Virginia Politics & Government Podcast

Why is Richmond the way it is? What is holding us back?

Reverend Ben Campbell tells us the true story of how our traumatic history has trapped the people of Richmond in a negative psychological and spiritual state. Hint: it's not about the Civil War.

The true story of Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell and First Lady Maureen McDonnell's corruption scandal, trial and legacy.

Blue Virginia founder Lowell Feld talks about how he started the most influential blog in Virginia Democratic politics, how netroots organizing has changed, and what citizens can do to help preserve our democracy.

Historian Brent Tarter, author of The Grandees of Government, describes the history of undemocratic politics in Virginia, and why the state's politicians have been so resistant to change from the founding to the Civil War to the civil rights movement to the present.

Journalist Peter Galuszka, author of Thunder on the Mountain, discusses the 2010 Upper Big Branch mine disaster, the war on coal, and future prospects for the energy industry and the world under President Trump.

Glen Besa, citizen activist and former director of the Virginia Sierra Club, tells the shocking truth about Dominion Resources, the most politically powerful corporation in Virginia.

Author and University of Richmond professor Steve Nash discusses the past, present, and future of climate change in Virginia.