For this episode we talk with two public school teachers about how students learn about the environment and how they balance standards of learning with knowledge from lived experiences.  This episode is part of our series with the University of Virginia's Repair Lab. We hope you enjoy. Help our podcast grow by subscribing, leaving ratings, and engaging with us on Twitter @mainstspeaks and Facebook. We also love hearing from our listeners, so feel free to email us with any comments or questions at [email protected].

Tune in to this week's episode as we speak with Climate Action Advocate, Narissa Turner, about Albemarle County's Climate Action Plan. We speak about the details of county-level climate action, its advantages, and drawbacks. You can check out the 2020 Climate Action Plan here! This episode is part of our series with the University of Virginia's Repair Lab. We hope you enjoy. Help our podcast grow by subscribing, leaving ratings, and engaging with us on Twitter @mainstspeaks and Facebook. We also love hearing from our listeners, so feel free to email us with any comments or questions at [email protected].

Join us as we discuss the Potomac Aquifer, the primary groundwater supply of eastern Virginia. We learn from the Virginia DEQ's Ryan Green about the aquifer being overdrawn and the consequences thereof, and we talk about how the case of the aquifer is a good analog to many other questions in environmental management. 

For this episode, we speak with Tyneshia Griffin of the New Virginia Majority about environmental justice and environmental challenges in the state of Virginia. Help our podcast grow by subscribing, leaving ratings, and engaging with us on Twitter @mainstspeaks and Facebook. We also love hearing from our listeners, so feel free to email us with any comments or questions at [email protected].

On this episode, the Tahi, Denzel, and Avery explore Higher Education in the US Prison System. From conversations with Dave Keel with Rappahannock Community College to discussions with previously incarcerated individuals, we investigate the various benefits of such rehabilitative programs.  By speaking with Shawnta Montgomery and Rodney Spivey-Jones, we take a special look into the Bard Prison Initiative, a higher education program featured in Lynn Novak and Ken Burns' Hit Netflix series "College Behind Bars". We also hear from prison reform activist and George Mason PhD candidate, Brandon Brown. We encourage you to give the episode a listen, watch College Behind Bars, and read Rodney Spivey-Jones' Senior Project  Help our podcast grow by subscribing, leaving ratings, and engaging with us on Twitter @mainstspeaks and Facebook. We also love hearing from our listeners, so feel free to email us with any comments or questions at [email protected]

We're back for Season 3 and are excited to share our newest episodes with you! Give this episode a listen to learn about our plans for Season 3, which includes episodes made in partnership with the University of Virginia's Repair Lab. We hope you enjoy and you will hear from us soon! Help our podcast grow by subscribing, leaving ratings, and engaging with us on Twitter (@mainstspeaks) and Facebook. We also love hearing from our listeners, so feel free to email us with any comments or questions at [email protected]

Today, Denzel speaks with author Denise DeVries about the writing community on the Northern Neck, her work, and the inspiration behind her work. Check out her books here. And keep up with her open houses on her Facebook page.  Help our podcast grow by subscribing, leaving ratings, and engaging with us on Twitter @mainstspeaks and Facebook. We also love hearing from our listeners, so feel free to email us with any comments or questions at [email protected].

On this episode, Avery speaks with Jasmine Heiss from the Vera Institute of Justice to discuss mass incarceration in rural areas.  Help our podcast grow by subscribing, leaving ratings, and engaging with us on Twitter @mainstspeaks and Facebook. We also love hearing from our listeners, so feel free to email us with any comments or questions at [email protected]. 

For this episode, we speak with Northumberland County’s Commonwealth’s Attorney Jane Wrightson, about her role, criminal justice reform, and the worse case her office has ever tried.  Help our podcast grow by subscribing, leaving ratings, and engaging with us on Twitter @mainstspeaks and Facebook. We also love hearing from our listeners, so feel free to email us with any comments or questions at [email protected].
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Local reporting is important. In fact it’s sort of what we do on Main Street Speaks. So for this episode we speak with Christine Schmidt of the Local News Lab, and Bud Meyer and Andy Alexander of Foothills Forum — a nonprofit that provides independent journalism to the local newspaper, Rappahannock News — about the importance of local news and its future.  Help our podcast grow by subscribing, leaving ratings, and engaging with us on Twitter @mainstspeaks and Facebook. We also love hearing from our listeners, so feel free to email us with any comments or questions at [email protected].