EpisodeGun Sense
A Virginia professor becomes a gun control advocate after a shooting at her school.
EpisodeThe Future is Now
How should humans live in a world where AI systems are deciding issues ranging from medical treatment, electricity, prison sentences, and public assistance?
EpisodeFriendsgiving
For many, the Thanksgiving holidays are a time to gather with your biological relatives. But what if you don’t have the traditional, Norman-Rockwell family?
EpisodeGiving Birth While Black
Black women are three and a half times more likely to die in childbirth than white women. Even highly educated, wealthy black women are at a greater risk of complications than white women.
EpisodeHealing Displacement
It’s hard to navigate the U.S. healthcare system. But it’s even harder when you’re a refugee.
EpisodePresenting: Sacred & Profane
This week we’re excited to share an episode of a new podcast called Sacred & Profane, hosted by two University of Virginia Religious Studies professors.
EpisodePoetic Justice
When writer and Invisibilia producer Lulu Miller discovered she’d be leaving Virginia, she wrote a startling love letter to the state–one that charges everyday people to stay angry about injustice.
EpisodeMusic and Democracy
The evolution of social change in America can be traced through popular songs by the likes of Nat King Cole, Percy Mayfield, Lena Horne, and the Impressions.
EpisodeParenting on the Spectrum
When Jennifer Malia started researching her young daughter’s behaviors, she realized that both she and her daughter were on the autism spectrum.
EpisodePresenting: Broken Ground
Broken Ground, Episode 1: The Kingston, Tennessee coal ash spill of 2008 and and its devastating consequences for hundreds of workers who had to clean up the toxic ness.
