
Q&A with Shelf Life author Enrique Salmón
Get to know SHELF LIFE author Enrique Salmón…
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Replay: Holocaust Memory
Everyone remembers things differently. WGR takes you from D.C. to Poland for the many ways of commemorating the Holocaust.

Have a Drink with Nikki and Tressie
This video, recorded September 9 2020, features two powerful, creative women: Nikki Giovanni, award-winning poet, activist, educator, and one of Oprah Winfrey’s “25 Living Legends,” and Tressie McMillan Cottom, professor …

Working 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.

Goodbye My Tribe
We tell ourselves stories in order to survive, says the great novelist Joan Didion. What stories sustain you? This week, we talk about belief.

The Spirit of the City
By Nora Pehrson Richmond Hill is an ecumenical fellowship, residence, and urban retreat center in downtown Richmond that seeks to heal and develop “the spirit of the city” through inclusive …

Shelf Life in September
In September, you’ll have the chance to hear from acclaimed novelists and journalists, as well as an ethnobotanist and a handful of talking lemurs…
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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.

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.

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.

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 …