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WVBR 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 working as a linguist, filmmaker and activist in Ladakh, on the Tibetan Plateau.   Norberg-Hodge has also been working on a new documentary through Local Futures, called Planet Local: A Quiet Revolution. In addition to that, she has been promoting World Localization Day, which occurs on June 21st, and calls on people to come together to explore the power of localization, and to honor the many initiatives, old and new, that foster ecological economies, thriving communities and healthy local food systems.     This interview, first released on AFTER HOURS, will be broadcasted live on WVBR 93.5 FM in August 2022. Special thanks to Helena Norberg-Hodge for making this episode possible.   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. 

WVBR 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 term in the New Mexico State Senate. O’Neill’s poems have appeared in numerous literary reviews, both regional and national, and his career has been framed by his work with nonprofits, with a focus on incarcerated juveniles and adults. In 2005, Governor Bill Richardson appointed him Executive Director of the NM Juvenile Parole Board. Named an Emerging Leader in 2016 by the University Of Virginia’s Darden School, he credits his early literary inspiration to mentors E.L. Doctorow and V.B. Price. This interview, first released on AFTER HOURS, will be broadcasted live on WVBR 93.5 FM in August 2022. Special thanks to Bill O’Neill and Ben Tanzer for making this episode possible. 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. 

Andrew 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 on WVBR on May 14th and May 21st, our final live news broadcasts of the Spring 2022 season. 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. 

Introducing 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 Jackie Torres interviewed Cornell Law Professor Sherry Colb, an expert in criminal law and procedure and feminist legal studies. Fairchild, Torres, and outgoing WVBR President Clara Enders also provide their own analysis of the future consequences likely to stem from the Dobbs ruling. 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. 

On 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 Economics Professor George Hay, an expert in antitrust law and economics. 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.   

Jackie 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, Instagram, and Twitter.  Music written, recorded and produced by Rain. Find them here. 

What 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. 

With 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 on social media! @WVBRFMNews on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.  Music written, recorded and produced by Rain. Find them here. 

From 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 media! @WVBRFMNews on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.  Music written, recorded and produced by Rain. Find them here. 

With 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 by Rain. Find them 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. 

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. 

Catch 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. 

With 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 and produced by Rain. Find them here. 

With 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. 

New 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

Live 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 collaboration with The Smith Opera House in Geneva, and the performers are playing on the dock! We talked to Susan Monagan, executive director of The Smith, which had to shut down their music series in late winter. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook: @WVBRFMNews. Music written, recorded and produced by Rain. Find them here. 

This 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. 

WVBR 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 Instagram.    Background music by Zeeky Beats. 

Welcome to Talk of the Town: After Hours from WVBR News! Questions, comments, or tips? Email us at news@wvbr.com.  Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook @WVBRFMNews.  Music written, recorded and produced by Rain. Find them here.