Hearsay With Cathy Lewis

Not only will our favorite veterinarian, Dr. Phyllis Neumann, be joining us live in studio and taking all your pet health questions--we'll also be talking about some of our favorite famous pets from Hollywood and the small screen. Who are your favorite famous furry and feathered friends?

Join us for another edition of Headlines, when we tackle the latest news headlines that have you talking. This week we'll examine a new Newport News initiative to collect nearly $4 million in delinquent personal property taxes using license plate scanners. Join us with your thoughts by calling in live at 440-2665 or 1-800-940-2240. You can also e-mail the program at hearsay@whrv.org or join us on our Facebook page www.facebook.com/hearsaywithcathylewis.

As we spring ahead into a new season, local farmers markets and the restaurants that showcase locally grown and harvested foods and goods are preparing for another banner year. On this edition of HearSay's Delicious Dish, our favorite foodie Chef Patrick Evans-Hylton joins us with a panel of guests to talk about the impact these businesses have on the local economy, their relationships with each other, and how the "fruits of their labors" are enjoyed by the public, well beyond the dinner table.

In advance of his Tuesday talk at the Norfolk Forum, we're joined today by CNN's multiple Emmy-award winning chief medical correspondent, Dr. Sanjay Gupta. We'll discuss his ongoing work as a neurosurgeon and his recent work with friend, and colleague, Miles O'Brien, to help tell his incredible story about loss--and being found.

Next week the Norfolk State University Department of English and Foreign Languages will hold the third annual William Carroll Writers Festival. The event is a celebration of the unique culture of creativity that was fosters across the campus by the festival's namesake, Dr. Bill Carrol. The festival will feature published writers, professors and poets who will serve as keynote speakers in a series of sessions over the course of three days; they join us today on HearSay to discuss Dr. Bill's legacy and the challenges facing a new generation of writers and poets.

On today's HearSay, we're joined by the columnists and commentators that know Virginia's political machine inside and out. Be sure to tune in for what is sure to be a lively conversation about the issues that dominated the Commonwealth's political landscape at the close of the 2015 General Assembly session. We'll also look back at the lasting impact of former Virginia Beach mayor, Meyera Oberndorf.

As you St. Patrick's Day revelers raise those glasses and shout out the words to your favorite pub song, have you ever considered the origins of those Irish traditions? Radio personality, and front man of the Irish rock powerhouse, The Fighting Jamesons, Mike Powers, joins us for a history lesson on the origins and meaning behind your favorite Irish pub songs; just in time for your St. Patrick's Day celebration!

Has spring sprung?! We're trying not to get our hopes up, but our resident gardening guru, Jim Orband, has alerted us to the arrival of buds and the occasional bloom all across Hampton Roads. We'll find out if it's time to start the tilling as we take all your gardening questions.

A recent study from the University of Virginia revealed that about one-third of Virginia's students aren't ready for kindergarten in at least one learning category. About 20 percent of students lack the needed social skills, 11 percent lack literacy skills, and 8.5 percent aren't ready for math, according to the report. Today we're joined by the researchers responsible for the report, and local literacy experts, for a look at how parents can better prepare young children for lifetime of successful learning.

Join us for another edition of Headlines, when we tackle the latest news headlines that have you talking. Join us with your thoughts by calling in live at 440-2665 or 1-800-940-2240. You can also e-mail the program at hearsay@whrv.org or join us on our Facebook page www.facebook.com/hearsaywithcathylewis.

On today's HearSay we begin a series of conversations with the superintendents of the region's school districts. We're joined today by Dr. Aaron Spence, who assumed the leadership of Virginia Beach City Public Schools in June of last year. He oversees the operation of 86 schools (serving almost 69,000 students) and is himself a graduate of Green Run High School in Virginia Beach.

Advancements in medical technology can both extend life and complicate the dying process, especially when combined with challenging religious beliefs and ethics concerns. We're joined today by Catholic and Jewish scholars as we discuss controversies and perspectives around withdrawing life sustaining treatment, palliative care measures, assisted suicide, and the criteria of death for the transplantation of organs and tissues.

Even radio hosts and their guest have to make up snow days, kids! As the weather starts to warm, pets and their owners will be heading outdoors for exercise and play. Our resident veterinarian, Dr. Phyllis Neuman, joins Cathy Lewis to prep you for another season of outdoor adventures. She'll offer up tips on easing your pets into higher levels of activity and what pests to look out for.

Virginia Secretary of Commerce and Trade Maurice Jones will join a panel discussion to explore the economic value of clean streams, rivers, and a restored Chesapeake Bay at the next Blue Planet Forum on Tuesday, March 10, 2015. Joining Jones will be Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) Senior Water Quality Scientist Dr. Beth McGee and Dr. Quentin Kidd, chair of Christopher Newport University's Department of Government and director of the university's Wason Center for Public Policy. The panelist join host, Cathy Lewis, in advance of that lecture for an in-depth look at the true value of preserving the Chesapeake Bay and its surrounding waterways.

The College of William & Mary has recently named Sara Khan as the 2015 Kraemer Middle East Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence. Khan is the director of Inspire, a women's human rights and counter-terrorism organization which seeks to address inequalities facing British Muslim women. The yearly offered position provides the opportunity for a scholar specializing in Islamic law and governance to spend a short period of time at William & Mary sharing his or her expertise with the university community. She joins us today to share that expertise with our listeners, in advance of her Tuesday lecture at the College.

Join us for another edition of Headlines, when we tackle the latest news headlines that have you talking. Join us with your thoughts by calling in live at 440-2665 or 1-800-940-2240. You can also e-mail the program at hearsay@whrv.org or join us on our Facebook page www.facebook.com/hearsaywithcathylewis.

Join us for another edition of Headlines, when we tackle the latest news headlines that have you talking. Join us with your thoughts by calling in live at 440-2665 or 1-800-940-2240. You can also e-mail the program at hearsay@whrv.org or join us on our Facebook page www.facebook.com/hearsaywithcathylewis.

Western Tidewater has one of the highest rates of Diabetes, and deaths as a result of the disease, anywhere in Virginia. A new partnership between the Obici Healthcare Foundation and Eastern Virginia Medical School is bringing new treatment and care options to residents of Suffolk and surrounding cities with the opening of the EVMS Strelitz Diabetes Center of Western Tidewater. The weekly clinic will offer screenings, lifestyle intervention and a focus on areas commonly struck by serious complications of diabetes such as the kidneys, eyes and feet. We're joined today by the center's founders for a conversation about the disease and the vital services the new center will provide.

Why change a recipe that is 200 years old? Maybe 200 years is long enough." That quote is from the recent film, "The 100 Foot Journey" and the focus of this month's HearSay: Delicious Dish. Host Cathy Lewis and our favorite foodie Chef Patrick Evans-Hylton talk about how some of your favorite dishes often change with time and taste. Even southern cooking can be "re-comforted" and still in "great taste." Join the conversation and the fun as we invite you to share your recipes and stories!

Few things will get you yearning for spring like temperatures in the teens, half a foot of ice on the ground, and a week spent cooped up with your kids. So take a breather from that back breaking snow shoveling, and gather round the radio as we entertain a dream of spring with our favorite gardening guru, Jim Orband.