Unlikely Hero: Stonewall Jackson’s Early Years

Orphaned at an early age, Stonewall Jackson spent his youth struggling for identity and striving for acceptance from family, friends, and teachers. Celebrated Virginia Tech historian James “Bud” Robertson, author of Stonewall …

January 9, 1998

Let’s Get Fiscal: Year-End Tax Tips

Before the W-2s and the shoe boxes full of receipts start appearing, two accounting professors, Richard Newmark from Old Dominion University and James Smith from William & Mary, join us to discuss strategies to …

December 26, 1997

High Anxiety: Understanding Social Disorders

Part I: Education professor Valerie Morprew of Longwood College shares new approaches for treating Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Find the segment audio here. Part II: Mark McCormick, a Virginia Commonwealth University psychiatrist and director of the …

November 21, 1997

School for Scandal? Literary Censorship in K-12 Curriculum

Each year, venerated literature, from Huckleberry Finn to Catcher in the Rye, is banned from school libraries around the country by parents and religious groups who find the content of these classics unfit …

October 31, 1997

Good Morning, Vietnam: 25 Years After the Fall of Saigon

Vietnam is emerging as the economic frontier of the 1990s, and nations around the globe are lining up to take advantage of its needs and resources. Even the U.S. can’t …

October 17, 1997

Take This Job and Love It: Labor Unions in the 90s

The economic recession of the early 90s, downsizing, plant closings, NAFTA, and the move toward overseas manufacturing have left America’s once all-powerful labor unions reeling from loss of membership and, …

August 29, 1997

Conquering Depression: The New Deal’s W.P.A. Program in Virginia

The Great Depression left thousands of Virginians out of work, from unskilled laborers to accomplished artists. The Works Progress Administration, a branch of FDR’s New Deal, sought to change that. …

August 15, 1997

Bounty Hunters: Efforts to Improve Virginia Agricultural Production

Part I: William & Mary marine scientist Gene Burreson explains the plight of the Chesapeake oyster and efforts to improve the industry.  Find the segment audio here. Part II: Virginia State University animal scientist Terry …

August 8, 1997

And Then There Were None: Endangered Species in Virginia

Part I: Virginia Tech wildlife scientist James Fraser discusses the threat that Chesapeake Bay shoreline development poses to bald eagles and current efforts to save our national bird from extinction. Find the segment …

June 20, 1997

Beyond Redemption? The Debate over Prisoner Rehabilitation

For the better part of a century Americans believed education and training would help criminal offenders turn their lives around. Today, however, Virginians have abolished parole, and the state spends …

June 13, 1997

It Doesn’t Add Up: The Role of Gender in Math Education

Do girls get inadvertently shortchanged on math education by teachers who feel boys are more adept and interested in the subject? Education professors Lee Doerries of Christopher Newport University and Marie Sheckels of Mary …

May 30, 1997

On the Town: The Debate Over Reversion and Revenue-Sharing

Virginia has 40 independent cities—28 are eligible to revert to town status. With increased competition between city and county, reversion promises cities new clout and relief from costly education and …

May 23, 1997

Double Vision: The Science and Ethics of Cloning

The appearance of Dolly, the cloned Scottish ewe, sparked worldwide controversy over scientists’ newfound ability to clone mammals. Medical College of Virginia geneticist Walter Nance describes the science behind animal cloning, as …

May 9, 1997

Buried Treasures: Unearthing Historical Sites in Virginia

Virginia is rich in archeological sites from the grand plantations along the James to primitive forts and simple schoolrooms long since abandoned. Longwood anthropologist James Jordan joins Mary Washington historic preservationist Douglas Sanford for …

May 2, 1997