Author: Dan Gould

Dan has been a regular contributor to the Charlottesville Podcasting Network since 2008. He has produced over 1000 feature length podcasts for the site.
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Home Grown: Expressions: Painter Adam Disbrow and Guitarist Greg Brown

Home Grown: Your Show about Local Art

On today’s Home Grown, Clinton and Leslie have a layered talk about the power of non-realistic, expressionist art with American Expressionist Adam Disbrow. He’s got a new show, A Portrait of Beauty, opening 08/04/17 at the Music Resource Center. Then it’s way too little time as one of Home Grown’s favorite guests, guitarist Greg Brown returns to play some tunes and talk about his new Blues CD Just Tell Me Why. It’s another show where we could’ve gone the whole hour with either guest. That’s Home Grown: Your Show about Local Art.

Home Grown is heard on 94.7 WPVC the Progressive Voice of Charlottesville, Sundays from 10 AM to 11 AM.

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Apropos Of Something: Refugee Advocacy Thru Microloans & Life Gets A Rewrite

Apropos Of Something hosts Ellen Daniels and Nancy Laurence talk with Christine Mahoney Ph.D., Professor of Public Policy and Politics & Founder of the Alight Fund, on investing in refugees to affect positive change; and Phil Jason, a grad student in UVA’s Creative Writing Program and recent winner of the prestigious Henfield Prize, whose unique personal story empowered him to publish not perish.

Apropos Of Something seeks out guests who are passionate about the arts, politics and society at-large. Co-hosts Ellen Daniels in Charlottesville and Nancy Laurence in New York City chat with experts, activists, and the most interesting people they can find. We guarantee every show will be Apropos Of Something.

Join Ellen and Nancy on 94.7 WPVC the Progressive Voice of Charlottesville, every Saturday from 10-11 a.m.

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Wake-Up Call: Child Sex Abuse and Trafficking

Alexandra Meador

Sunday Morning Wake-up Call host Rick Moore talks with Augusta County Assistant Commonwealth Attorney, Alexandra Meador about child sex abuse and trafficking. Topics Include: How to reduce the chance that your own children will be exposed to sex abuse and what to do if you suspect child abuse in your family. Also, the process for prosecuting child sex abuse offenders.

The Sunday Morning Wake-up Call is heard on 94.7 WPVC the Progressive Voice of Charlottesville, Sundays from 11 a.m. to noon.

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Home Grown: Photos and Songs: Yolonda Jones and Mary Gordon Hall & Bahlmann Abbot

Home Grown: Your Show about Local Art

On today’s Home Grown. David and Leslie get down and get easy with artist Yolonda Jones, here talking about her first photography exhibit, Private Spaces at the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center. Get ready for a conversation about artistic and family intimacy. Then singer-songwriters Bahlmann Abbot and Mary Gordon Hall grace Home Grown for the first time. Along with vocalist Emily Gary, they talk a little about songwriting and sing a couple of songs in preparation for their Songmaker Series concert at C’Ville Coffee House. It’s something for the eyes and something for the ears (and everything for the heart) on Home Grown: Your Show about Local Art.

Home Grown is heard on 94.7 WPVC the Progressive Voice of Charlottesville, Sundays from 10 AM to 11 AM.

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To Your Health: The Best of To Your Health

To Your Health host M.C. Blair Talks with Amy Lieser, Courtenay Evans, Janette Abi-Nader, Aileen Carey, and Carter Wallace about why local food is paramount to good health and why it’s so important to educate the students of today leading to food citizens of tomorrow.

Each week To Your Health host M.C. Blair talks to local growers and food producers. Join him on 94.7 WPVC the Progressive Voice of Charlottesville every Saturday from 11 a.m. to noon.

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Apropos Of Something: Unearthing America’s Slave History & Rapping Truth To Power

Apropos Of Something hosts Ellen Daniels and Nancy Laurence talk with Matt Reeves Ph.D., Montpelier’s Director of Archaeology and Landscape Restoration, on their concerted efforts to recognize, scrutinize and humanize our slave past; and A.D. Carson Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Hip-Hop & the Global South, who sees hip-hop as a framework to better understand our history and each other.

Apropos Of Something seeks out guests who are passionate about the arts, politics and society at-large. Co-hosts Ellen Daniels in Charlottesville and Nancy Laurence in New York City chat with experts, activists, and the most interesting people they can find. We guarantee every show will be Apropos Of Something.

Join Ellen and Nancy on 94.7 WPVC the Progressive Voice of Charlottesville, every Saturday from 10-11 a.m.

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Wake-Up Call: Trump’s Foreign Policy

Philip Potter

Sunday Morning Wake-up Call host Rick Moore talks with University of Virginia Professor Philip Potter about the Trump administration’s foreign policy. Topics include: The United States foreign policy with regard to North Korea and the ongoing investigation into Russian tampering with the 2016 presidential election.

The Sunday Morning Wake-up Call is heard on 94.7 WPVC the Progressive Voice of Charlottesville, Sundays from 11 a.m. to noon.

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Home Grown: Addams Family Musical at Four County Players and Mentalist Shawn Mason

Home Grown: Your Show about Local Art

It’s a little bit cooky show on today’s Home Grown. David and Leslie get into it with director Noal Bastian and stage manager Miranda Hogan from Four County Players about plumbing the depths of family and reimagining an icon in Four County’s upcoming production of The Addams Family: A New Musical. Then things get really cooky as former government time traveller Shawn Mason blows past his redacted past to talk about his upcoming mentalist show. From the ghosts in your family to the ghosts in your head, we cover it all on Home Grown: Your Show about Local Art.

Home Grown is heard on 94.7 WPVC the Progressive Voice of Charlottesville, Sundays from 10 AM to 11 AM.

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Apropos Of Something: Righting Post-Conviction Wrongs & The Effects of “Southern” Exposure

Apropos Of Something hosts Ellen Daniels and Nancy Laurence talk with Deirdre M. Enright, Director of Investigation, UVA Law School’s Innocence Project Clinic, on their concerted efforts to overturn wrongful convictions; and Grace Elizabeth Hale, Ph.D., Prof. of History and American Studies & noted author, on why “The South” continues to divide the nation.

Apropos Of Something seeks out guests who are passionate about the arts, politics and society at-large. Co-hosts Ellen Daniels in Charlottesville and Nancy Laurence in New York City chat with experts, activists, and the most interesting people they can find. We guarantee every show will be Apropos Of Something.

Join Ellen and Nancy on 94.7 WPVC the Progressive Voice of Charlottesville, every Saturday from 10-11 a.m.

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Wake-Up Call: Everyday People and The Resistance

Sunday Morning Wake-up Call host Dan Gould talks with Joanna Lott of C-ville Comm-UNI-ty, and Nathan Moore from Together Cville about the role everyday people are playing in resisting the Trump Agenda. Also, Joanna talks about her experiences at yesterday’s Klan rally in Charlottesville.

The Sunday Morning Wake-up Call is heard on 94.7 WPVC the Progressive Voice of Charlottesville, Sundays from 11 a.m. to noon.

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Home Grown: Mike Long and Lorenzo Dickerson – Talking Education the Morning after the Tear Gas

Home Grown: Your Show about Local Art

It’s Klan Day +1 in our fair city, but today on Home Grown David and Leslie welcome Mike Long, Education Director at Live Arts Theatre, who talks about the latest iteration of Live Arts youth programming. Then we welcome back our favorite local documentary maker Lorenzo Dickerson to talk about the 3rd Annual Maupintown Film Festival. It’s two different looks at education and entertainment as the tear gas clears on Home Grown: Your Show about Local Art.

Home Grown is heard on 94.7 WPVC the Progressive Voice of Charlottesville, Sundays from 10 AM to 11 AM.

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Apropos Of Something: Investing in Ex-Offenders & Fostering Alternative Family Bonds

Apropos Of Something hosts Ellen Daniels and Nancy Laurence talk with Nicole Snyder, Executive Director of The Fountain Fund, on how to they’re helping ex-offenders regain their footing and maximize their freedom; and Elizabeth Parker, Head Program Director of Madison House’s Big Siblings, on why being a child’s mentor positively impacts them for life.

Apropos Of Something seeks out guests who are passionate about the arts, politics and society at-large. Co-hosts Ellen Daniels in Charlottesville and Nancy Laurence in New York City chat with experts, activists, and the most interesting people they can find. We guarantee every show will be Apropos Of Something.

Join Ellen and Nancy on 94.7 WPVC the Progressive Voice of Charlottesville, every Saturday from 10-11 a.m.