http://withgoodreasonradio.org Virginia's Only Statewide Public Radio Program Sat, 25 Sep 2010 05:01:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 “With Good Reason” brings you on to campus for intimate conversations with university faculty about their research in any of the disciplines. No topic is off limits for host Sarah McConnell as she explores everything from civil rights icon James Farmer’s training in debate, to the traditions of the samurai warrior, to the cultural history of Hawaiian shirts. Featured guests have included Julian Bond discussing race in America, Bruce Grayson sharing his study of near death experiences, Mike Seeger exploring American folk music, Bryan Caplan on the “myth of the rational voter,” Nikki Giovanni reading from her poetry, and Lawrence Weinstein describing–through a process called “guesstimation”–how big your feet would have to be in order to walk on water. With Good Reason is produced by the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities for the Virginia Higher Education Broadcasting Consortium and is online at www.withgoodreasonradio.org With Good Reason Radio no With Good Reason Radio vafh-web@virginia.edu vafh-web@virginia.edu (With Good Reason Radio) All rights reserved, Virginia Foundation for The Humanities Virginia's Only Statewide Public Radio Program humanities, vfh, history, arts, culture, business, health, literature http://wgr.vfhblogs.org/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://withgoodreasonradio.org http://withgoodreasonradio.org/2009/02/the-steel-driving-man/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-steel-driving-man http://withgoodreasonradio.org/2009/02/the-steel-driving-man/#comments Sat, 21 Feb 2009 18:08:22 +0000 lew4n http://www.withgoodreasonradio.org/?p=425 The song “John Henry” is one of the most popular in American history but, for years, nobody knew whether the legendary railroad tunneler was a real person or simply a tall tale. Recently, Scott Reynolds Nelson (College of William and Mary) discovered a historic record of a railroad worker named John Henry, who was buried secretly by the Richmond Penitentiary. Also: Gary Rogers (Virginia Military Institute) and Gene Whitesell take With Good Reason reporter Jesse Dukes to an abandoned railroad tunnel in the Blue Ridge Mountains. And, Tom De Haven (Virginia Commonwealth University) is writing a fictitious biography of Superman, a character that has undergone a number of transformations since he was created in 1938.

]]> http://withgoodreasonradio.org/2009/02/the-steel-driving-man/feed/ 1 The song "John Henry" is one of the most popular in American history but, for years, nobody knew whether the legendary railroad tunneler was a real person or simply a tall tale. Recently, Scott Reynolds Nelson (College of William and Mary) discovere... (http://wgr.vfhblogs.org/files/2009/02/va_penmine.jpg) The song "John Henry" is one of the most popular in American history but, for years, nobody knew whether the legendary railroad tunneler was a real person or simply a tall tale. Recently, Scott Reynolds Nelson (College of William and Mary) (http://web.wm.edu/history/directory.php?personid=6520)discovered a historic record of a railroad worker named John Henry, who was buried secretly by the Richmond Penitentiary. Also: Gary Rogers (Virginia Military Institute) (http://academics.vmi.edu/CE/GKRogers.html)and Gene Whitesell take With Good Reason reporter Jesse Dukes to an abandoned railroad tunnel in the Blue Ridge Mountains. And, Tom De Haven (Virginia Commonwealth University) (http://www.news.vcu.edu/faculty_experts.aspx?id=TDEHAVEN) is writing a fictitious biography of Superman, a character that has undergone a number of transformations since he was created in 1938. With Good Reason Radio no 29:00 http://withgoodreasonradio.org/2008/11/the-steel-driving-man-and/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-steel-driving-man-and http://withgoodreasonradio.org/2008/11/the-steel-driving-man-and/#comments Sat, 08 Nov 2008 18:05:29 +0000 lew4n http://www.withgoodreasonradio.org/?p=302 Scott Nelson on the ‘usefulness’ of songs like “John Henry”:

]]> http://withgoodreasonradio.org/2008/11/the-steel-driving-man-and/feed/ 0 http://withgoodreasonradio.org/2008/11/the-man-of-steel-and-the-steel-driving-man/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-man-of-steel-and-the-steel-driving-man http://withgoodreasonradio.org/2008/11/the-man-of-steel-and-the-steel-driving-man/#comments Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:50:14 +0000 lew4n http://www.vfhradio.org/wgr/wordpress/?p=265 The song “John Henry” is one of the most popular in American history but, for years, nobody knew whether the legendary railroad tunneler was a real person or simply a tall tale.  Recently, Scott Reynolds Nelson (College of William and Mary) discovered a historic record of a railroad worker named John Henry, who was buried secretly by the Richmond Penitentiary.   Also: Gary Rogers (Virginia Military Institute) and Gene Whitesell take With Good Reason reporter Jesse Dukes to an abandoned railroad tunnel in the Blue Ridge Mountains.  And, Tom De Haven (Virginia Commonwealth University) is writing a fictitious biography of Superman, a character that has undergone a number of transformations since he was created in 1938.

]]> http://withgoodreasonradio.org/2008/11/the-man-of-steel-and-the-steel-driving-man/feed/ 0 The song "John Henry" is one of the most popular in American history but, for years, nobody knew whether the legendary railroad tunneler was a real person or simply a tall tale.  Recently, Scott Reynolds Nelson (College of William and Mary) discovere... (http://wgr.vfhblogs.org/files/2008/11/nelsonspringsteen-475x265.jpg) The song "John Henry" is one of the most popular in American history but, for years, nobody knew whether the legendary railroad tunneler was a real person or simply a tall tale.  Recently, Scott Reynolds Nelson (College of William and Mary) (http://web.wm.edu/history/directory.php?personid=6520)discovered a historic record of a railroad worker named John Henry, who was buried secretly by the Richmond Penitentiary.   Also: Gary Rogers (Virginia Military Institute) (http://academics.vmi.edu/CE/GKRogers.html)and Gene Whitesell take With Good Reason reporter Jesse Dukes to an abandoned railroad tunnel in the Blue Ridge Mountains.  And, Tom De Haven (Virginia Commonwealth University) (http://www.news.vcu.edu/faculty_experts.aspx?id=TDEHAVEN) is writing a fictitious biography of Superman, a character that has undergone a number of transformations since he was created in 1938. With Good Reason Radio no 29:50