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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.

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2017 Naturalization Ceremony at Monticello

CPN contributor Jordy Yager filed this audio from this morning’s 55th annual Independence Day Celebration and Naturalization Ceremony. Seventy-four candidates received their United States citizenship at the event. David N. Saperstein, former U.S. ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom and prominent Reform rabbi, addressed the crowd. The event took place on the back portico of Thomas Jefferson’s home, Monticello, in Charlottesville, Virginia.



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Wake-Up Call: Spinal Muscular Atrophy and One Charlottesville Family

Kara McClurken

Sunday Morning Wake-up Call host Sean McCord talks with Charlottesville resident Kara McClurken whose infant son was diagnosed four years ago with Spinal Muscular Atrophy.

SMA (spinal muscular atrophy) is a disease that robs people of physical strength by affecting the motor nerve cells in the spinal cord, taking away the ability to walk, eat, or breathe. It is the number one genetic cause of death for infants. Since their son was diagnosed, Kara’s family has become active in the SMA community, advocating for early diagnosis, treatments, and additional research. More information about advancements in SMA support can be found at CureSMA.

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: Dr. Douglas Turner Day and Linz Prag – Resistance and Insistence

Home Grown: Your Show about Local Art

The Klan is coming, so on today’s Home Grown David and Leslie talk to activist, historian, and musician Dr. Douglas Turner Day who provides some context, some history and some predictions from his past experience with this particular Klan group, as well as an opportunity to protest with his event, “Musicians Mobilized against the Klan.” Then electronic music maker Linz Prag takes time away from being big and getting bigger to regale us with stories about his start, stories of being on the road, and what he does when Everybody Hates Linz. It’s music to protest to and music to party to on this week’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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To Your Health: UACC

To Your Health host M.C. Blair Talks with Todd Niemeier of Urban Agriculture Collective of Charlottesville (UACC) about the several community gardens providing low and no cost produce to residents. Also, Janet Mitchell of South First St. Garden and winner of B-Cville which included a $5000.00 grant for the new South First St.community garden.

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: Cosmonaut Crushes, Voices of Victimization & Honey Harvesting

Apropos Of Something hosts Ellen Daniels and Nancy Laurence talk with Kate Seidel, a Columbia College grad who explored the Soviet space race by reading their cosmonauts’ fan mail; Paromita Sen, a UVA professor studying how women’s groups navigate the politics of protest; and Kent Rademacher, Central VA Beekeepers Assoc. President, on the A-Bee-C’s of honey harvesting.

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.