose emotional support bunny, Finn, is the Instagram and Cornell famous @BigRedBun. Thanks to Clara Enders and Jade Ovadia for their help with this episode. wvbr.com/afterhours Catch the full Talk of the Town radio show on Saturdays at 3p on WVBR 93.5 FM or at wvbr.com. Follow us on social ...
Ep 10: Vaccine Distribution, the Death Penalty, and DACA
December 15, 2020 08:39 - 45 minutes - 41.8 MBWith segments from the December 12th radio show, Cornell Professors Colleen Carey, John Blume, and Jaclyn Kelley-Widmer share their insight on vaccine distribution, the death penalty, and DACA, respectively. Reporters: Izzy Frabotta, Jade Ovadia, Grace Fairchild wvbr.com/afterhours Catch the full Talk of the Town radio show on Saturdays at 3p on WVBR 93.5 FM or at wvbr.com. Follow us on social media! @WVBRFMNews on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Music written, recorded and produced ...
Ep 9: The Lanternfly and Cayuga Chamber Orchestra's Holiday Concert
December 09, 2020 22:26 - 9 minutes - 8.29 MBwvbr.com/afterhours Catch the full Talk of the Town radio show on Saturdays at 3p on WVBR 93.5 FM or at wvbr.com. Follow us on social media! @WVBRFMNews on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Music written, recorded and produced by Rain. Find them here.
Ep 8: COVID Vaccine Trials, CNBC's Peter Schacknow, Free Thanksgiving Meals in Tompkins County, and Working the Nov 3 Election
November 18, 2020 03:32 - 22 minutes - 21.1 MBwvbr.com/afterhours Catch the full Talk of the Town radio show on Saturdays at 3p on WVBR 93.5 FM or at wvbr.com. Follow us on social media! @WVBRFMNews on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Music written, recorded and produced by Rain. Find them here.
Ep. 7: Tracy Mitrano, Tom O'Mara, Stephen Yale-Loehr on H-1B Visas, Tompkins County Schools, and Cornell PMA Virtual Shows
October 27, 2020 06:14 - 52 minutes - 48.4 MBCatch our full Talk of the Town show on Saturdays at 3p EST on WVBR 93.5 FM, or on wvbr.com. wvbr.com/afterhours Follow us on social media! @WVBRFMNews on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Music written, recorded and produced by Rain. Find them here.
Ep 6: Police Reform, Leslie Danks Burke, and Nobel Prize Winners
October 20, 2020 19:13 - 23 minutes - 21.5 MBWith highlights from the October 17th radio episode of Talk of the Town, this week's After Hours brings you stories on a Tompkins County police forum, an interview with New York State Senate candidate Leslie Danks Burke, and a wrap up of this year’s Nobel Prize winners. Thanks to Clara Enders, Christopher Morales, and Izzy Frabotta for great reports this week. wvbr.com/afterhours Follow us on social media! @WVBRFMNews on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Music written, recorded an...
Ep. 5: VP Debate, State Assembly Race, Tompkins County Environmental Justice, and the Johnson Goes Virtual
October 12, 2020 18:55 - 41 minutes - 38.2 MBWith segments from our October 10th radio episode of Talk of the Town, this week we have reports from Christopher Morales, Grace Fairchild, Izzy Frabotta, and Clara Enders. wvbr.com/afterhours Follow us on social media! @WVBRFMNews on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Music written, recorded and produced by Rain. Find them here.
Ep. 4: Cornell's COVID Containment, Election Frenzies, and Socially-Distant Apple Fest
October 03, 2020 23:06 - 16 minutes - 14.8 MBNew WVBR Reporters Izzy Frabotta, Clara Enders, Christopher Morales, and Charlie Mollin contribute stories on coronavirus containment, voting in Tompkins County, Cornell's Student Assembly elections, and de-densified AppleFest. WVBR News is back this fall, and we're bringing you the stories you Itha-Can't get anywhere else! Listen live to Talk of the Town on WVBR 93.5 FM on Saturdays at 3p for our complete show! Follow @WVBRFMNews on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. wvbr.com/news
Ep. 3: Live Music at Supernatural Lake
August 12, 2020 04:08 - 13 minutes - 12 MBLive music and bars were two early casualties of this year's pandemic, and WVBR News has talked with the people bringing both back to the Finger Lakes Wine Trail this summer. Supernatural Lake right on the shores of Cayuga Lake in Interlaken is the brainchild of New York sommelier Caleb Ganzer. They're offering lakeside dining, wines by the glass, morning coffee service, and starting next week, Sunday brunch. But a little more unusual for a lakeside spot is that they're doing live music in c...
Ep. 2: Anti-Racism Activism at Cornell and a COVID Relief Funding Breakdown
August 05, 2020 16:00 - 20 minutes - 18.3 MBThis week's episode features segments from Danny Alvarado-Gómez on Cornell students' anti-racism work, as well as a report from Clara Enders on what to expect from federal COVID relief negotiations and NYS unemployment extensions. Both segments were featured on our July 31st broadcast of Talk of the Town. Follow us on social media for news updates! We're @WVBRFMNews on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Background music by Zeeky Beats.
Ep. 1: No Matter How Schools Reopen, the ADA Still Applies
July 29, 2020 16:00 - 21 minutes - 18.2 MBWVBR News interviewed Joe Zesski, Program Manager for the Northeast ADA Center, about what schools should remember about the Americans with Disabilities Act when they bring students back to the classroom for the upcoming semester. The takeaway? Civil rights laws, including the ADA, still apply— even in the midst of a pandemic. You'll find a transcript of this interview at wvbr.com/news. Follow us on social media for news updates! We're @WVBRFMNews on Facebook, Twitter, and In...
TRAILER: Welcome to After Hours!
July 27, 2020 15:47 - 2 minutes - 2.47 MBWelcome to Talk of the Town: After Hours from WVBR News! Questions, comments, or tips? Email us at [email protected]. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook @WVBRFMNews. Music written, recorded and produced by Rain. Find them here.
TRAILER: Welcome to After Hours!
July 27, 2020 15:47 - 2 minutes - 2.39 MBWelcome to Talk of the Town: After Hours from WVBR News! Questions, comments, or tips? Email us at [email protected]. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook @WVBRFMNews. Music written, recorded and produced by Rain. Find them here.