Race Capitol

Democratic Commonwealth Attorney candidates Colette McEachin & Alex Taylor Jr. join us this week to give their takes on the job, weed legalization, the CA's relationship with police, and more. Also joining us are Ashley Shapiro of Justice Forward VA and Rebecca Keel of Marijuana Justice VA.

It's 2019 and we're STILL mitigating redlining and working to desegregate schools in Richmond. This week we're talking housing and education with Daryl Hayott and Bill Rice of Virginia Poverty Law Center and Taikein Cooper of Virginia Excels.

Guests from Black Pride RVA talk about the this year's theme "Community Matters" and why Black LGBTQ RVA is a community matter for us all.

Richmond makes plenty of space for art, so why is it so hard for Black artists to paint their own city? This week we're talking representation, street art and mural culture with Silly Genius, Dahm and PT Carroll of All City Art Club.

One year after the GRTC Pulse's debut, we interrogate the racial narrative of public transportation. This week hear what the founder of Leaders of the New South calls “white-transit advocacy” and why it doesn’t work for Black Richmond.

Race Capitol recaps the reactions to primary results with, friend to the show, Taikein Cooper & featured guest Dr. Zoe Spencer. Dr. Spencer is a professor at Virginia State University who is taking her equal pay case to the supreme court and is a long-standing advocate for issues impacting Black Women.

Omilade Janine Bell, Founder of Elegba Folklore Society narratives the Juneteenth holiday plus the importance of Richmond, Virginia residents to acknowledge this history's impact on our place, space, and time.

This week Chelsea interviews HBCU research fellows who’ve spent the past four months holding academic institutions accountable by combing archives and documenting racist content in yearbooks from across Virginia.

In this episode we're talking primaries and political representation with political scientist Dr. Ravi Perry. State Senate candidate Veena Lothe (SD-12) also stops in to share about her campaign and how her intersections represent the SD-12 of today and the future.

We discuss Richmond music and the history of hip hop with two leading RVA artists, Michael Millions and Radio Blitz. Plus we chat on why Something in the Water matters for Virginia and the culture.