When urban universities expand, working-class neighborhoods are often the first casualty. We take a look Lambert's Point, the Norfolk, VA community displaced Old Dominion University.

From With Good Reason, the Short Listen combines compelling interviews with short-form storytelling to bring you the best of each week's episode in about five minutes.

America is hooked on opioids — by one count, there are currently more opioid prescriptions than people in the southeastern United States. This week, we we’re taking a deep dive into the causes of the opioid crisis.

We speak to the author of Dreamland, Sam Quinones, on how communities have been torn apart by addiction. We hear from a surgeon and father who lost his son to opioid addiction. And we tackle the latest research on how opioid dependency is affecting so many Americans.

Kiki Petrosino is afraid when she gets behind the wheel -- afraid that she will be killed by police in a routine traffic stop. In "Letter beginning, 'If My Body is a Text'", she tries to express this fear of being misunderstood by white authorities. This week, we speak with Petrosino about her work, and continue our series on remarkable, untold stories from black history -- this time, in the world of sports.

Plus, we talk to a scholar who is mapping the history of the KKK -- despite descendants' efforts to erase records -- and trace the origin of revolutionary thinking.

Before Jackie Robinson, there were the Negro Leagues -- home to some of the greatest untold stories in baseball.

From With Good Reason, The Short Listen combines compelling interviews and short-form storytelling to bring you the best of each week's episode in under five minutes.

This week, we honor Black History Month by exploring some unbelievable stories from African-American history. We also look at some new work that has had profound success in helping African-American college students make it to graduation.

Under the indignity of the Jim Crow South, some truly remarkable stories were born. This week, we speak with the authors who chronicled two true stories of African-American resistance that have now become Oscar-nominated movies: Margot Lee Shetterly, whose book Hidden Figures documents the tale of the African-American women who put a man on the moon; and Peter Wallenstein, who tells the story of Richard and Mildred Loving, the couple who struck down bans on interracial marriage. Plus, producer Kelley Libby talks with the voice of NPR about their different experiences of growing up in the South.

You know the expression “Like a bull in a china shop”? Well, that phrase came to mind while we were working on our show this week -- and not because any of us were more clumsy than usual in the studios.

It's because we’ve been talking about the children’s book “The Story of Ferdinand”, the classic children’s book with a bright red cover, about the little bull who just wants to smell flowers. It was published in 1936, at the dawn of the Spanish Civil War. And almost immediately, it was a success.

But this nice little story about a sweet-hearted bull wasn't just for kids. It managed to upset the likes of Franco, Mussolini, and Hitler. Here's why.

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Cigarettes are making a resurgence, thanks to technology like the e-cigarette. But this week, we hear from scholars who are finding it's not only tobacco that's breaking out in vapor form. Plus, we look at how menthol is hooking new generations of young smokers, how sound can be used as a scalpel, and how sleepless teenagers face deadly effects.

Religion and politics go together like cheese and apple pie - some people love it, some people hate it. This week, we take a look at America's rocky relationship with the politics of faith, from Jefferson's vision for a secular utopia to politicians use of the bible today. Along the way, we look at how teleprojected pastors are changing evangelism, and try to determine what the Founding Fathers really believed.

The Walking Dead, a TV horror series about a worldwide zombie apocalypse, has been the most popular show with 18 to 49 year olds since for the past 4 seasons. But there’s an enormous difference between horror on the screen in the United States and in China. One Virginia scholar thinks there may be something to learn from the differences.

From With Good Reason, the Short Listen combines compelling interviews with short-form storytelling to bring the best of each week's episode in under five minutes.