EpisodeLegacies of World War II
When you think of archeology what comes to mind? Maybe paper maps and pickaxes in dusty places?
EpisodeREPLAY: Furious Flower: A Celebration of the Greats of African American Poetry
There are poems that stay with us, and order our steps.
EpisodeReplay: New Virginians
There are many kinds of movement and migration, forced and otherwise. Arrival is a perpetual state of becoming for the people in transit and the nations where they arrive.
EpisodeReplay: Future Farming of America
Does “genetic modification” scare you? We get to the root of it and explore hemp as the new cash crop.
EpisodeMusic Matters
These are trying times for musicians as large gatherings have been outlawed. Virginia Folklife has created TRAIN: Teachers of Remote Arts Instruction Network in response to the global COVID-19 pandemic and …
EpisodeMountains in Harmony
The singing of former Appalachian coal miner and preacher Frank Newsome exemplifies the oldest, English-language religious music passed down orally in America. And there’s a mountain range in Romania where coal mining communities share a lot in common with Appalachia.
