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With Good Reason • 83 results found
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With Good Reason | Civics, Cultures & Communities

Education Innovation

Education will never be the same. While no one has the answers, decisions are being made and teachers, professors and families are rapidly adapting.

Stories | Business, Democracy, Education
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With Good Reason | Cultures & Communities, History

Replay: 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.

Stories | 17th Century, Black/African American, Immigration
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With Good Reason | Cultures & Communities, Science

No One Cares Alone

Sammy was just a month old when he started experiencing symptoms of heart failure. Hear about the doctor who performed the groundbreaking surgery that saved the boy’s life, and the resource he created to help doctors avoid burnout.

Stories | Health, STEM, Women
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With Good Reason | Cultures & Communities, History

The Chiefest Town

At the confluence of the James and Rivana Rivers in Virginia sits a Monacan site. Monacan Chief Kenneth Branham walks us through the site of what was once the village …

Stories | Native American, Precolonial
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WGR’s Summer Streaming Recs

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The Rise of Netflix

Myles McNutt (Old Dominion University)

After months at home, your streaming watchlists are probably exhausted. With Good Reason is here to the rescue! We’re bringing you summer streaming recommendations from scholars and artists. Myles McNutt charts Netflix’s rise to video streaming juggernaut and recommends a miniseries on the systemic failures in sexual assault investigations.

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Telling Untold Stories

Yossera Bouchtia (Virginia Commonwealth University)

Yossera Bouchtia suggests two TV shows grappling with race and identity in America.

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Brown Voice

Shilpa Davé (University of Virginia)

White actors have recently been stepping down from voicing characters of color. Shilpa Davé explains the harmful stereotype she calls “brown voice” and recommends a Netflix show that captures the Indian-American coming of age experience.

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Becoming an Environmental Activist

Tanya Stadelmann (William & Mary)

Tanya Stadelmann shares two films that document the journey to environmental activism.

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With Good Reason | Cultures & Communities

Presenting: “Transcripts”

Trans people of color say that life is harder than ever. And the new podcast “Transcripts” investigates what activists are doing to change that.

Stories | LGBTQ, Social Justice
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With Good Reason | Cultures & Communities

Replay: New Virginians

Immigrants from Central and South America, Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and the former Soviet Republics were chosen to share their stories in a Virginia-based traveling exhibit.

Stories | Immigration
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With Good Reason | Books & Literature

Replay: Poetic Justice

When writer and Invisibilia producer Lulu Miller discovered she’d be leaving Virginia, she wrote a startling love letter to the state–one that charges everyday people to stay angry about injustice.

Stories | Black/African American, Poetry, Social Justice
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With Good Reason | Civics

Back in Session

Despite fears of a virus resurgence, Virginia Tech and William & Mary both announced they will re-open in the Fall. What’s their plan for keeping students safe? And will higher education be forever changed?

Stories | Education, Health
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With Good Reason | History

Norfolk’s “Summer of the Pestilence”

On July 1, Virginia will move into Phase 3 of reopening. This new development will see the reopening of …

Stories | 19th Century
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With Good Reason | History

Quarantine Road

An 1855 yellow fever outbreak in Virginia eerily mirrors the present-day quarantine. And Marie Antoinette often secluded herself with a secret trove of banned books.

Stories | 18th Century, 19th Century, Health
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With Good Reason | Civics

The End of Richmond Policing?

In our recent show, “The End of Policing,” we talk with Alex Vitale on why he thinks reforming police is not enough. Instead, Vitale argues that we must…

Stories | Government, Social Justice
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