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Apropos Of Something: Recounting Election Losses & How Art Imitates (Family) Life

Apropos Of Something hosts Ellen Daniels and Nancy Laurence talk with Larycia Hawkins PhD, Abd el-Kader Visiting Faculty Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture, on the fragility of justice, one year out from the 2016 election; and filmmaker Doug Bari shares his candid and humorous ‘Scenes with Ivan’ which chronicles his son’s life from birth to the present.

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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Blokes on the Bench: Week 13

Blokes on the Bench host Andy Richardson and the rest of the blokes discuss this weekend’s action,which started on Monday with a thriller of a match with Brighton taking on Stoke at the Amex stadium, then the weekend games kicked off with West Ham taking on Leicester city at the London Stadium, where at least David Moyes managed to nick a draw, and therefore a point! Yay West Ham! Spurs had an odd game by drawing at Wembley Stadium against the mighty West Bromwich, Swansea played Bournemouth for a draw, Watford came to St James’ park, and done over Newcastle proper! Manchester United continue their run of exciting football by beating Brighton 1-0, Crystal Palace beat Stoke at Salhurst park, Liverpool drew with Chelsea with a pretty even game, Southampton do over Everton, who continue to look like an out of control dumpster fire, Burnley fall at the last second to Arsenal at Turf Moor, and then finally Huddersfield put up a brave fight, but fail to stop the unstoppable Manchester City at John Smiths Stadium. All these games plus our Twitter polls, and Alex’s car alarm going off! It was a busy week of results to get through!

The blokes are Andy Richardson, Mark Coffman, Alex Gomaa, Christian Galdencio and Daniel Rothamel.

Blokes on a Bench is heard on WPVC 94.7 Sunday evenings at 6:00 p.m.

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Home Grown: Humanities & Hendrix: Sarah Hafeldt and Jamal Millner

Home Grown: Your Show about Local Art

Today on Home Grown, Sarah Hamfeldt, the Reference and Adult Services Manager at the Jefferson Madison Regional Library returns to the show talking about how the Humanities can enrich our lives. Specifically, she’s talking about how a UVA professor and the JMRL put together UVA students and Murray High School students with classic Russian Literature. It’s Connecting Lives through Literature: Russian Classics. Next, our man Jamal Millner brings his knowledge and talent to the show. He’s joining with Robert Jospe and Pete Spaar to do a Tribute to Jimi Hendrix on His 75th Birthday. Neither sleep deprivation nor allergies keep us from celebrating the celebration of art on Home Grown: Your Show about Local Art.

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

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Apropos Of Something: Kevin’s Story

Join guest host Jeff Lenert as he interviews Kevin M, a local community member, as they discuss his journey from a 12 year old drug dealer in Newark NJ, through his career in banking in Chicago, into the Virginia Department of Corrections and how he became a community protector and activist.

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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Blokes on the Bench: Week 12

Blokes on the Bench host Andy Richardson and the rest of the blokes are back with two weeks without any Premier League, that’s 14 days or 336 hours! Thankfully the weekend got off to a bang with the North London derby between Arsenal and Spurs at the Emirates. Tottenham were the favorites going into this fixture, but got thumped 2-0, Chelsea continue to silently make their way up the table with a 4-0 spanking of West Brom, Liverpool steamroll Southampton while Manchester City continue on their winning ways, by taking on and beating Leicester City. Crystal Palace played Everton in an exciting 2-2 draw, while Burnley get all 3 points at home against a Swansea side in trouble. Bournmouth beat Huddersfield 4-0, Manchester United have Pogba and ZLatan back in a 4-1 thriller against Newcastle at Old Trafford, and Watford out played West Ham 2-0 at Vicarage Road, Plus our twitter polls, and looking ahead to Mondays clash between Brighton and Stoke at the Amex Stadium.

The blokes are Andy Richardson, Mark Coffman, Alex Gomaa, Christian Galdencio and Daniel Rothamel.

Blokes on a Bench is heard on WPVC 94.7 Sunday evenings at 6:00 p.m.

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Home Grown: Guitar Man: Greg Brown

Home Grown: Your Show about Local Art

Today on Home Grown, our man Greg Brown returns and brings the guitar phatness!. He’s got so many irons in the fire we almost confused him for a blacksmith. We take the entire hour to talk about a bunch of his projects — everything from his previous post-cancer rock project Chemobrain to his classical CD Wanderings that he releases 11/17/17 to January’s Chemobrain follow up Another Dose to next year’s thrash metal project Age of Fire. We talk about Greg’s creative process, his inspriations, his multiple genre personality, and more. On top of it all, we play tracks from many of his projects, and even have Greg playing live. If you don’t like music, you need to come back for another episode. For the rest of us, our only regret is that Greg didn’t bring his ukelele. It’s Home Grown: Your Show about Local Art.

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

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Apropos Of Something: Safeguarding Our Democracy Abroad & Repressive Rule By Design

Apropos Of Something hosts Ellen Daniels and Nancy Laurence talk with Melvyn Leffler PhD, Edward Stettinius Prof. of American History and faculty fellow at UVA’s Miller Center, on ensuring national security thru foreign policy; and Kyrill Kunakhovich PhD, Asst. Prof., Corcoran Dept. of History, on the pernicious connection between nationalism and authoritarianism here and abroad.

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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Blokes on the Bench: November International Break Special

Blokes on the Bench host Andy Richardson and the rest of the blokes take a break from the EPL as its International break time. Topics include: N.Ireland and the penalty awarded to Switzerland during the first leg of their World cup qualifier, England taking a risk against Germany plus a run down of all the other games taking place. Plus, just who is the Worlds best football manager? We find out in our Twitter quick show poll and Andy adds pepe (whoever he is) to the shortlist.

The blokes are Andy Richardson, Mark Coffman, Alex Gomaa, Christian Galdencio and Daniel Rothamel.

Blokes on a Bench is heard on WPVC 94.7 Sunday evenings at 6:00 p.m.

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Wake-Up Call: Jenny Wales, new Artistic Director of UVA’s Heritage Theatre Festival

Jenny Wales

Jenny Wales, the new Artistic Director of UVA’s Heritage Theatre Festival, is a UVA Drama Department graduate who graces Charlottesville again after a successful career in theater and academia. She joins host Sean McCord to talk about her life in the arts, what it means to return, and what we might expect from Heritage in the future.

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