HearSay with Cathy Lewis

WHRO's Mechelle Hankerson joins us to discuss the downturn in community college enrollment. Then, we talk about how COVID-19 and low economic growth will change the lives and careers of Millennials and Generation Z.

Governor Ralph Northam announced last week that Virginia would move into Phase 3 of reopening this Wednesday, July 1. We talk to Hampton Roads business owners about how the new guidelines will affect their operation decisions. Although the new guidelines allow outdoor entertainment venues such as Busch Gardens to reopen with a 1,000 person limit, the company says they don’t plan to. Despite their argument that there should be separate guidelines for outdoor amusement parks, Gov. Northam affirmed that there will be no exceptions made for them in Phase 3. How will you approach the next step of reopening as a consumer and patron?

Have you gotten into gardening for the first time during the coronavirus pandemic? Have you used the extra time at home to tend to your already established one? We welcome back the one and only gardening guru Jim Orband for a special segment on gardening during a pandemic.

In the words of Tom Haverford, sometimes you have to treat yo self. What purchases have you made to help you through the pandemic? We talk to an editor at The Strategist about the most common purchases people are making during COVID-19. Then, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Connie Schultz joins to discuss her debut novel, "The Daughters of Erietown."

Virginia holds primaries for one statewide GOP senate candidate and several congressional district candidates tomorrow, June 23. We give you a full preview of all the races and candidates.

HearSay's favorite veterinarian, Dr. Phyllis Neumann, joins us to tackle your pet health questions.

Cathy Lewis talks to experts about the challenges of distance learning, what September will look like in schools across Virginia and how the pandemic has changed education.

What does the movement to defund the police actually want, and is it a workable plan for reform? We hear from people involved in this issue. Then, Cathy discusses the controversy involving the state's Confederate monuments.

Cathy discusses how COVID-19 has changed, and continues to change, health care in our community. We also talk about what Phase 2 means for our economy.

In Washington, DC, military units have been called to aid police. What are the implications for the military itself, our Constitution and our culture? Then, an organization of black veterans is calling for hearing before the World Court on what it says are human rights violations in the U.S.