Morning AMp (Weekdays 8-10AM CST)

First came Couch Surfing, then came Meal Sharing. Inspired by the close connections he would make with locals while traveling abroad, Jay Savsani founded a new social network for travelers looking for a home cooked meal and a quality conversation all for the cost of flowers or wine. Savsani and lead developer Adam Mark joined AMp hosts Brian Babylon and Molly Adams this morning to talk about building the site and getting people signed up.

Meal Sharing will partner with Global Sharing Day and The Big Lunch on June 2 to go for the world record of the most shared meals in a single day. Watch for more information on that event at here.

Peace Prize Thursday, 3/14/13, 8-10a, CST

Bullying in the Digital Age: Journalist Emily Bazelon is a senior editor at Slate, a contributing writer at the New York Times Magazine, and the Truman Capote Fellow for Creative Writing and Law at Yale Law School. Her new book, Sticks and Stones is about internet/social media bullying, where she cuts to the heart of what makes (and doesn’t make) a bully and how the digital age enhances the harassment techniques of us all.

Coya Paz: Our regular commentator on race and social justice always has a lot to talk about. This week: the new Pope of Firsts, Francis I, using guns as self defense against sexual assault, and reflects on our conversation about bullying with Emily Bazelon.

Obit of the Day: Who Will Be Obit of the Week?

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Tune in tomorrow to The Morning AMp to find out. I will be on at 8:10 a.m. CST.

You have a plethora of listening options:

Vocalo.org (website or app)

89.5 or 90.7 FM in the Chicagoland area

TuneIn Radio (website or app)

If you miss it I’ll post a link.

Cash Money Tuesday on the Morning AMp, 2/26/13 from 8-10am CST

Video Game Biz: Last Wednesday, Sony unveiled the PlayStation 4, during a two-hour event held in NYC and livestreamed to more than 7.5 million viewers. Marty Hess of PixelRated.com tells us exactly how excited he is to play on it and what games are being developed.

Women’s Pro Soccer: The National Women’s Soccer League is the third organization to have a go at making women’s soccer profitable. Alyse LaHue is the general manager of the newest class of the Chicago Red Stars.We’ll talk about what National Team members will be making appearance as well as the open tryouts next week.

Good Deed$: Treated yourself to a new computer and the old one still works? Need to rid yourself of the grad school study books you never used? Brittany Martin Graunke is the Founder & CEO of Zealous Good, a Chicago startup that connects donor’s items with a nonprofit or charity in need.

Peoria Street Pedway: Steven Vance is a writer for Streetsblog Chicago, and is formerly of Grid Chicago. Steven also writes on his own blog about urban transportation planning at StevenCanPlan.com and he has a pedestrian plan for the UIC Campus. He and architect Ryan Lakes are proposing that Peoria Street be turned into a pedestrian only thoroughfare that connects the east campus to the West Loop.”

The AMp Rundown, 2/19/13, 8-10am CST

It’s Cash Money Tuesday!

As Chicago Public Schools decides which schools they’ll be closing before the start of the next school year, WBEZ Reporter Becky Vevea traveled to Philadelphia to look at how a school building’s life plays out when it is no longer filled with children,

Also: the Burger King Twitter manager had a no-good, very bad, horrible day yesterday when they were hacked by an Anonymous group, Hillary Clinton’s cashes in on her post-Cabinet popularity, and will the new Google stores lower prices for Apple’s products?

Friday Morning AMp, 2/15/13, 8 to 10 am CST

In>Time is Chicago’s winter performance art festival. You’ve got about two more weeks to check out events that are part of this always unpredictable discipline and curator/SAIC professor/member of the now defunct Goat Island group Mark Jeffrey will tell us the highlights.

Senior Hip-Hop Correspondent Gabriel Mendoza reviews the new album The Transition, from local rapper Slot-A, who you may have caught onstage with Add-2 at our Winter Block Party.

Local Rock: Intern Gillian McGhee listens to the new album from Sky We Scrape. They’re having a record release show tomorrow night at Quenchers Saloon.

And it’s a sad weekend for new releases in the movie theaters, but Reggie Ponder the Reel Critic will surely find something nice to say about Die Hard 16 and some Nicholas Sparks adaptation.

Why Going Out to Eat on Valentine’s Day Isn’t the Best Idea

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According to Zagat’s Valentine’s Day Survey, 53% of couples intend to celebrate the holiday of love by going out to eat. This sounds great, in theory, but the reality is far from stellar. The holiday is the busiest night of the year for restaurants, and many struggle to fill their tables for larger parties, since V-Day is a nationwide date night on steroids. The need for tables for two means that establishments want to turn over seatings as quickly as possible, and you may end up feeling rushed as a diner. The best bet? Cook a romantic meal at home (may we suggest our romantic, hassle-free Valentine’s Day recipes?) to show your true love just how much work you’re willing to put in to impress them.

We got morning plans for you though! Listen to the AMp tomorrow and get more relationship advice than you need from Solo in the Second City and the Guy Friends podcast, horoscope readings from our own Vivian Mikhail, and even Coya Paz will be getting on the action!

Tomorrow on Feminist Wednesday (2/13/2013)

Hospital Re-admittance: Almost one in five elderly patients released from a hospital is back within 30 days, and more than one in three are back within 90 days. New research shows that unnecessary return trips to the hospital negatively affect patients’ health, place a burden on their families and caregivers, and cost our country billions of dollars. Anne Weiss of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation discusses how to avoid repeat trips to somewhere no one wants to be.

Yo Soy Ella: Multiple studies of Americans and mental health have found that Latinas are at a greater risk for depression and suicide than their counterparts, yet they are less likely seek out services due to non-diagnosis or cultural stigmas. What are the specific causes of mental stress for Latinas and how can they be better served? A group of mental health care workers have banded together to form Yo Soy Ella to address these specific needs and founder Sarah Allen joins us in studio to talk about what they’re doing.

Council of Feminist Thought: Audra Wilson, host of Vocalo’s Practically Speaking and adjunct professor of law at Northwestern, joins us to talk about Pope Benedict’s legacy, the State of the Union address, and the Violence Against Women Act heading to the House.

Other People’s Problems

We need some help making a radio show. On February 14 we are (of course) talking all about love and relationships in the modern age. We’ll have reviews of mobile dating apps, horoscope readings, conversations about interracial dating, and lots and lots of advice. That’s where we need you. If you have any questions or a crazy story about relationships give us a call at 888-635-1112, press 2, and record it.

Maybe you want to analyze something that happened in the past. Call us.

Maybe you want to rant about marriage inequality. Call us.

Maybe you need some inexplicable behavior explained. Call us.

Maybe you need an argument settled. Call us.

888-635-1112 and press 2 to leave a message.

This past weekend, Pastor Charles Jenkins announced to his growing congregation that the Hobby Lobby Stores Foundation has donated the 229,000-square-foot former offices of Soft Sheen to the church. Pastor Jenkins joins Molly and Brian to discuss the donation and how they hope to expand their place of worship as well as grow community and business, with room for retail space, schools, and health clinics.