Podcasts

The summer before his senior year in college, author Greg Melville worked at the cemetery in his hometown. The experience began his lifelong curiosity with how, where and why we commemorate our dead. Hear our conversation with him.

Dr. Paul Marik served as the chief of pulmonary and critical care medicine at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk until a controversy over his use of ivermectin and other COVID-19 treatments led him to resign to pursue other interests. Hear his story.

Meet four incredible women who served as groundbreaking pioneers in the organization that would become the CIA. Join us for a conversation with author Nathalia Holt.

Harriet Tubman served as an Underground Railroad conductor, a Civil War scout, a nurse and a spy. Learn about her connection to Hampton Roads.

Professor Lyell Asher is the creator of the popular video series, "Why Colleges Are Becoming Cults," where he gives an analysis of university academics and culture in the 20th and 21st centuries.

Dr. Lynne Fenton is the psychiatrist who treated the mass shooter who attacked patrons of a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado. In the weeks and months following the tragedy she faced questions and harsh criticism from some who suggested she should have done more to prevent the attack.

On this episode of Open Channel we examine how the landmark legislation Title IX quite literally changed the game for women’s athletics.

Why do you love Queen but your best friend loves Kiss? Why do some choose rock as their favorite music while others long for country tunes? Acclaimed author, composer and musicologist explores these questions and more in this interview. Hear the discussion.

There is no marker or memorial where Norfolk’s Major Avenue intersects with Little Creek Road, just shy of Hampton Boulevard--nothing that would alert passersby of the unsolved murder that happened there 50 years before.

He was a determined young prosecutor who, in two of America’s most celebrated trials, managed to convict the mob boss of the famed Gambino crime family. Hear his story on this episode of Watching America.