A collection of WTJU's promos for the 2021 Jazz Marathon, Oct 4-10.

A collection of WTJU's promos for the 2021 Jazz Marathon, Oct 4-10.

A collection of WTJU's promos for the 2021 Jazz Marathon, Oct 4-10.

A collection of WTJU's promos for the 2021 Jazz Marathon, Oct 4-10.

A collection of WTJU's promos for the 2021 Jazz Marathon, Oct 4-10.

A collection of WTJU's promos for the 2021 Jazz Marathon, Oct 4-10.

In 1905, Austrian baroness Bertha von Suttner won the Nobel Peace Prize, which she had helped convince Alfred Nobel to establish. Largely forgotten among antiwar activists, she was an outspoken critic of efforts to make combat merely less brutal. Today, Yale legal scholar Samuel Moyn finds inspiration in Suttner’s story for his own provocative stance against the logic of “humanizing” war with technological innovations like drone strikes. He says we’re only making conflicts more frequent and longer-lasting.

Liz Magill has had a very eventful two years as the Provost at UVA. But first, do you know what the Provost actually does? Tune in to learn about this essential role at most universities. You'll also get the inside scoop on how UVA leadership made decisions during COVID-19 and maybe even learn a little bit about kickboxing.

This week in 1760... Children excitedly entered the small white building in Williamsburg. It was the first day of school. But this wasn’t any regular school. This was the Bray school for free and enslaved Black children. The first of its kind in Virginia.

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