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Poetry That Heals
What’s the role of poetry in the face of tragedy? Henry Hart (William and Mary) is Virginia’s poet laureate. He shares how poetry can emerge in the w…
7 years, 4 months ago
Unfreedom
Stacey Houston (George Mason University) has spent his career looking at the complex web between education, health, and the justice system. He says k…
7 years, 4 months ago
1619: Past and Present
400 years ago, in 1619, the first Africans arrived in English-speaking North America. Cassandra Newby-Alexander (Norfolk State University) explores h…
7 years, 4 months ago
Evicted!
Kathryn Howell and Ben Teresa (Virginia Commonwealth University) are part of the RVA Eviction Lab which gathers data on eviction rates. They say high…
7 years, 5 months ago
The Human Ecosystem
These days, due in large part to the work of Thomas Platts-Mills (University of Virginia), we know the sudden meat allergy is real and it’s caused by…
7 years, 5 months ago
How to Go Clubbing
Even as shows like RuPaul’s Drag Race and Pose bring that culture into the mainstream, real-life gay bars and clubs are shuttering. DJ and Professor …
7 years, 5 months ago
Mountains and Mining
Frank Newsome is an Old Regular Baptist preacher, singer of lined-out hymnody, and former coal miner in Appalachia. Virginia’s State Folklorist Jon L…
7 years, 5 months ago
New Virginians
David Bearinger (Virginia Humanities) introduces stories of Virginian immigrant and refugees as part of a new exhibit at the Library of Virginia. Mau…
7 years, 6 months ago
Vilissa Thompson talks Harriet Tubman, Black disabled woman icon
Vilissa Thompson (LCSW, Founder and CEO of Ramp Your Voice!) spoke with us about why Harriet Tubman is a foundational figure for black disability act…
7 years, 6 months ago
Heroes of American Dissent
In part three of our series American Dissent, With Good Reason Associate Producer Kelley Libby talks with Dr. Michael Higginbotham (University of Bal…
7 years, 6 months ago