HearSay with Cathy Lewis

HearSay guest host Joe Flanagan will talk to reporters and vets about how our military celebrates the holidays overseas. Do you have a story about you or your loved ones far from home? After that, Langley director Dr. David E. Bowles will discuss the latest efforts by his team at NASA to go back to the moon and further explore Mars.

John Waller, 94, was on the troopship SS Leopoldville when it was torpedoed by a German U-boat in the English Channel on Christmas Eve, 1944. What happened after that was a tragic and amazing story that remained shrouded in mystery for decades after, until it was made it into a documentary. He tells us the tale. Then the people at Zeiders American Dream Theater talk about the coming season. Joe Flanagan hosts this show.

What is it like to cover a weather emergency? What split-second decisions have to be made with the pressure mounting and snow coming down? Joe Flanagan will host a round table with media veterans who will tell their tales. Then, we will find out what's going on in Mal's World.

Justin Mason, the director of ODU's Pretlow Planetarium will host a show about the strangest phenomena in outer space. It promises to be a fun, bizarre conversation on the universe around us and the importance of discovery and wonder.

HearSay producer Paul Bibeau will guest host a show about how things go wrong and what disaster can teach us. We'll sort through missed appointments, stalled projects, and job interviews that did not go as planned. We examine debacles, snafus and catastrophes.

Cathy will unpack the latest headlines with local experts. Then we will ask the managing editor of Human Progress about how we react to the news and what we're missing. Finally, we'll talk to two entrepreneurs about the new option they're giving working parents.

How can you get through Thanksgiving in these political times? What will it take to avoid fights over the midterms, or Trump, or whatever Robert Mueller is going to do next? Cathy and her guests will help you maintain composure.

Thanksgiving is upon us, and we are exploring the local legends and the delicious dishes of this holiday with history experts, food writers and the people who help put the feast on your table.

With Black Friday approaching and Amazon moving operations into the state, we will talk about how the retail industry is faring in our own backyard. Hope you'll tune in at noon on 89.5 WHRV-FM.

Today we're going to talk to a Holocaust survivor with an astounding story and discuss the disturbing incidents of anti-Semitism and other forms of hatred in America today. After that, we'll find out what's going on this week in Mal's World.