Russ Linden and Kate Buford   document.write('﻿﻿﻿﻿'); We welcomed back Kate Buford, award-winning author of Burt Lancaster's life story, a New York Times best-seller. She also wrote the important award-winning biography of Jim Thorpe, Native American Son: The Life and Sporting Legend of Jim Thorpe.… Read More 

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AOS: Biography by Design + Welcoming Greater Charlottesville 9.14.19

Daniel Fairley, II and Jane Alison   document.write('﻿﻿﻿﻿'); Jane Alison is Professor of English and Director of the Creative Writing Program at the University of Virginia. She is a renowned author of many diverse and acclaimed works including a memoir, four novels, and a book on the craft of writing, Her fascinating, and haunting life story informed her memoir, "Sisters Antipodes."… Read More 

Heartbreak, Beauty, and Changing the Narrative — 6.15.19

Eduardo Montes-Bradley and Susan Elliott   document.write('﻿﻿'); We welcomed Susan Elliott Charlottesville’s Climate Protection Program Manager for the Division of Environmental Sustainability. She focuses on community initiatives working to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase energy efficiency.… Read More 

Cinema and Verité: Elliott and Montes-Bradley—5.11.19

Kate Buford and Lauren Mims  document.write('﻿﻿'); We welcome back Educational Psychologist Dr. Lauren Mims to discuss Black Girl Magic and her plans to turn Michelle Obama's book Becoming into a curriculum to empower Black girls, and much more.… Read More 

Becoming Lauren Mims and Award-winning Biographer, Kate Buford—5.4.19

Sierra Gladfelter  document.write('﻿'); Guest: Sierra Gladfelter works to mitigate the debilitating impacts of climate change on water resources in vulnerable communities across the developing world and here in the US.… Read More 

A Climate Change of Action: Global Interventions—4.27.19

Antwon Brinson and Don Gathers document.write('﻿'); Guests: The extraordinary Don Gathers, prominent Charlottesville community activist and Antwon Brinson, the impassioned chef and president of Culinary Concepts AB on his culinary boot camp.… Read More 

Community Activism with Don Gathers and Delicious Mentorship àla Chef Brinson—4.20.2019

Alex Zorychta and Leona Sevick document.write(''); Guests: We met with brilliance in Alexander Zorychta, technology entrepreneur and award-winning poet Leona Sevick. Details:Alexander Zorychta is Assistant Director for Technology Entrepreneurship and Program Director for Works in Progress at the University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science.… Read More 

Stunning Inventions + Seeing in Poetry—3.23.19

Susan Devan Harness and Karen E. Bender document.write(''); Guests: The affable, talented writer Karen E. Bender and Susan Devan Harness on effects of the devastating Indian Adoption Project.Karen E.… Read More 

Flare for Reality & Humor + Indian Adoption Wrongs—3.23.19

Preston Lauterbach and Meredith Clark  document.write('﻿'); Guests: Meredith Clark, Assistant Professor of Media Studies at the University of Virginia. Her scholarship focuses on the intersections of race, media, and power.… Read More 

Black Twitter, Memphis’ Iconic Photographer & the FBI —3.16.19

Brian Noyes and Adam Nemett document.write(''); We speak to baker-in-chief Brian Noyes whose life is as delicious as his baking. His Red Truck Bakery is one of 13 Condé Nast Traveler Destination Bakeries.… Read More 

Baked-in Brilliance: A Baker and a Word Wizard—3.2.19

Shilpa Davé and Cathy Barrowdocument.write(''); We chat about the Oscar-nominated films with arguably the best person around for that conversation; andwe paired it with a nice big helping of pie, baking tips, and an unexpected path to culinary success.… Read More 

Dishing up Oscars and Pies—2.23.19

Heath Hardage Lee and Charles Shields document.write(''); Charles Shields is an award-winning author who’s published the first biographies of Kurt Vonnegut, Harper Lee, and John Williams. Heath Lee's book is the true story of a fierce band of women who battled Washington to bring their husbands home from the jungles of Vietnam.… Read More 

A League of Wives: Vietnam and A Fierce Band of Women + A Mid-Century American Biographer—2.16.19

Claudrena Harold and Jahan Ramazani document.write(''); Guests: Claudrena Harold, professor of African American and African Studies and History affiliated with both the University of Virginia’s Corcoran Department of History and the Carter G.… Read More 

Transnational Poetics + Black Fire—2.02.19

Tracy Howe and Angela Ciolfi document.write(''); Tracy Howe, musician, activist, and founder of Restoration Village Arts. We discuss her new album, longtime work at the border, including her recent trip to Tijuana and one upcoming to Honduras; and we talk with Angela Ciolfi Executive Director of the Legal Aid Justice Center (LAJC) in Charlottesville, about many cases and issues they tackle from reducing racial inequities around school discipline; to fighting to release children being held by the gov't and advocating to reunite them with their families, and much more.… Read More 

Restoring Dignity & Justice at the Border and within the US—1.26.19

Leslie Hubbard and Gregory Lewis document.write(''); Guests: Leslie Hubbard speaks about her fascinating life as a former Buddhist nun who in her twenties, in pursuit of spiritual development, chose to lead a monastic life with renowned Zen master, Thich Naht Hanh, in a hamlet in the French countryside; and we speak with Gregory Lewis, sous chef of the well-loved Maya Restaurant, a popular staple in the Charlottesville restaurant landscape.… Read More 

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