Welcome to CPN

The Charlottesville Podcasting Network is your source for lectures, radio shows and more from throughout Charlottesville and Albemarle County. Each week we post hours of material for you to listen to. Make sure you stay in touch!

  • Rivanna Water & Sewer Authority (RWSA) Board Meeting September 28, 2010 6:15 pm
    ACSA Offices 168 Spotnap Road, Charlottesville, Virginia 22911 Tuesday, September 28, 2010, 2:15 – 3:15pm An agenda will be posted for this meeting as soon as it is available. More info: rivanna.org… […]
  • Board of Architectural Review Meeting September 21, 2010 9:00 pm
    City Council Chambers Tuesday, September 21, 2010, 5 – 9pm The agenda for this meeting will be posted as soon as it is available. More info: www.charlottesville.org… […]
  • Free Enterprise Forum Luncheon - Secretary of Transportation Sean Connaughton September 21, 2010 3:30 pm
    Holiday Inn - University Area1901 Emmet StreetCharlottesville, VA 22901 Tuesday, September 21, 2010, 11:30am – 2pm The Charlottesville Regional Chamber number one public policy issue is transportation in the Greater Charlottesville community. Virginia Secretary of Transportation, Sean T. Connaughton will address transportation today and going into the future […]
  • Charlottesville City Council Meeting September 20, 2010 11:00 pm
    City Hall, Council Chambers Monday, September 20, 2010, 7 – 10pm The agenda will be posted as soon as it is available. More info: www.charlottesville.org… […]
  • Albemarle County Service Authority Board of Directors' Meeting September 16, 2010 1:00 pm
    ACSA Office Building168 Spotnap RoadCharlottesville, VA 22911 Thursday, September 16, 2010, 9 – 11am The agenda will be posted as soon as it is available. More info: www.acsanet.com […]
  • City Planning Commission Meeting September 14, 2010 10:30 pm
    City Hall, City Council Chambers Tuesday, September 14, 2010, 6:30 – 11pm (This is a tentative agenda and could change before the meeting occurs)II. REGULAR MEETING -- 5:30 P.M. A. COMMISSIONERS' REPORTSB. UNIVERSITY REPORT C. CHAIR'S REPORTD. ANNUAL MEETING 1. Election of Officers 2. Review of Annual ReportE. DEPARTMENT OF NDS/STAFF REPORTS/WORK P […]
  • Albemarle County Planning Commission Meeting September 14, 2010 10:00 pm
    County Office Building, Lane Auditorium Tuesday, September 14, 2010, 6 – 8pm A worksession is scheduled with the Planning Commission for the purpose of soliciting additional direction in the site plan and subdivision review process. The materials presented to the Board along with a summary of the roundtable comments and ARB comments will be presented. More i […]
  • Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Showcase September 12, 2010 4:00 pm
    Virginia Foundation for the Humanities145 Ednam Drive, Charlottesville, VA 22903-4629 Sunday, September 12, 2010, 12 – 5pm The Virginia Folklife Program (VFP) will present its seventh annual Folklife Apprenticeship Showcase on Sunday, September 12th, Noon – 5:00 p.m. at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities (VFH) Conference Center. The one-day festival […]
  • Albemarle County Board of Supervisors Meeting September 8, 2010 10:00 pm
    County Office Building, Lane Auditorium Wednesday, September 8, 2010, 6 – 9pm The agenda will be posted as soon as it is available. More info: www.albemarle.org… […]
  • Charlottesville City Council Meeting September 7, 2010 11:00 pm
    City Hall, Council Chambers Tuesday, September 7, 2010, 7 – 10pm The agenda will be posted as soon as it is available. More info: www.charlottesville.org… […]

James Monroe addresses crowd at Community Chalkboard

On August 20, 2008, the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression brought a time machine to the Community Chalkboard at the eastern end of the Downtown Mall. A crowd assembled was transported to the year 1828 to hear from James Monroe, the fifth President of the United States.

The Presidential time machine [...]

VABook: A View from the Bench

On March 28, 2008, the Hon. J. Harvie Wilkinson, III, of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit presented the Tenth Annual Henry J. Abraham Distinguished Lecture Series, hosted by the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression. The lecture was part of the Virginia Festival of the Book, and [...]

VABook 2008: Legal Issues in Higher Education

Legal questions involving academic freedom, affirmative action, and student speech are but a few of the issues facing college administrators today. On March 29, 2008, a panel of experts was called together by the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression at the 14th Annual Virginia Festival of the Book for a [...]

Delegates Bell and Toscano speak at Chalkboard

On Wednesday, August 22, at 7:00 pm, Virginia General Assembly Delegates Rob Bell (R-58) and David Toscano (D-57) participated in a community forum to address audience questions on past and future legislative sessions. The forum will be moderated by WINA Radio host Jane Foy.

The event was held at The Community Chalkboard and Podium: [...]

James Madison speaks at the Community Chalkboard

On August 14, 2007, a time machine temporarily turned the east end of the Downtown Mall back to the year 1807, allowing for Orange County resident James Madison to appear. He spoke about foreign affairs and whether he should run for president. Mr. Madison (as played by John  Douglas Hall) also took questions from [...]

The 2007 Jefferson Muzzles

The Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression has handed out its annual Jefferson Muzzles to groups that have somehow curtailed free expression in the last year. I spoke with director Robert O’Neil to get more details on this [...]

Jerry Falwell and Larry Flynt debate

In November 1997, the Reverend Jerry Falwell and publisher Larry Flynt appeared together at the University of Virginia School of Law as part of a conference organized by the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression. The conference examined the legal and cultural impact of the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case [...]

An Interview with Oliver Hill

Civil rights attorney Oliver Hill is well known for the role he played in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decisions that ended the doctrine of “separate but equal” and other forms of racial discrimination in the United States. One of the cases in which Hill was a key figure was NAACP [...]

Jan Crawford Greenburg on the U.S. Supreme Court

In March 2007, ABC News Supreme Court Correspondent Jan Crawford Greenburg delivered the ninth annual lecture of the Henry J. Abraham Distinguished Lectureship Series. Sponsored by the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression, the series was created and funded by the former students of Professor Abraham to honor his [...]

VABook 2007: The Trial of Lenny Bruce

Ronald Collins, co-author of The Trials of Lenny Bruce, and attorney Robert Corn-Revere discuss the free speech trials of comedian Lenny Bruce, including their successful effort to earn Bruce the first posthumous pardon granted by the State of New York. The presentation was sponsored by the Thomas Jefferson Center as part of [...]

Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist delivers 2003 Henry J. Abraham Distinguished Lecture

In April 2003, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court William H. Rehnquist provided the fifth annual lecture of the Henry J. Abraham Distinguished Lectureship Series. Sponsored by the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression, the series was created and funded by the former students of Professor Abraham to honor [...]

Charlottesville–Right Now: Details on the First Amendment Writes songwriting and poetry contest

Josh Wheeler of the Thomas Jefferson Center for Free Expression and Sibley Johns of the Music Resource Center join Coy Barefoot on the September 28th edition of WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now. The two organizations as well as Starr Hill Presents are sponsoring a song-writing and poetry contest called First Amendment Writes. The contest “celebrates the [...]