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A podcast about news and culture in the Charlottesville area. From the WTJU 91.1 FM newsroom, we cover local news with Charlottesville Tomorrow, state news with journalist Peter Galuszka, and Arts This Week to learn about the latest in the area's cultural events.
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Félix Maradiaga spent more than 600 days in a jail in Nicaragua. Held in solitary confinement for most of that time, he faced beatings and constant interrogation. Why? Because he stood up against the dictatorship of Daniel Ortega. Since 2007, Ortega has dismantled checks on his power. In 2018, his police cracked down on mass protests, killing some …
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Kurt Heasley, Lilys founder & frontman, local musician, and artist join WTJU host Thomas Dean to chat about the history of the Lilys while spinning tunes from the band’s musical output. Recorded Tuesday, April 16, 2024 as part of WTJU 91.1 FM's Rock MarathonAf wtju
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Not The Same: An Elephant 6 Primer
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Robert Schneider, lead vocalist, guitarist, and founding member of the Apples in Stereo, joined WTJU 91.1 FM for a chat with DJ Baconfat about the the Elephant 6 Collective. Recorded on Sunday, April 22, 2024 as part of WTJU's Rock MarathonAf wtju
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Argentina’s new president is a libertarian populist and, by his own account, an anarcho-capitalist. To tackle his county’s deep economic troubles, Javier Milei wants to dismantle state institutions, implement severe austerity measures and strip protections for workers. He also wants to outlaw abortion. But in a country with a strong tradition of or…
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60 Second Saga 091 - A groundbreaking work.
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Written by a musical genius.Af wtju
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Rock Marathon Promo - The Board Of Rock
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Rock Marathon Promo - WTJU General - Dry For Classical
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Rock Marathon Promo - Bonafide by wtjuAf wtju
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Rock Marathon Promo - Catch The Rising Fever
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Rock Marathon Promo - Debbie Doubletrack
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Rock Marathon Promo - Diversity Roundup 2
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Rock Marathon Promo - Donate Roundup 3
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Rock Marathon Promo - Dr Farts - Patrick
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Rock Marathon Promo - Get Up And Dance
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Rock Marathon Promo - Harmony Roundup 1
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Rock Marathon Promo - Hear Ye, Here Ye
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Rock Marathon Promo - Hey Babies! by wtjuAf wtju
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Rock Marathon Promo - Krautrock V Glam Rock
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Rock Marathon Promo - Sammy The Seal by wtjuAf wtju
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Rock Marathon Promo - Sister Pirate Kenny
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Rock Marathon Promo - The Big Sap by wtjuAf wtju
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Rock Marathon Promo - The Hard Rock Kid
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Rock Marathon Promo - The Master Is Back
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Rock Marathon Promo - The Tune Up by wtjuAf wtju
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Rock Marathon Promo - This Just In by wtjuAf wtju
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Rock Marathon Promo - This Is a Test by wtjuAf wtju
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Rock Marathon Promo - We Rock, You Decide
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Duncan Wickel goes track by track through Five Early Home Recordings
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Multi-instrumentalist Duncan Wickel sat down with WTJU Folk Director Peter Jones to go track by track through his debut solo release, Five Early Home Recordings (2003-2004) recorded two decades ago. They also chatted about Duncan's background all the way up to what he is doing these days.Af wtju
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Last May, protestors took the streets in Pakistan to support Imran Khan, the populist prime minister tossed from office and into the slammer. Now, in a rebuke to the military and political establishment, voters put more candidates from Khan’s circle in parliament than from any other party. But they fell short of a majority last month in an election…
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Unique, mesmerizing and hypnotic.Af wtju
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Last year, there were 645 mass shootings in the United States, according to the Gun Violence Archive. In the latest major tragedy, at the Kansas City Super Bowl parade, one person was killed and 22 others — half of them children — suffered gunshot wounds. But here’s something you may not know: since then, there have been another 26 mass shootings. …
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This season we’ve adopted walls as our loose theme, and architectural historian Louis Nelson joins Will and Siva to help frame the idea. At the University of Virginia, wavy brick walls enclose beautiful gardens. But as Nelson explains those walls once served a more sinister purpose. Drawing on this lesson from the past, our guest and hosts grapple …
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Missy Raines goes track by track through Highlander
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Missy Raines stopped by WTJU to go track by track through her latest album, Highlander, out now on Compass Records. Missy Raines is a trailblazer in bluegrass. She is the most awarded bass player in the history of the International Bluegrass Music Association.Af wtju
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60 Second Saga 090 - A hauntingly beautiful aria.
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It can move you to tears.Af wtju
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Before the Chinese Communist Party came to power in 1949, Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalists played a key role in fighting the Japanese during World War II. In the decades after, China’s role as an ally to the West was largely erased from its domestic politics — and all but forgotten everywhere else. Lately, Chinese leaders are revisiting “the Good War…
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One of the leading Spanish composers of the "Beautiful Age".Af wtju
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Alan Munde Goes Track by Track through Excelsior
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Banjo legend Alan Munde stopped by WTJU to go track by track through his new album, Excelsior, out now on Patuxent. In addition to background on the album, Alan also chatted with WTJU Folk Director Peter Jones about what first got him into banjo when he was growing up in Norman, Oklahoma as a child.Af wtju
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60 Second Saga 089 - A free-form symphonic piece.
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Its iconic opening became a Classical hit.Af wtju
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Tyler and Erika hear from an artist who uses composted deer bodies in her work, plus a hunter-artist making deep connections between herself, her audience, and the animals she kills. And then we find a connection of our own by scraping the flesh from a deer hide in Erika’s backyard. Along the way: deer stories, poetry, and more.Show Notes: The Age …
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Tyler and Erika take a field trip to a taxidermist’s shop, then talk with an ancestral skills expert who collects roadkilled deer for meat, hides, and bones. We’re pondering what it is that gets memorialized or honored by these practices, what it means to be a hunter or a scavenger, and the long history of humans finding ways to use the bodies of d…
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Tyler and Erika look at how deer show up in American mythologies, and the older cultures that form its roots. We talk to a historian about why Americans keep changing our mind about hunters, spy on Daniel Boone’s love life, and ponder stories of shapeshifting deer from medieval England to Indigenous America. Plus, Erika visits a very strange touris…
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60 Second Saga 088 - A heartfelt song of farewell.
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Recognized by its melody.Af wtju
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Andrew Collins goes track by track through The Rule of Three from the Andrew Collins Trio
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Andrew Collins joined WTJU Folk DIrector Peter Jones to go track by track through the latest album, The Rule of Three, from The Andrew Collins Trio.Af wtju
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Inside UVA with a Leading Scholar on Online Privacy, Danielle Citron
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This week, President Ryan sits down with Danielle Citron, a legal scholar, MacArthur Fellowship recipient, and expert in privacy law. Among other things, she's the Jefferson Scholars Foundation Schenck Distinguished Professor at the UVA's School of Law, director of UVA Law Tech Center, and vice president of the Cyber Civil Rights Initiative.They di…
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Inside UVA with Neuroimmunologist Dr. John Lukens
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This week, President Ryan sits down with Dr. John Lukens, Associate Professor of Neuroscience at UVA. Dr. Lukens is an expert in neuroimmunology--his lab explores the immune pathways responsible for inflammation in the brain. The more we understand how these pathways work, the more we can target them with drugs and treatment regimens, potentially c…
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Inside UVA with the Director of Tennis, Coach Andres Pedroso
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This week, President Ryan sits down with Andres Pedroso, UVA's Director of Tennis and Head Men's Tennis Coach. Coach Pedroso is a former pro tennis player, two-time National Tennis Coach of the Year and three time ACC Coach of the Year--and he led UVA's Tennis team to back-to-back titles in 2022 and 2023. They discuss his early dedication to the sp…
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Production Team: Olivia Richine, Eleanor Barzun, Will Peritz, and Nada BencheikhThis episode focuses on the stress many UVA 4th years feel about choosing the “right” future path post-college.Af wtju
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Production Team: Kate Newton, Greg Cho, Christina Liu, and Nour GoulmamineThis episode investigates the relationship between academic majors and mental health at UVA, featuring interviews with students in STEM, Arts & Humanities, and Commerce.Af wtju
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Production Team: Alex DeLoach, Khai Nguyen, Bushra Osman and Owen MarkowThis episode explores what it’s like to try to assimilate to UVA culture—focusing specifically on the experiences of low-income and transfer students.Af wtju
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S2E2: The Compulsion to Feel Productive
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Production Team: Lauren MacDonald, Tommy Hodgkins, Bertram Zhai, and Kate RiccioThis episode zones in on UVA’s culture of toxic productivity, examining the challenges and necessary coping strategies that students grapple with each year of their college careers.Af wtju
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