"Indoctrinate Our Kids and Green My Parents"

Ashley Thorne, Communications Director for the National Association of Scholars, is welcomed back to University Talk for a conversation on the "Green" movement. How are our children perceiving this? And what are they bringing home to Mom and Dad? We discuss...

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NC District 15 race breakdown and the Playboy party school list... ECU is on it!

We're back! We wrap up some local talk on North Carolina politics with Lockwood Phillips and Mike McHugh. And we talk about Playboy's latest survey designating East Carolina University as the number 5 party school in the entire nation.

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Quick everyone, come read the new health care law! Wait... what's this part about the student loan industry?

With the passage of health insurance reform, college students will be seeing a lot of new changes to where they are borrowing their money as well as where they will have to spend it.

Our guests, Peter Wood, President of the National Association of Scholars, and Eric Johnson, University Talk contributor, join us to explain what exactly is in this latest paperwork out of Washington.

The college degree... what about learning civics?

Guest: General Josiah Bunting, chairman of ISI's National Civic Literacy board joins us to discuss a recent study conducted by his organization on the quality of civic learning while in colleges across the United States. The results may surprise you. His thoughts and our reactions in this episode of University Talk!

Supreme Court examines religion on campus and women are out-pacing men in enrollment

Should religious groups receive exemptions for school rules that disqualify any organization which discriminates on the grounds of sexual preference? The Supreme Court is prepared to take this on. For now, you decide, we explain.


There are more women in major universities across the country than ever before. How did we get here, and is it a problem?

Health Care Summits, Students & Health Care, Radio & Health Care, and US Hockey

1. We engage callers and jump into a discussion on the President's health care summit today with Republicans.

2. We welcome back Eric Johnson as we discuss the concern students around this country have with health care reform.

3. Organizing for America is introducing a new radio call-in effort. Your thoughts? http://radio.barackobama.com/

4. Mike and Joe talk about the US Men's team on the verge of winning olympic gold in hockey.