About WGR
Each week on With Good Reason, our ever-curious host Sarah McConnell takes you along as she examines a wide range of topics with leading scholars. 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, Aniko Bodroghkozy tuning in on sixties television, 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. You may discover the traditions of the samurai warrior, hear about the ways we pre-judge others based on their accents, or laugh at the surprising history of Hawaiian shirts.
In 2006, With Good Reason won the Virginia Association of Broadcasters award for Best Documentary/Public Affairs Program in the Public Radio division and took Second Place nationally in its division of the Public Radio News Directors’ competition.
With Good Reason is produced by the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities for the Virginia Higher Education Broadcasting Consortium and is broadcast on ten public radio stations in Virginia and Washington, DC.
The Virginia Association of Broadcasters in June honored With Good Reason as "Best Public Affairs Program" in the public radio division for the show