Red, White, and Confused

On today's show, I interview three individuals who participated in the march for reproductive rights that was held in Abingdon, VA outside the federal courthouse on May 8th, 2022. We discuss their general activism in politics, their experience at the march, and their opinions and experiences with candidates who are running for the 9th congressional district. Spoiler alert: it has not all been positive.

The three guests on today's show are Alyssa Hill (freshman, UVA Wise), Olivia Owens (junior, UVA Wise), and Brandon Moore.

On this week’s show, I check in with those who are working directly with those who are most affected by the Bristol VA landfill. Join me as I chat with Samuel Weddington, senior pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Bristol TN, and Jackie Nophlin, pastor of the Household of Faith Community Church, about how things are going there. We discuss a report that was produced by the Virginia Interfaith Power and Light, as well as the report that was generated by the expert panel from the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality. We also chat about the air purifier project.

This week on “Red, White, and Confused,” a third group of UVA Wise students get to take over the airwaves! Samuel Watkins, Bryson Roberson, and Emma Fox discuss the lack of broadband internet in the central Appalachian region, what is currently being done to solve this issue, as well as how broadband access may impact the political involvement and leanings of people in our area. Further, they discuss the importance of broadband connectivity for students in the education system. The guests for today's podcast include Wise County Circuit Court Clerk Jack Kennedy and Dr. Christopher Ali, Associate Professor in Department of Media Studies at the University of Virginia.

This week on “Red, White, and Confused,” a second group of UVA Wise students get to take over the airwaves! This week's show is titled "Forgotten Stories and Forgotten Bodies" and centers around how the media decides what to report, and why certain people receive news media attention when they go missing, while others do not. Join Andrew Leonard, Katelynn Parton, and Emily Ward as they interview Olivia Bailey (Anchor/Reporter from WCYB) about how news is produced, and Zach Sommers (litigation associate in the Chicago office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP) who researches the intersection between news media, race, and crime.

In this episode, I chat with three guests about what is happening in VA's 9th Congressional District race at the present time. What do we know? Will there be a competitive election?

Join me as I chat with Brandon Moore (welder/photographer from Russell County), Katelynn Parton (Junior, Political Science major at UVA Wise), and Bryson Roberson (Junior, Political Science and Administration of Justice major at UVA Wise) as we have a general conversation about what we have seen in this congressional race so far.

Date of recording: April 15, 2022

This week on “Red, White, and Confused,” UVA Wise students get to take over the airwaves.  Students in my Media & Politics course are producing the next three weeks of the show, and this week centers around how the media impacts the public’s opinion of our presidents.  Join Emma Duty, Olivia Owens, and Nicholas Martin as they interview John Zaller (UCLA) and Jason McConnell (University of Wyoming) about their studies on presidential approval. 

Why are Republican legislators in state after state focused on proposing bills that affect transgender lives? Do these proposals help them at the ballot box? In this episode of "Red, White, and Confused," I chat with Dan Cassino (Professor of Government and Politics at Fairleigh Dickinson University) and Yasemin Besen-Cassino (Professor and Chair of Sociology at Montclair State University) about their research on gender identity and partisanship.

President Biden’s approval is currently sitting between 41 and 43 percent, depending on which poll you examine. This week on the show, I chat with Andrew Sanders (Assistant Professor at Texas A&M University San Antonio) and Michael Sances (Assistant Professor at Temple University) about how the economy, gas prices, and the conflict in Ukraine are currently impacting his approval, and the spillover effects for the 2022 Midterm elections.

As we now approach the two week mark on the conflict in Ukraine, I've invited two guests on the program this week to talk with us about how we got here, how this conflict will affect other countries surrounding Russia and Ukraine, and where - or rather how - we see this ending. Join me as I discuss this unfolding situation with Brent Hierman, a professor in the Department of International Studies and Political Science at Virginia Military Institute, and Joseph Wright, a professor in the Department of Political Science at Pennsylvania State University.

This week I continue discussing the 2022 election in the 9th Congressional District. My third guest is Kimberly Lowe, a Republican candidate in the upcoming election. Join me as we chat about her campaign.