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Episode 11 - Rev. Ben Campbell on Richmond's Unhealed History

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2017 33:46


Why is Richmond the way it is? What is holding us back? Reverend Ben Campbell tells us the true story of how our traumatic history has trapped the people of Richmond in a negative psychological and spiritual state. Hint: it's not about the Civil War.

Episode 10 - Bob McDonnell Scandal and Trial

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2017 17:32


The true story of Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell and First Lady Maureen McDonnell's corruption scandal, trial and legacy.

Episode 9 - Lowell Feld on Blue Virginia and Democratic Citizen Activism

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2017 20:34


Blue Virginia founder Lowell Feld talks about how he started the most influential blog in Virginia Democratic politics, how netroots organizing has changed, and what citizens can do to help preserve our democracy.

Episode 8 - Brent Tarter on Undemocratic Politics in Virginia

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2017 30:45


Historian Brent Tarter, author of The Grandees of Government, describes the history of undemocratic politics in Virginia, and why the state's politicians have been so resistant to change from the founding to the Civil War to the civil rights movement to the present.

Episode 7 - Peter Galuszka on the War on Coal and the Disaster at Upper Big Branch

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2017 22:53


Journalist Peter Galuszka, author of Thunder on the Mountain, discusses the 2010 Upper Big Branch mine disaster, the war on coal, and future prospects for the energy industry and the world under President Trump.

Virginia Politics And Government - Episode 4, Glen Besa, Virginia Sierra Club

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2017 27:55


Glen Besa, citizen activist and former director of the Virginia Sierra Club, tells the shocking truth about Dominion Resources, the most politically powerful corporation in Virginia.

Episode 2 - Steve Nash, author of Virginia Climate Fever

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2017 19:54


Author and University of Richmond professor Steve Nash discusses the past, present, and future of climate change in Virginia.

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