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The Human Ecosystem
2019/02/14
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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 tick bites.
And: Philosopher Jesse Kirkpatrick (George Mason University) says he’s less worried about human gene editing and more interested in how CRISPR technology can be used to enhance—or harm—the environment around us.
Later in the show: In Japanese folklore, when a brightly colored fish resembling a dragon washes up on shore, its arrival is a harbinger of earthquakes and tsunamis. Jennifer Martin (Thomas Nelson Community College) is an oceanographer and has studied both the natural and cultural history of this species, called the oarfish.
Plus: Hannes Schniepp (William and Mary) studies poisonous brown recluse spiders to learn how their incredibly strong silk is made and how humans might try to replicate it.
How to Go Clubbing
2019/02/08
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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 madison moore (Virginia Commonwealth University) argues that the club scene and the “fabulous” fashions on display there are radical spaces for queer and trans of color togetherness.
Gregory Samantha Rosenthal (Roanoke College), Don Muse, and Peter Thornhill describe the sometimes-dangerous, always-exciting gay bars of the 1970s and 1980s in Roanoke, VA, before the AIDS crisis and gentrification changed the scene forever.
Growing up, Lauron Kehrer (William and Mary) wasn't allowed to listen to hip-hop music. Now, she studies it for a living. Kehrer says hip-hop by both straight and LGBTQ artists can help us better understand race, gender, and sexuality.
Choreographer and performer Al Evangelista brings us into the world of experimental queer Pilipinx-American dance, a form that he says can spark conversations and social change.
Mountains and Mining
2019/02/01
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Frank Newsome is an Old Regular Baptist preacher, singer of lined-out hymnody, and former coal miner in Appalachia. Virginia’s State Folklorist Jon Lohman (Virginia Humanities) describes Newsome’s musical tradition and its influence on bluegrass, gospel, and oldtime music.
Travel to the Carpathian Mountains in Romania and you’ll find a place that’s not unlike southwest Virginia and Kentucky. Theresa Burris (Radford University) says the parallels of these two regions are striking.
Later in the show: Wally Smith (UVA Wise) recently found a type of green salamander that lives in this habitat of vertical cliffs, bluffs, and rock crevices.
Plus: James Vance (UVA Wise) hopes to find ways to help animals avoid crossing a particularly high-traffic area.
New Virginians
2019/01/25
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David Bearinger (Virginia Humanities) introduces stories of Virginian immigrant and refugees as part of a new exhibit at the Library of Virginia.
Maureen Fitzgerald (William & Mary) speaks about what lessons can be learnt from the Irish immigrant experience.
Cindy Hahamovitch (University of Georgia) compares the history and experience of guest workers in the United States to other countries.
Vilissa Thompson talks Harriet Tubman, Black disabled woman icon
2019/01/18
Vilissa Thompson (LCSW, Founder and CEO of Ramp Your Voice!) spoke with us about why Harriet Tubman is a foundational figure for black disability activists today.
Heroes of American Dissent
2019/01/18
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In part three of our series American Dissent, With Good Reason Associate Producer Kelley Libby talks with Dr. Michael Higginbotham (University of Baltimore) about a list of people—some well known, some not—whom he credits with seeing America for what it could be and then working toward making it so.
Vilissa Thompson (LCSW, Founder of Ramp Your Voice!) explains how understanding Harriet Tubman as a disabled Black woman has inspired intersectional disability rights activists.
Terry Beitzel helps his students better understand political protest as a form of citizen engagement.
Isabel Fay and Christopher Labosier (Longwood University) come from different disciplines: communications and science.
Keeping Kids Healthy
2019/01/10
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It’s New Year’s resolution time. If you’re tired of thinking about your own health, maybe it’s time to turn to the kids.
Amy Best (George Mason University) studies kids’ eating habits and says that part of getting them to make the right food choices means understanding what kids like about bad food.
Bob O’Connor (UVA Health) has new guidelines that suggest young people should return to normal activity as soon as possible after a concussion.
Plus: Justin Owens (Virginia Tech) helps arm parents and ride-share drivers with more info about using car seats.
Later in the show: Francis Bush started running late in life and has now completed more than 60 marathons.
Women’s soccer coach Corey Hewson (University of Mary Washington) shares advice for new runners and those training for a half-marathon.
The Birthplace of AmericanSpirits
2019/01/04
Craft distilleries are popping up in small towns and big cities across the country. In this special episode we share a recently revived 19th-century julep recipe and take you to an event that draws “women who whiskey.” We’ll do a tasting with Ironclad Distillery and Vitae Spirits and talk with a biologist who is making his own cordials and spirits from wild roots, berries, and mushrooms.
Whistles in the Mist
2019/01/03
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Linguist and filmmaker Mark Sicoli (University of Virginia) shares the whistling style of speech used in the mountains of Oaxaca, Mexico.
Saikou Diallo (Old Dominion University) talks about the 3D virtual recreation of an ancient settlement in Turkey.
And we dig into coin collecting with Michael Mucedola (Longwood University, one of the nation's foremost experts on old dimes.
Holiday Favorites and Memories
2018/12/20
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Tim Anderson (Old Dominion University) introduces a modern reworking of a Charlie Brown Holiday special classic.
Jacqueline Secoy (Longwood University) remembers the tunes that she first played in an orchestra.
Orchestra conductor Kevin Bartram (University of Mary Washington) explains what singers like Judy Garland and Tony Bennett bring to the classic songs of the season.
Later in the show: Sister Rosetta Tharpe attained popularity in the 1930s and 1940s with her early rock and roll. Chris Kjorness (Longwood University) plays some of her groundbreaking recordings and talks about her legacy.
And: Gary Richards (University of Mary Washington) argues that popular musicals tend to have a negative view of the South and don’t reflect its diversity today.
The Shondaland Revolution
2018/12/13
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Michaela Meyer (Christopher Newport University) says the shows of Shonda Rhimes have changed the way we make and watch TV.
Imelda O’Reilly's (James Madison University) film Eggs and Soldiers examines a single father and son struggling to adjust to life in New York after emigrating from Ireland.
Nancy Schoenberger (William & Mary) explores the relationship between screen icon John Wayne and director John Ford in her latest book.
Drawing History
2018/12/07
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Sometimes, to tell a complex story, you need simple pictures.
A conference at Norfolk State University has asked students to draw graphic novels that explore 1619 from African, Indigenous, and European perspectives.
Tommy Bryant (Virginia Highlands Community College) explores the epic history of African Americans in comic books.
Matthew Smith (Radford University) just co-curated a major museum exhibit about the history of comics.
Veteran animator William “Tuck” Tucker (Longwood University) talks about his role illustrating the popular cartoons of the 1990s and early 2000s.
Got Me Hypnotized
2018/11/30
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From the 1830s to the Civil War, Americans could be found putting each other into trances in parlors, on stage, and in medical consulting rooms. Emily Ogden’s (University of Virginia) new book is “Credulity: A Cultural History of U.S. Mesmerism.”
Jeff Dyche (James Madison University) says that when we mess with the 24 hour clock, there are all kinds of bad side effects.
Daniel Hirshberg (University of Mary Washington) explores the subconscious with his students by wiring meditating students up to brain-imaging headsets.
And Graham Schweig (Christopher Newport University)says “deepening the heart” is the real aim of many of India’s yoga traditions.
Meet Your Maker
2018/11/16
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During the holiday season, it feels like more and more consumers are skipping the department stores and opting for handcrafted goods instead. Ben Brewer says this current “third wave” craft renaissance we’re experiencing is tied to politics. We visit mOb, an innovative design studio at Virginia Commonwealth University, where students help solve design problems in the city of Richmond. We stop in at the Virginia Center for the Book, where Kristin Keimu Adolfson is printing a collaborative book called Bird Talk. Plus: Craft brewer Gabe Mixon shares a lesson in making beer.
Later in the show: Chef and food activist Alice Waters argues that every child in America should be fed free, organic food at schools.
Brand Survival in the Trump Era
2018/11/07
In this political climate, do brands suffer or thrive when companies take sides? Also, self expression through purchasing power has gone through the roof for African Americans.
Making the Decision to Fight
2018/11/01
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We open the show with part two of the new podcast, American Dissent--featuring a woman who chose to fight the Trump administration decision to rescind DACA, and the story of the high school students whose protest helped lead to school desegregation.
Also, journalists and authors discuss the opioids crisis and the effects of economic decline on rural communities—and the vital role of local journalism to an informed citizenry.
Infrastructures of Power
2018/10/26
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Across the nation, natural gas production has been ramping up. In many communities, this has meant new pipelines, new promises, and new protests. How do we balance environmental concerns and the public good?
Environmental engineer Andres Clarens (University of Virginia)explains the science.
Jaime Allison (Christopher Newport University) argues that we can better understand pipelines by looking back to the early days of railroads.
Economist Sarah Stafford (College of William and Mary) argues that pipelines require people to weigh environmental costs and economic benefits, and the results aren’t always what you’d expect.
Sociologist Travis Williams (Virginia Commonwealth University) takes us to Union Hill, a historically African American community in Buckingham County, Virginia, where a natural gas compressor station is being planned.
Front Porches of the Dead
2018/10/19
Welcome flags, monogrammed door mats, bird feeders, and whirligigs. These are all things you might find on a front porch—or on a gravesite. We're more creative now in our cemeteries. Plus, millions of Americans have had near death experiences and there are startling consistencies in the accounts.
The Face of Fake News
2018/10/12
Love it or hate it (more likely a bit of both) Facebook is worth careful scholarly study--particularly in the field of politics. We hear from political scientists who argue that the sins of Facebook are built into the platform itself and congress needs to break up Facebook using antitrust laws.
Voices of Vietnam: Women of War
2018/10/04
More than 30,000 American women served in some form in Vietnam during the war. From the Red Cross volunteers who boosted morale to the nurses who treated injuries, women were a major part of soldiers’ experience of the war. The war also upended the lives of millions of wives, widows and girlfriends back home.
The Year of the Woman
2018/09/27
Women have been making headlines all over the country, running for office--and winning. We hear from some of those women about what it was like during their first week on the job. And scholars reflect on what it takes to get more women on the ballot.
Moonshine and Prohibition
2018/09/21
Moonshiners are often portrayed as lawbreakers and profiteers. But these recorded interviews with former moonshiners and their children paint a portrait of close knit poor families in Appalachia helping each other keep food on the table.
The Right to Dissent
2018/09/13
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This week we’re debuting a new podcast series called American Dissent, hosted by Kelley Libby. In Episode 1: Influenced by Colin Kaepernick’s protest of police brutality during the National Anthem, a high school volleyball player initiates her own protest, and not without consequences. And a historian tells the story of a religious minority who helped win the American Revolution and the fight for religious freedom in America.
American Dissent is a production of James Madison’s Montpelier and With Good Reason at Virginia Humanities.
The Substance of Addiction
2018/09/07
Do we fret too much that we're glued to our cell phones? Trevor Hoag says we should stop using the language of addiction liked ‘hooked on our iPhones” and embrace the positives. Plus, experts weigh in on the need to customize addiction treatments.
Social Mobility Through College
2018/08/31
One of the great American beliefs is that a college education gives us a better shot at moving up in life. But some say that social mobility has stalled and we should expand access to those universities admitting the largest numbers of low income students.
Free the Beaches
2018/08/23
In "Free the Beaches" Andrew Kahrl tells the story of activist Ned Coll and his campaign to open New England’s shoreline to African Americans, as northern white families fought to preserve their segregated beaches.
Do Cells Phones Cause Cancer?
2018/08/17
D you ever worry that the radiation coming from your cell phone might be harmful? Researching Deborah O’Dell recently finished a 5-year study that found cell phone radiation can cause changes to our brain cells.
Pilgrimage
2018/08/10
100 pilgrims journey from Charlottesville to the national memorial to lynching in Montgomery, Alabama to pay homage to a black man who was lynched in 1898.
An Outrage
2018/08/03
Beginning with the end of the Civil War, and well into the middle of the twentieth century, the extralegal and socially sanctioned practice of lynching claimed the lives of at least 3,959 African American men, women, and children. Hannah Ayers and Lance Warren are the directors of a recent documentary about lynching and its effects on families. The film is called An Outrage.
Music That Mends
2018/07/27
Can art heal? This week, the redemptive power of language and song. Hear how former inmates use writing to explore their paths to imprisonment and how jazz can tell stories of social justice, healing, self-reflection and redemption.
Vietnam: Fighting on Two Fronts
2018/07/19
African Americans who fought for their country in Vietnam often experienced the racism their families endured back home. Plus: Native Americans fought in Vietnam in greater numbers relative to their population than any other group. We hear testimony of Native Americans who fought for the U.S. on foreign soil.
Summer Reading Recs
2018/07/12
Summer reads from the With Good Reason universe! Inman Majors gives us some comedic escapism, Erin Jones is reading about mid-century women artists reclaiming the pin-up, and Sharon Jones shares why she, a black woman with a comfortable salary, is spending her summer reading about whiteness and poverty.
The Ghost in the MP3
2018/07/05
The 1987 pop song “Tom’s Diner” by Suzanne Vega is considered the “mother of the MP3.” It was the test track used by German scientists to perfect this new file format that would revolutionize the music industry. Ryan Maguire has been experimenting with the sounds that got stripped out of that first MP3.
A Cellular Cure for Diabetes
2018/06/29
Jose Oberholzer is a transplant surgeon who lies awake nights thinking about a cellular cure for diabetes. He created the Chicago Diabetes Project so the best minds in the country can work together on a cure. He says we're close!
Blending Families
2018/06/21
More than a hundred years ago, a small group of Russian Mennonites went looking for Christ in Central Asia. They didn’t find him, but they did find a home among Muslims in Uzbekistan. Sofia Samatar tells their history in her new memoir, alongside her own story of growing up the daughter of a Somali Muslim and an American Mennonite.
Do The Right Thing
2018/06/14
"Making Peace With Vietnam" is a documentary that chronicles life in that nation as Vietnam vets return to do humanitarian work. Plus, Ludwig Wittgenstein may be the greatest philosopher of the 20th century, but few people know about him.
Moving Pictures
2018/06/08
When you think animation you might think the Simpsons or Disney or Spirited Away. But animation artist Anh Do says animation art is everything that moves. He got his start as a boy who emigrated to America from Vietnam with no English skills, so he drew pictures of everything he needed.
Animal Intersections
2018/06/01
The author of, A Hoot in the Light: Illuminating the Sensory Modes of Animal Communication, says that by recognizing animal voices, we make our particular brand of humanism a little more humane.
And: “Honeybee” Brown is planting apiaries in urban community gardens in an effort to save the ailing honeybee.
1619: Past and Present
2018/05/25
The first captive Africans arrived in the Jamestown settlement in Virginia in 1619. A shipload of women intended as mates for the male settlers also arrived that year. How should we be telling and commemorating this history in 2019?
Art's Complicated
2018/05/17
Sam Blanchard is a digital artist who uses humor and technology in his work. One of his favorites is a nod to his phobias--including going bald and a fear of heights!
Get Rhythm
2018/05/10
Bix Beiderbecke was one of the first great legends of jazz, but his recording career lasted just six years. A book by Brendan Wolfe, Finding Bix: The Life and Afterlife of a Jazz Legend, connects Beiderbecke's music, history, and legend.
The Pains of Recovery
2018/05/03
"Councilors Without Borders" traveled to Puerto Rico to help people who continue to suffer after the Hurricane Maria disaster. Residents are still feeling stressed by the storm and worry about the new storm season to come.
Cents and Sensibility
2018/04/27
Jane Austen novels provide timeless insight into our virtues and vices. It turns out she drew inspiration on how to live a moral life from the great 18th century economist Adam Smith.
Muggles Abroad!
2018/04/19
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A few lucky college students who love the Harry Potter fantasy series get to travel to London for 3 weeks of magical creatures, potions, and herbology.
And if you're impatient for the final season of Game of Thrones, we have your GoT fix--how the women of Westeros gain and lose power in that fictional patriarchal world of dragons and warfare.
Plus: Long before there was Black Panther or the Blaxploitation movies, there were Race Movies. 500 were created by black actors and directors, but only 100 remain.
Through an Indian's Looking Glass
2018/04/12
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A story of Native American resilience comes to life in a new biography of Black Elk, an Oglala Lakota medicine man and Catholic preacher. Black Elk was born in 1863 and died at Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota.
Another new book illuminates the life of a Pequot Indian activist and author who is little known today, but has been called the Native American Frederick Douglas. William Apess challenged the power structure of his day using the pen, the pulpit, and protest.
Real Love with Sharon Salzberg
2018/04/06
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In her new book, Real Love, Sharon Salzberg--one of the world's leading authorities on love and meditation--shows us love isn't just an emotion we feel when we're in a romantic relationship. It's an ability we can nurture and cultivate.
Also, Oliver Hill shares his journey in the 1960's from the segregated south, to black radicalism, to Transcendental Meditation with the Beach Boys.
Also: How "The Pause" got started. We talk with emergency care nurse Jonathan Bartels, who just wanted to take a quiet moment to honor the life of the patient who had just died before people rushed in to clean up and change the sheets.
Future Farming of America
2018/03/30
Southwest Virginia has seen a decline in coal and tobacco—two industries that once boomed in the region. Could hemp be a way to boost the local economy? And more.
Moonshine and Prohibition
2018/03/23
South Carolina saw the statewide prohibition of alcohol in 1915. But not before the state established its own dispensary system more than a decade earlier. Plus: oral histories of moonshiners in Appalachia.
Building a Wall
2018/03/16
When Thomas Jefferson designed the University of Virginia’s central Rotunda, he set out to build a temple to the book, a stunning rebuke to the Christian churches that anchored every other college of his day. But Jefferson’s secular utopia didn’t pan out exactly as he planned.
Privatization and Public Universities
2018/03/09
With state support shrinking and the dependence on private support increasing for most public universities what does the financial landscape of the future look like? What makes an institution public? Is it the source of funding? History? Mission? Or something else?
The Golden Age of Flattery
2018/03/02
Washington has its fair share of brown-nosers. We talk with the authors of Sucking Up: A Brief Consideration of Sycophancy about yes-men, now and through the ages.
Invisible Founders
2018/02/23
Scholars, historic interpreters, and descendants of enslaved people recently gathered at Montpelier, the home of James Madison. They were there to create a rubric for historic sites who want to engage descendant communities in their work. We share stories and interviews from Montpelier's Summit on Slavery.
Driving While Black
2018/02/16
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Poet Kiki Petrosino in her poem, If My Body Is a Text, reflects on a year of tragic outcomes during traffic stops between police and African American drivers. Plus: Most of us have heard of Negro League Baseball, but there were many other all-black sports leagues and teams across America in the 20th century. David Wiggins shares how African-American athletes built their own place for sports in a segregated world.
Love Me Do
2018/02/09
Wine, chocolate, and flowers. We talk with experts about these Valentine's Day essentials.
Civil Rights and Civil War Monuments
2018/02/02
Maggie Walker was an African American teacher and businesswoman and the first woman of any race to charter a bank in the United States. There's now a statue of her in the former capital of the Confederacy. Plus: A town’s historical markers tell visitors the story of a place. But what do they leave out?
Lethal Doses
2018/01/29
America is hooked on opioids—by one count, there are currently more opioid prescriptions than people in the southeastern United States. This week we’re taking a deep dive into the causes of the opioid crisis. And more.
The New Minority
2018/01/19
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Donald Trump’s election was seen by many commentators as a decisive statement by a marginalized White working class. A new book The New Minority: White Working Class Politics in an Age of Immigration and Inequality explains where this theory comes from and why so many White voters are feeling class and racial resentment. Plus we dive into the immigration debate and why good numbers are hard to find.
People Count
2018/01/12
Today we hear a lot about "blue collar" voters, but it wasn't always the case that the working class mattered. In this week's show, we look at why working class neighborhoods tend to get the short end of the stick, how a British monarch leveraged the working class to extend her reign, and who is responsible for the origin of the census.
Getting to Know the Presidents
2018/01/05
After one year in office, can we pass judgement on Trump's presidency? We talk to two experts from the University of Virginia's Miller Center who have made presidential first years their speciality.
Plus, we dive deep into presidential history and ask the tough questions about America's founding fathers -- like how did these guys live so long?
The Future Of Music
2017/12/29
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Until recently, Caroline Shaw was uncomfortable calling herself a composer–violin, singer, musician, sure. But not a composer. Then in 2013, her composition Partita for 8 Voices made her the youngest recipient ever of the Pulitzer Prize for Music. Now she’s one of the most respected composers on the New Music scene and has been heralded as the future of music. Today, Shaw’s compositions range from traditional quartets and solo piano pieces to a cappella and collaborations with Kanye West.
Good to Great for Nonprofits
2017/12/22
Could nonprofits benefit from the same business coaching the private sector gets? Celebrated business writer Jim Collins says the best business leaders in the nonprofit world tend to share the same qualities with their private sector counterparts.
The Birthplace of American Spirits
2017/12/15
Small-scale artisan distilleries are popping up all over the country, and behind many of them are new communities of women makers and consumers. In this special holiday episode, we connect the present to the past as we uncover little-known stories of Virginia spirits, from a recently revived 19th-century julep recipe to an event that draws “women who whiskey.”
Revisiting Deliverance
2017/12/08
This week, we explore the lesser known poetic work of the man behind the iconic horror-thriller Deliverance: James Dickey. Plus, we revisit our interview with former U.S. poet laureate Natasha Trethewey, and much more.
Whistles in the Mist
2017/12/01
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This week, a grab bag of some of our favorite stories of unexpected discoveries. First, we talk to an anthropologist cataloguing one of the few remaining melodic forms of speech among the rugged mountains of Mexico. Then, we talk to one of the world's foremost experts in dimes on discovering a small fortune in his father's tackle box.
Later on, we revisit our story about the discovery of a lost vault of klezmer music, and talk to a scholar about America's long-forgotten love affair with opera.
Short Listen: Virtual Cities
2017/11/29
Virtual reality has made it possible to wander the streets of a city built 3000 years before the pyramids in Egypt. But those who made it won't stop there -- they want you to smell it too.
From With Good Reason, the Short Listen combines short-form storytelling and compelling interviews to bring you the best of each week's episode in under five minutes.
Encounters at the Heart of the World
2017/11/25
This week, we replay two amazing interviews with Pulitzer Prize winners. First, Elizabeth Fenn tells the story of her work recovering the forgotten history of a nearly extinct Native American tribe. Then, Sarah McConnell speaks with award-winning author Junot Diaz about his experiments in language and storytelling.
Let's Talk Turkey
2017/11/17
Politics around the Thanksgiving table can sometimes be fraught, but at least it's not as bad as it was when the tradition began on the eve of the Civil War. This week, we dive into the origins of this most American of holidays and offer some tips on navigating tricky family conversations. Plus, we sit down for a long conversation with the founder of the farm-to-table food movement.
Short Listen: Thanksgiving & Politics
2017/11/16
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Thanksgiving was once a holiday known for bringing people together -- now, it's almost synonymous with uncomfortable political conversations and familial drama. In preparation for the big holiday, we talk with an expert who offers some tips on navigating the more delicate aspects of family gathering.
From With Good Reason, the Short Listen combines short-form storytelling and compelling interviews to bring you the best of each week's episode in under five minutes.
Getting Into Vietnam
2017/11/10
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In the first episode of With Good Reason’s new documentary series on the Vietnam War, historians Fred Turner and Wilbur J. Scott explore how the self-image of America was shattered in Vietnam, and we hear the first-hand accounts of veterans’ return to America after the trauma of conflict. Then, historian Christian Appy tells the story of the draft -- who it ensnared, who escaped, and the trauma it left on a generation of Americans.
Diamond Worlds and Super Earths
2017/11/03
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Every day, scientists are discovering exotic new planets, encrusted with diamonds and wandering between distant stars. We talk to one of the people making these discoveries about the crazy planets he's seen -- and what hope there might be for life out there.
Plus, more stories in science, from "sonic nets" used to save birds from jet engines, to a database of plays that hopes to put science onstage.
Short Listen: Space is Neat
2017/11/01
For decades, sci-fi writers have imagined distant planets unlike our own— it turns out the real things are even weirder.
From With Good Reason, the Short Listen combines compelling interviews and short-form storytelling to bring you the best of each week's episode in around five minutes.
The Crossword Kid
2017/10/27
This week, an hour of wordplay. We begin with the tale of the Crossword Kid, the New York Times' latest crossword editor, fresh out of university. Plus, we take a look at the under-appreciated literary genius of Christopher Marlowe, and talk with two authors about their latest work.
Short Listen: The Crossword Kid
2017/10/25
Sam Ezersky sold his first crossword at 16. Now he's taking on the biggest puzzle of them all: the legendary New York Times crossword.
From With Good Reason, the Short Listen combines compelling interviews and short-form storytelling to bring you the best of each week's episode in under five minutes.
Enter the Subconscious
2017/10/20
Religious scholars, neuroscientists, and psychoanalysts agree – there is a deep reservoir of activity beneath our conscious minds. This week, we take a deep dive into the mind, and ask: how can we control what we don't understand?
Short Listen: The Illusion of Control
2017/10/18
When you make a decision, is it really you deciding? New research suggests we might be living with an illusion of our own control, and our unconscious minds might be calling all the shots.
From With Good Reason, the Short Listen combines short form storytelling and compelling interviews to bring you the best of each week's episode in under five minutes.
Kitchens of the Future
2017/10/13
It's obvious to some and obscure to others -- why do we really need science? We talk to designers who see it changing the way we live, teachers who are inspiring kids to discover new methods, and engineers who are seeing it save lives.
Twinning Against Disease
2017/10/06
Turns out one of our best weapons against disease is a database of thousands upon thousands of twins. We talk to the doctor who runs the database, plus doctors behind new science on allergies and an artificial pancreas that's giving diabetes sufferers a new peace of mind.
Short Listen: An Artificial Pancreas
2017/10/04
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For more than a million Americans with Type 1 diabetes, managing their disease can be a lot of painful -- and dangerous -- guesswork. But now, a new piece of technology promises to automate insulin delivery, and its helping some sufferers sleep through the night for the first time in their lives.
From With Good Reason, the Short Listen combines compelling interviews and short-form storytelling to bring you the best of each week's episode in under 5 minutes.
An Outrage: Reflections on Racism
2017/09/29
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For many in Charlottesville and around the country, the events of August 12th were a shock. But for black residents, it wasn't a surprise at all to see white supremacists marching in the street of a southern college town.
Charlottesville brought into light, again, America's long history of racism. This week on With Good Reason, we reflect on American racism past and present. We talk to two filmmakers who documented the "social phenomenon" of lynching that claimed 4,000 lives; we hear from some of the nation's top journalists on how the media perpetuates racism; and we get Charlottesville residents' reflections on the violence of August 12th.
Short Listen: Car Attack In Charlottesville
2017/09/27
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For many Americans, August 12th marked a shift in the national conversation about white supremacy and racism. For the people who were injured in the vehicle attack in Charlottesville that killed Heather Heyer, the 12th marks Day One of a long process of recovery.
From With Good Reason, the Short Listen combines short-form storytelling and compelling interviews to bring you the best of each week's episode in a short, digestible segment.
We Got to Get Out of This Place
2017/09/22
Vietnam veterans could all name the songs on the unofficial soundtrack of the war: "Purple Haze," "What's Going On," and "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" are just the start. Now, a new book explores what these songs meant to men and women awaiting deployment into the unknown.
Short Listen: The Music of Vietnam
2017/09/21
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Spanning the golden age of American rock 'n' roll, the Vietnam War has one of the most evocative soundtracks of any conflict. Now, two scholars have interviewed hundreds of veterans to compile the "official" soundtrack to one of America's longest wars.
From With Good Reason, the Short Listen combines compelling interviews and short-form storytelling to bring you the best of each week's episode in under five minutes.
"They're Just People"
2017/09/15
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Underneath the heated rhetoric, sometimes our biggest bogeymen are nothing to fear. We talk to two professors who are busting stereotypes about illegal immigrants by teaching English in the east coast's largest detention center; we hear the guy who hunts poachers "telephoning" fish and stealing bear spleen; and we look at some misunderstood monsters of cinema and literature, from Godzilla to Germany's hard-bitten detectives.
Short Listen: English for Detainees
2017/09/13
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Farmville may only be a tiny Virginian town, home to about 8,000 mostly White people. But nearby, Farmville Detention Center is the home to people from the world over -- it's the biggest immigration jail on the whole east coast. Two professors decided it was time to bring the two worlds together.
From With Good Reason, The Short Listen combines compelling interviews and short-form storytelling to bring you the best of each week's episode in under five minutes.
Facing It
2017/09/08
"Facing It" is the title of Pulitzer Prize winning poet Yusuf Komunyakaa's most famous poem, exploring themes of race, war, and home. On this week's show, we speak to Komunyakaa and other authors about how artists' work is impacted by the environment of their time.
Short Listen: Sargent's Women
2017/09/06
John Singer Sargent painted the portraits of American richest people at the peak of the Gilded Age. So why do some of his women look so sad?
From With Good Reason, the Short Listen combines compelling interviewing and short-form storytelling to bring you the best of each week's episode in under five minutes.
Bicycle Fever at the Turn of the Century
2017/09/01
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There was a time in America when, for a few glorious decades, people rich and poor, urban and rural, embraced a love of the bicycle. So how did the humble cyclist fall from grace?
Plus, we look back on a grab bag of interviews, including a conversation with an animator behind Hey Arnold!, Spongebob Squarepants, and The Simpsons; the unusual case of Patrick Swayze's disappearing lake; and more.
Degrees of Separation: School Systems
2017/08/25
In the final episode of our special series on education and inequality, we dive deep into the debate over charters, examine new ways school districts are tackling integration, and explore the forgotten regions of America's vast public school system.
Short Listen: The Problem of Rural Schools
2017/08/23
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When we think about the way public education should look, we tend to think about big suburban schools or struggling inner cities. That means when federal education policy gets written, vast swaths of rural America are being forgotten.
From With Good Reason, the Short Listen combines short-form storytelling and compelling interviews to bring you the best of each week's episode in under five minutes.
Its a Jungle Out There
2017/08/18
This week, we're running an previous episode where our guests went deep into the Amazon to solve some of the most enduring mysteries in biology. Plus, we look at the sociology of songbirds and pets, and hear what makes the rainforest so special.
No Short Listen
2017/08/16
There's no Short Listen for this week -- but be sure to catch our upcoming show on Friday, where we dive deep into the rainforest and discover what's lurking there...
The Rising Tide
2017/08/11
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Where do you go when your homeland disappears? In our first half-hour, we ask that question both at home and abroad, and look at a project trying to preserve a record of a disappearing land.
Plus, we explore how fishermen were among the earliest conservationists, take a look inside a hurricane, and give a preview of the total eclipse of the sun that had American astronomers booking hotels three years in advance.
Short Listen: Tangier Island Sinking
2017/08/09
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Tangier Island, a tiny spit of land in Virginia's Chesapeake Bay, is sinking -- and fast.
Without a new sea wall, its residents may become America's first climate refugees. Now, a new project is virtually mapping the island before it disappears beneath the waves.
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Explore Google's interactive map of Tangier Island from this page: http://virginiahumanities.org/2017/08/virtual-tour-of-climate-change-endangered-tangier/
Love & Drugs
2017/08/04
This week, we take a long look at the relationship between addiction and... well, relationships. We explore how romantic feelings activate in the brain and what happens when a bad breakup snatches them away.
And in our second half, we drop the love and go hard on the drugs, asking how the future of smoking makes addiction more likely.
Short Listen: Love is a Drug
2017/08/02
After a bad breakup, should we really drown our sorrows? One professor has built a course around that question and, in the process, discovered some unusual things about love...
From With Good Reason, the Short Listen combines short-form storytelling and compelling interviews to bring you the best of each week's episode in under five minutes.
Degrees of Separation: Teachers
2017/07/28
From mandatory testing to terrible pay, teachers face formidable obstacles to doing their job and doing it well. In our latest from our special series on education and inequality, we look into the reasons teachers quit and what keeps them in their jobs with some of the top minds in the teaching profession today.
Short Listen: Teacher of the Year
2017/07/26
Shawn Sheehan was 2016's Oklahoma State Teacher of the Year. But as of this fall, he won't be an Oklahoma teacher at all.
From With Good Reason, the Short Listen combines short-form storytelling and compelling interviewing to bring you the best of each week's episode in under 5 minutes.
Face-to-Face Diplomacy
2017/07/21
This week, we look at some new insights in the world of foreign policy, from the neuroscience of face-to-face diplomacy to the way the US defense budget prevents strategic thinking. Plus, we learn a little about how the Vice President has been used and abused throughout history.
Short Listen: Are Diplomatic Trips Worth It?
2017/07/19
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Diplomatic trips, like the one Trump made to the Middle East and Europe just a few months ago, can quickly become very expensive. In a day and age when you can video chat with Bangkok at the push of a button, are they still worth it?
From With Good Reason, the Short Listen combines short-form storytelling and compelling interviews to bring you the best of each week's episode in under five minutes.
Healing in the Era of Mass Shootings
2017/07/14
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How does a community move on from a mass shooting? Journalist Tom Kapsidelis has been speaking to the victims of the Virginia Tech shooting for the past 10 years. He offers his insights into what it takes for a community to heal.
Plus, we explore how many of our most common beliefs about the perpetrators of these crimes are incorrect. And we look at other misconceptions in the courtroom, from the effect of slow-motion video on juries to the disadvantages faced by the children of incarcerated parents.
Short Listen: The Perils Of Slow Motion
2017/07/12
With surveillance cameras on the rise and cell phones in every pocket, video evidence is increasingly common in courtrooms. But there’s a lot we don’t know about how effective video evidence actually is.
From With Good Reason, the Short Listen combines short-form storytelling and compelling interviews to bring you the best of each week's episode in under 5 minutes.
Are Our Pets Making Us Sick?
2017/07/07
Can the notorious brain-hijacking parasite "toxoplasma" affect humans? Is there a vaccine against Lyme Disease for humans in the pipeline? Also, how is Big Data helping to curb heart attack deaths in Senegal? All this and more!
Short Listen: The Notorious Brain-Hijacking Parasite
2017/07/05
The notorious parasite “toxoplasma” is spread by cats. Does toxoplasmosis affect humans too?
From With Good Reason, the Short Listen combines short-form storytelling and compelling interviews to bring you the best of each week's episode in under 5 minutes.
The Music of the Glaciers
2017/06/30
Listen to how the sounds of melting glaciers are being frozen in time and woven into haunting electronic musical compositions. We also discuss dinosaurs the size of golden retrievers, and how the landscape of Tahiti changed with the movement of people.
Short Listen: Glacially Cool Music
2017/06/28
The Alaskan wilderness is experiencing a major meltdown, but not all will be lost. Thanks to a musician in Virginia, the sounds of Alaska’s glaciers are being recorded for posterity and woven into haunting compositions.
From With Good Reason, the Short Listen combines short-form storytelling and compelling interviews to bring you the best of each week's episode in under 5 minutes.
Degrees of Separation: Higher Ed
2017/06/23
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Stories of massive student debt and for-profit school scams make it clear that the post-secondary system can be an unfriendly place to many disadvantaged students. But how are America’s universities and colleges hoping to use their institutions to reduce inequality?
We look at how affirmative action is being justified by today's white educators and how HBCUs are getting the short shrift by governments. Plus, we take a look at who is hit the hardest by ballooning student debt, and ask what do students really get at for-profit colleges and universities?
Short Listen: The Cost of For-Profit College
2017/06/22
Are for-profit colleges and universities worth the money? Research shows that for-profit colleges are not only costing students more… but they’re giving them less in the long run.
From With Good Reason, the Short Listen combines short-form storytelling and compelling interviews to bring you the best of each week's episode in under 5 minutes.
Cancer Research and Treatment
2017/06/16
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We explore two new technologies that hope to help patients navigate cancer -- an that app tries to ease the pressure on patients making tough decisions, and new gene manipulation technology that could cut risk for developing breast cancer dramatically.
Plus, we examine the hidden AIDS epidemic among elderly African-Americans and talk the physician training thousands of surgeons to prevent blindness in developing countries.
Short Listen: Repairing the Breast Cancer Gene
2017/06/14
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About 1 in 8 American women will be diagnosed with breast cancer at some point in their lifetime. Some of the most aggressive forms of breast cancer come from an inherited gene mutation, but new research is looking for ways to fix that mutation.
From With Good Reason, the Short Listen combines short-form storytelling and compelling interviews to bring you the best of each week's episode in under 5 minutes.
Cents & Sensibility
2017/06/09
Money makes the world go 'round, but does it make the heart a-flutter? This week, we take a literary look at some of the most lasting problems in economics, from using vampires to study irrational behavior in the market, to searching for the soul of Adam Smith in the writings of Jane Austen. Plus, we take on the challenge of James Joyce's Ulysses just in time for #Bloomsday2017.
Short Listen: Pride & Profit
2017/06/07
BFFs, Girlfriends, and Besties
2017/06/02
Short Listen: Social Media Scrubbing
2017/05/31
Degrees of Separation: Secondary
2017/05/26
Short Listen: The Black Escalation Effect
2017/05/24
A Curse Upon the Nation
2017/05/19
Short Listen: Race War on the Rise
2017/05/17
Shifting Sands
2017/05/12
Short Listen: The Attack Party of Bulgaria
2017/05/10
Short Listen: "The Narco Does Business With God"
2017/05/04
Pulitzer 100 Moving the Spotlight
2017/05/04
Animal Intersections
2017/04/28
Short Listen: The Tale of Honeybee Brown
2017/04/26
Degrees of Separation: Primary
2017/04/21
Short Listen: Race in the Classroom
2017/04/19
Stories in Science
2017/04/14
Short Listen: Life in a Goiter Belt
2017/04/12
War, What Is It Good For?
2017/04/07
Short Listen: Mercenary Morality
2017/04/05
Get Rhythm
2017/03/31
Short Listen: Finding Bix
2017/03/29
Degrees of Separation: Origins
2017/03/24
Short Listen: College Credits for Free
2017/03/23
Working Class Histories
2017/03/17
Short Listen: Mapping Lambert's Point
2017/03/15
Nation of Nations
2017/03/10
Short Listen: Cherokee Country
2017/03/09
Lethal Doses
2017/03/03
Short Listen: Unconscious Addiction
2017/03/01
Listen Up: Music & Politics
2017/02/24
Short Listen: A Man, Music, and a Donkey Cart
2017/02/22
Driving While Black
2017/02/17
Short Listen: The Golden Age of Black Baseball
2017/02/15
The Life of Arthur Ashe
2017/02/10
Short Listen: From Kremlin to Kremlin
2017/02/08
Black History in Hollywood
2017/02/03
Short Listen: Hidden Figures
2017/02/01
Ferdinand the Cultural Icon
2017/01/27
Short Listen: Ferdinand, the Misunderstood Bull
2017/01/25
Up In Smoke
2017/01/20
Short Listen: "Like a Breath of Fresh Air"
2017/01/18
Building a Wall: Church & State in America
2017/01/13
Short Listen: Jefferson's Revolutionary Rotunda
2017/01/11
Can't Look, Have To Look
2017/01/06
Short Listen: Too Many Zombies
2017/01/04
If You Like the Truth
2016/12/30
Here We Come a Caroling
2016/12/23
The Lost Vault of Klezmer
2016/12/16
SHORT LISTEN: Solving the Klezmer Mystery
2016/12/14
Pulitzer100: Natasha Tretheway On Native Guard
2016/12/09
SHORT LISTEN: Maya Angelou's Africa
2016/12/07
The Glass Ceiling and the Ivory Tower
2016/12/02
SHORT LISTEN: Glass Ceiling, Ivory Tower
2016/11/30
Advances in Heart Failure Care
2016/11/25
SHORT LISTEN: Brightening the Shadows of Dementia
2016/11/23
My Life As A Wild Turkey
2016/11/18
SHORT LISTEN: Decolonizing Dinner
2016/11/16
Ghost Suppers & Food Sovereignty
2016/11/11
SHORT LISTEN: Treaty Tribute
2016/11/09
Pulitzer100: Embers of War
2016/11/03
The Great Divide
2016/10/27
Jobs for the New Economy
2016/10/21
Sonic Nets Feature
2016/10/14
Where Humans and Animals Meet
2016/10/14
Pulitzer 100 The Future of Music
2016/10/06
Pedal Power
2016/09/29
Under Magnolia
2016/09/23
Spiritual But Not Religious Feature
2016/09/16
Spirituality in Millennials
2016/09/16
Pulitzer 100: The Wondrous Junot Diaz
2016/09/08
Imagining Yoko Ono
2016/09/01
Are Our Pets Making Us Sick?
2016/08/26
Mapping the KKK
2016/08/19
Flight Anxiety Feature
2016/08/04
Dragons of Inaction
2016/07/29
The Music of the Glaciers
2016/07/29
Rushing in to Help
2016/07/28
Founding Friendships (July 23, 2016)
2016/07/21
Bicycle Fever at the Turn of the Century
2016/07/14
The Madam Next Door
2016/07/07
Nation of Nations
2016/06/13
Slaves Waiting for Sale
2016/06/13
Monument Avenue Feature
2016/06/10
Pulitzer 100 Encounters at the Heart of the World
2016/06/10
Witches, Slaves, and Heroines
2016/06/10
Medical Care from Anywhere
2016/06/02
The Innocence Project
2016/05/26
Monsters in the Classroom
2016/05/20
Pulitzer 100 Shifting the Spotlight
2016/05/12
Bringing Home the War Dead
2016/05/05
Kitchens of the Future
2016/04/28
Printed Organs - Coming to a Body Near You
2016/04/21
Stories in Science
2016/04/15
Where Game of Thrones Begins
2016/04/07
Drink Local
2016/03/31
Cloak and Dagger in the Workplace
2016/03/24
Starting Up
2016/03/17
If You Like the Truth
2016/03/11
Nation of Nations
2016/03/04
Pathways to Peace
2016/02/25
The Life of Arthur Ashe
2016/02/19
Sheer Good Fortune
2016/02/09
Rock and Roll in Black and White
2016/02/05
Beyond Happy
2016/01/29
Car Talk
2016/01/21
Coming Home to Big Stone Gap
2016/01/15
Predicting War
2016/01/07
How the Bard Meant It
2015/12/22
Where Did You Come From
2015/12/21
Here We Come A Caroling
2015/12/18
Papayas in December
2015/12/10
Health in the Heart and Mind (hour)
2015/12/04
Reading the Founding Father's Mail
2015/11/24
My Life as a Wild Turkey
2015/11/19
Jobless and Hopeless
2015/11/12
Battlefields, Boeings, and Basketball Courts
2015/11/06
BFFs, Girlfriends And Besties
2015/10/29
The Giants Who Ruled Over the Dinosaurs
2015/10/22
Nominating the President
2015/10/16
Conversations with Julian Bond
2015/10/09
Summer Melt and Z Degree
2015/10/02
Ferdinand the Cultural Icon
2015/09/25
The Disappearing Lake
2015/09/18
The Ghost in the MP3
2015/09/11
Uptalk on Jeopardy
2015/09/04
Time is Brain
2015/08/28
Dickens Turns 200 (2012)
2015/08/26
Stars for Freedom
2015/08/21
Its A Jungle Out There
2015/08/14
Drink Local
2015/08/07
Evicted From The Mountains
2015/08/03
Grandparents Who Parent
2015/07/24
Fugitive Red
2015/07/17
The Doctors of Nazi Germany
2015/07/10
The Innocence Project
2015/07/02
America the Beautiful
2015/06/25
What Would You Do
2015/06/19
Marking Stories of Slavery
2015/06/12
Nuts and Bolts Our Brains on Stem
2015/06/05
Under Magnolia
2015/05/29
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Each week on With Good Reason, our ever-curious host Sarah McConnell explores a world of ideas with leading scholars in literature, history, science, philosophy, and the arts. With Good Reason is created by Virginia Humanities and the Virginia Higher Education Broadcasting Consortium.
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