AFP Podcasts

AFP NASCAR correspondent Rod Mullins joins Chris Graham on the podcast to review the wild dirt track race at Bristol Motor Speedway from Monday.

Jerry Ratcliffe and Chris Graham report on and break down the latest news regarding Virginia basketball, and the latest news from UVA football with the start of spring practice this week.

Lyme disease is more common than you might think. The CDC estimates that there are 476,000 new cases in the U.S. each year.

With the arrival of spring, you’re more likely to be outside enjoying life – planting flowers, taking the dog for a walk, anything to get some fresh air.

A tick that can infect you with Lyme disease can be as small as the period at the end of this sentence.

“It mimics conditions such as arthritis, bell's palsy, migraine, fibromyalgia, among others. It can be misdiagnosed as over half the people bitten by a tick do not remember it. I was one of those people,” said Rhonda Howdyshell, founder of the Valley Lyme Support Forum and an education ambassador for the Global Lyme Alliance.

Howdyshell had an embedded tick removed by camp counselors in Harrisonburg in 1962. She came down with a rash afterwards and has experienced many health challenges since.

“Lyme disease just wasn’t on our radar in the ‘60s, so I wasn’t properly diagnosed and treated until four years ago,” Howdyshell said.

If your group/organization/church would like a presentation about Lyme disease you can contact her at: (540) 292-0978 or on Facebook at Valley Lyme Support Forum.

UVA wide receivers coach Marques Hagans joins the show to talk about the upcoming start of spring practice, his work with the Groundskeepers group that is trying to effect positive change, and his memories of the 2005 upset of FSU.

"The Jerry Ratcliffe Show" with Chris Graham talks UVA hoops - and golf - with Barry Parkhill. We also talk with Dr. Winston Gwathmey from UVA Orthopedics.

Chris Graham welcomes Hannah Wittmer and Gabriel Curry from Communities Against Middle River Jail Expansion to examine the controversial multimillion-dollar proposal to add on to the existing regional jail.

Chris Graham welcomes Rod Mullins to "Street Knowledge" to break down Ryan Blaney's win at Atlanta, and NASCAR's return to the dirt this weekend at Bristol.

"The Jerry Ratcliffe Show" with Chris Graham welcomes Blue Ridge Bank president and CEO - and UVA Athletics superfan - Brian Plum.

"The Jerry Ratcliffe Show" with Chris Graham welcomes Dr. Joseph Park from UVA Orthopedics, who discusses the turf toe injury suffered by Kansas City Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes, and the inner workings of the Kinexon contact tracing app used by the NCAA.

"The Jerry Ratcliffe Show" with Chris Graham welcomes Ohio coach Jeff Boals to talk about the Bobcats' matchup with defending national champion Virginia.