This week on the show is the third and final student segment from my Media & Politics course at UVA Wise. Please join Wesley Campbell and Ellie Peterson as they chat with Joshua Darr (Louisiana State University) and Jeff Lester (Editor, Coalfield Progress, the Post in Big Stone Gap, and the Dickenson Star) about the importance of the local press for a healthy democracy.

This week on the show is the second of three student segments from my Media & Politics course at UVA Wise. Please join Trey Stidham and Pria Funk as they chat with Zach Brown, former Communications Director for the late Congressman Don Young (Alaska), about the use of "new media" by congressional campaigns.

This week on the show begins the first of three student segments from my Media & Politics course at UVA Wise. Please join Michael Martin and Morgan Blankenship as they chat with Susan Liebell (Saint Joseph's University) and Annelise Russell (University of Kentucky) about the relationship between media coverage and public opinion and the government's focus on guns.

This week I had the pleasure of interviewing Ethan Stewart, who is running for the Clerk of the Circuit Court in Wise County.

This week I had the pleasure of interviewing two of the candidates for the Clerk of the Circuit Court in Wise County -- and in this clip, I interview Chad Wilson.

This week I had the pleasure of interviewing two of the candidates for the Clerk of the Circuit Court in Wise County -- and in this clip, I interview Robert England.

This week on the show kicks off our election interviews with candidates across Southwest Virginia running for various positions in 2023. Today I chat with two candidates who are running for the Wise County Circuit Court Clerk: Robert England and Chad Wilson. Tune in as we chat about their backgrounds, what made them decide to run, and what their primary responsibilities would be if they were elected.  

Join me this week as I chat with former U.S. Senator Jim Webb about his

initial decision to run for the Senate, the campaign issues he focused

on, what he is most proud of during his time in the Senate, what his

biggest challenges were, and what he thinks about the filibuster and

term limits.

Join me on this episode as we chat about two meetings that happened in Southwest Virginia on Valentine's Day: the Bristol VA City Council meeting and the Washington County Board of Supervisors.

What are the next steps in terms of addressing the landfill in Bristol? I talk with Joel Kellogg, co-founder of HOPE for Bristol, about the petition that was presented to the Bristol VA City Council.

You may have also heard a bit about the Washington County Board of Supervisors meetings over the past couple months involving the topic of abortion. Can they legally restrict businesses from moving into the county? What does it mean when someone says VA is a Dillon Rule state?

It has now been a little over a year since we covered the Bristol VA Landfill on this program for the first time.  Join me today as I chat with Samuel Weddington, Senior Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Bristol, Tennessee, Jackie Nophlin, a resident of Bristol, Virginia, and the President of BAMA and Pastor of Household of Faith Community Church, and Dr. Don Evans, Licensed Engineer in both VA and TN who has been providing his expertise towards solving this humanitarian disaster.  What has changed in the past year and what are the next steps?   What can citizens do to help with this massive humanitarian and environmental disaster?