AFP Podcasts

A former Staunton City Council member is back in the running for a seat on the city body. The Waynesboro mayor is not running for a second term. Crystal Graham hosts and asks AFP editor Chris Graham for background on the latest news in local politics.

Also on the show:

A House committee heard wrenching testimony on the mass shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde.

UVA quarterback Brennan Armstrong has signed an NIL deal with a local McDonald's franchisee.

Washington Nationals ace Stephen Strasburg is set to make his 2022 MLB debut.

Virginia Baseball's 2022 season came to what feels to be a premature end. Scott German and Chris Graham dive into the reasons why, and it rhymes with "lack of pitching depth."

Scott then goes off on ESPN for its choices with its announcer teams for the college baseball regionals.

The show wraps with a long discussion of the impact that the new football operations center will have on Virginia Football, and how far behind UVA is in terms of NIL.

Rod Mullins joins "Street Knowledge" to provide analysis of Joey Logano's win in Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race in St. Louis. Then host Chris Graham updates the latest news from AEW, focusing on the injury to world champ CM Punk and the controversy over MJF.

Jerry Carter has a novel idea for how to open the college hoops season, modeled on the Duke-Kentucky-Michigan State-Kansas tipoff. Listen as he tries to persuade "Street Knowledge" host Chris Graham that it could work.

Sixth District Democratic congressional candidate Jennifer Lewis joins "Street Knowledge" to talk issues: gun control, Medicare for All, education funding, Interstate 81 congestion, education opportunity and more.

Lacy Lusk, the Nationals correspondent for Baseball America, joins "Street Knowledge" to educate us on the progress that the organization is making with the rebuild of its minor-league system.

The voice of the Richmond Flying Squirrels, Trey Wilson, joins "Street Knowledge" to walk us through a big week for the Squirrels out in Akron. Richmond is two games behind the division-leading RubberDucks, and took Game 1 of the series, 3-2, on Tuesday.

The "Jerry Ratcliffe Show" provides updates on the latest on UVA football recruiting, with new coach Tony Elliott continuing to make waves in-state. The show also previews Virginia baseball's appearance in this coming weekend's Greenville Regional.

NASCAR reporter Rod Mullins joins "Street Knowledge" to break down Denny Hamlin's win at the end of a wild Coca-Cola 600 on Sunday.

Rod and host Chris Graham then discuss the crowded playoff race with 12 races to go before the field gets narrowed down to 16.

Valerie Slater is the executive director of RISE for Youth, a Richmond-based nonprofit that advocates for dismantling the youth prison model and ensuring every space that impacts a young person’s life encourages growth and success. Slater joins "Street Knowledge" to discuss Gov. Glenn Youngkin's new Violent Crime Task Force, and how it will need representation outside of law enforcement to address the root causes of inequality.