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What’s Flying at the Science Museum of Virginia?
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s… Quetzalcoatlus northropi?!? Timshel Purdum, the Science Museum of Virginia’s Virginia C. Ellett Deputy Director of Education, is back in WRIR studios to tell us about…
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Buying films for thousands of theaters
Paul Serwitz has made his career as a film buyer, including Regal Cinemas for 25 years and most recently, President and COO of Landmark Theatres. He’s now consulting as a distributor on…
Two new docs on Virginia’s Black heritage
DANVILLE 1963, LEGACY OF A MOVEMENT is a documentary featuring first-hand accounts of the peaceful Civil Rights protest in Danville on June 10, 1963, that was met with shocking violence by the…
Women & Politics with Cia Price and Lashrecse Aird
Delegate Cia Price – 85th District House of Delegates Marcia, affectionately known as “Cia”, was born and raised on the Peninsula in the District she now serves. Del. Price worked as a…
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Encore Broadcast: What Do You Have in Common with Neanderthals?
This is a rebroadcast of our interview with Rose Basom on Neanderthal genes in Homo sapiens that originally aired on January 1, 2024. In this episode, we meet the Science Museum of…
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Protecting a historic Black one-room school
Pine Grove School served Black students in Cumberland County from 1917 to 1964. Since then, it’s been restored, but is now being threatened by a proposed mega-landfill nearby. Janelle Proulx and Tyler…
Women & Politics with Ann Burdges and Congresswomen Jennifer McClellan
ANN BURDGES – Chief Executive Officer – End Violence Against Women International Ann Burdges brings a robust diversity of professional experiences to her current position as Chief Executive Officer for End Violence Against…
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Encore Broadcast: In the Octopus’ Garden with the Science Museum of Virginia
This is a rebroadcast of our interview with Timshel Purdum on cephalopods that originally aired on January 1, 2024. Is it octopuses or octopi? (Hint: it’s not octopods). Timshel Purdum, the Science Museum of…
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