We’re ba-a-a-ack! And we’ve got a lot to share this week, as usual. Joining us are … Virginia Republican Congressman (and potential 2008 GOP Senate nomination candidate) Tom Davis; Roland Lazenby, a Virginia Tech communications professor and editor of April 16th: Virginia Tech Remembers; and Tamara Talmadge-Anderson of the Virginia Tourism Corp. Also this week, Chris and Crystal discuss the role that Virginia Democrats will play in the 2008 VP sweepstakes, and then go down a list of hot topics in the news in Virginia this week in The Morning Edition.
Crystal Graham
We’re ba-a-a-ack! And we’ve got a lot to share this week, as usual. Joining us are … Virginia Republican Congressman (and potential 2008 GOP Senate nomination candidate) Tom Davis; Roland Lazenby, a Virginia Tech communications professor and editor of April 16th: Virginia Tech Remembers; and Tamara Talmadge-Anderson of the Virginia Tourism Corp. Also this week, Chris and Crystal discuss the role that Virginia Democrats will play in the 2008 VP sweepstakes, and then go down a list of hot topics in the news in Virginia this week in The Morning Edition.
Another busy week on “The Augusta Free Press Show.†Joining us are 24th District Republican Sen. Emmett Hanger; Brooke Rodgers of the Harrisonburg office of Lutheran Family Services; and Daily News-Record sportswriter Brent Johnson, who has been covering the controversy involving the Duke Dog fight from over the weekend. Also this week – Chris and Crystal talk about racism in the Valley, and cover hot topics from across the region in The Morning Edition.
Sep 142007
This week’s “Augusta Free Press Show†highlights local politics, goings-on in Harrisonburg and a new book by a Staunton author.
Joining us this week are …
- Arin Sime, the Libertarian Party nominee in the 24th Senate District.
- Brent Finnegan, the editor of hburgnews.com.
- And Bruce Joffe, the author of A Hint of Homosexuality? ‘Gay’ and Homoerotic Imagery in American Print Advertising.
Joining us this week are …
- Arin Sime, the Libertarian Party nominee in the 24th Senate District.
- Brent Finnegan, the editor of hburgnews.com.
- And Bruce Joffe, the author of A Hint of Homosexuality? ‘Gay’ and Homoerotic Imagery in American Print Advertising.
We all knew that Mark Warner was going to run for the U.S. Senate – but now that it’s official, what does that mean as far as the macropolitical situation in Virginia is concerned?
This week’s “New Dominion Show†attempts to answer that question – in a conversation between Chris Graham and Christopher Newport University professor Quentin Kidd that tackles topics including the impact of the Warner move on the 2008 GOP nomination race, the 2008 presidential race and the 2009 Virginia gubernatorial contest.
Also this week …
- We talk with presidential candidate Daniel Gilbert (a 1969 graduate of Virginia Tech) about his efforts to bring the Republican Party back to its conservative roots.
- And we talk with Serena McClain of American Rivers about efforts to improve dam safety in Virginia and across the country.
Professional wrestling and politics are more similar than you might want to admit. After all, one of them is fake.
We’ll let you muse on that for a moment …
We’ll let you muse on that for a moment …
OK. We’re back.
Wrestling, er, rasslin’, politics and Michael Vick are the hot topics this week on “The New Dominion Show.â€Â
Joining us this week …
- UVa. law professor Larry Walker talks about the resignation of U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.
- Martin Mercerau of PETA talks about the impact that the Michael Vick case is having on the effort to stamp out the dogfighting subculture in the U.S.
- And Steve Johnson, one of the authors of the upcoming book Benoit on the life and violent death of pro wrestler Chris Benoit, talks about the book and the sad, sad Benoit story.
Dead fish, dead projects and a brand name that could add new life to a city – that and more this week on “The Augusta Free Press Show.â€Â
Joining us this week …
- Don Kain of the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality talks about ongoing studies into fish kills in the Shenandoah Valley.
- Lorie Smith talks about an upcoming referendum in Waynesboro that could bring back to life several capital-improvements projects that were left for dead by Waynesboro City Council earlier this month.
- And Amanda Huffman discusses efforts in Staunton to develop a new brand for the Queen City. (Hey, there’s an idea there.)
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