EpisodeREPLAY: Talkin’ Hurricanes
Unfortunately, when tourists travel for clean air, they bring polluted air with them.
EpisodeREPLAY: Music that Mends
Much is written about incarcerated people. This week, we hear what they are writing and thinking about themselves.
EpisodeOutdoor Archives
Cemeteries are outdoor archives. After decades of neglect, volunteers are clearing the brush and illuminating America’s repressed histories.
EpisodeREPLAY: Stirring the Pot
Have you noticed the lettuce shortage? This week, With Good Reason is taking you back to the art of canning and preserving food.
EpisodeWorking Through History
Jim Crow continues to impact the American labor market, and COVID-19 is making the workplace increasingly inequitable for women of all races.
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.
EpisodeWatching History
On the eve of WWI, Antoine Köpe had a front seat to history. A century later, Antoine’s elaborate journals, cartoons, recordings, and collections reveal what it was like in the last days of the Ottoman Empire.
EpisodeMountains and Mining
Travel to the Carpathian Mountains in Romania and you’ll find a place that’s not unlike Appalachia.
