Vera House Podcast

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Got thoughts? Throw them at us by sending a text here This episode is sponsored by Chester Cannabis Co. Use code " VERA " for 15% off your purchase: https://chestercanna.co Chester Cannabis Co. started with two friends and a dream. Today, their farm-grown hemp is the foundation of premium THC edibles crafted with care, delivering quality and consistency in every bite, from seed to succes...

Got thoughts? Throw them at us by sending a text here Follow the movement: instagram.com/verahouse.co youtube.com/@verahousepod verahouse.co Hosted by Myke Metzger & Perri Young: instagram.com/mykemetzger instagram.com/planetperri In this episode of Vera House Unscripted, we discuss a wide range of Richmond topics, beginning with seasonal shifts, Lunar New Year traditions, and Daylight Saving...

Got thoughts? Throw them at us by sending a text here In this episode of Vera House Unscripted, we cover a wide range of Richmond topics, starting with local identity and nostalgia around the Richmond Flying Squirrels and how city branding shifts over time. We talk about what those changes represent and how people react when familiar symbols evolve. The conversation then moves into a deeper discus...

Got thoughts? Throw them at us by sending a text here In this episode of Vera House Unscripted, we explore the origins of Valentine’s Day and how ancient Roman festivals like Lupercalia continue to shape modern traditions. We talk through the historical roots of Saint Valentine, Friday the 13th superstition, and how belief systems evolve over time. From there, the conversation shifts into Richmond...

Got thoughts? Throw them at us by sending a text here Subscribe to the audio podcast: https://verahouse.buzzsprout.com Follow us: https://instagram.com/verahouse.co In this episode of Vera House Unscripted, we talk through what it was like navigating Richmond during the Winter Ice Storm Fern and how the city responded when weather exposes gaps in infrastructure and planning. We discuss the ice sto...

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Got thoughts? Throw them at us by sending a text here 10% OFF your next purchase at Point 5 in Carytown:  https://verahouse.co/point5⁠ Subscribe to the audio podcast: https://verahouse.buzzsprout.com/follow Follow us: https://instagram.com/verahouse.co In this episode of Vera House Unscripted, we talk through how people move through Richmond — physically, socially, and culturally — and how the cit...

Got thoughts? Throw them at us by sending a text here 10% OFF your next purchase at Point 5 in Carytown:  https://verahouse.co/point5⁠ Subscribe to the audio podcast: https://verahouse.buzzsprout.com Follow us: https://instagram.com/verahouse.co Get tickets + learn more about Butcher Brown: https://butcherbrown.com/ Follow the band: https://www.instagram.com/butcherbrown/ https://www.youtube.com/c...

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Got thoughts? Throw them at us by sending a text here 10% OFF your next purchase at Point 5 in Carytown: ⁠https://verahouse.co/point5⁠ We cover a wild spread this week. From Richmond’s documented “Night Doctor” era—when grave robbing supplied cadavers to the Medical College of Virginia—to Chesterfield Town Center’s sale and what it signals for malls.  We break down the scam of hospital pricing and...

Got thoughts? Throw them at us by sending a text here $200+ giveaway by Point 5: https://www.instagram.com/p/DSOCSAxDwm6/ 10% OFF your next purchase at Point 5 in Carytown: https://verahouse.co/point5 Richmond in winter, past to present. We open with reindeer lore and RVA snow-day nostalgia, then move through local holiday markets and simple gift philosophy before an on-air exchange. Midway, we ta...

Got thoughts? Throw them at us by sending a text here 10% OFF your next purchase at Point 5 in Carytown: https://verahouse.co/point5 In this episode we unpack the Browns Island closure and the proposed 2026 riverfront “boardwalk,” what it could fix, and where projects tend to stall in RVA.  We visit the recent viral drunk raccoon story and how it jumped to national outlets. The story of a raccoon...

Got thoughts? Throw them at us by sending a text here 10% OFF your next purchase at Point 5 in Carytown: https://verahouse.co/point5 Richmond then and now: how Black Friday shifted from a one-morning scramble to month-long sales, what that did to malls, and why shared cultural moments faded (with Barbenheimer as a recent exception and GTA 6 on the horizon). The episode looks at Richmond’s growth v...

Got thoughts? Throw them at us by sending a text here 10% OFF your next purchase at Point 5 in Carytown: https://verahouse.co/point5 In this episode we talk about how the Vera show has grown into locally recognized media, then get into a weird story about nine burglars jumping out of a Hyundai Sonata in Warrenton, and what it says about choices and consequences. We cover dog-poop etiquette and why...

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Got thoughts? Throw them at us by sending a text here Join RVAx – the Richmond fan club you didn’t know you needed to be a part of: https://www.therichmondexperience.com Follow RVAx: https://www.instagram.com/therichmondexperience https://www.tiktok.com/@therichmondexperience https://www.facebook.com/therichmondexperience How does Richmond decide where to go this week? Paige Poprocky and Kelsey He...

Got thoughts? Throw them at us by sending a text here Richmond entrepreneur Hayden Mater sits down with us to unpack the ethos behind Mater Made — a watch brand built for real life, not glass cases. Hayden Mater is a serial entrepreneur, father and husband, and an explorer making timepieces that inspire curiosity, endurance, and a life well-lived. Shop now at Mater Made: https://matermade.com Foll...

Got thoughts? Throw them at us by sending a text here 10% OFF your next purchase at Point 5 in Carytown: https://verahouse.co/point5 Less buzz, more clarity. We open with adaptogens over caffeine—Kin, L-theanine, lion’s mane—and why “awake” doesn’t have to mean jittery. Then we launch Boyfriend iPhone Bootcamp: turning a running joke into basics that actually matter—angles, light, distance, framin...

Got thoughts? Throw them at us by sending a text here Visit Point 5 at 3435 West Cary St, Richmond, VA point5rva.com In this guest interview, we sit down with Jody Sidle — founder and driving force behind Point 5 in Carytown (Richmond, VA) — to talk about the sober-curious wave reshaping how Richmond goes out.  2 books we mentioned in conversation: • Drunk: How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our...

Got thoughts? Throw them at us by sending a text here 10% OFF your next purchase at Point 5 in Carytown: https://verahouse.co/point5 Richmond’s haunted season, told by people who live here. We trade first-hand moments and local lore: a green, hologram-like “entity” outside the Poe Museum that refused to appear on camera; the Iron Dog of Hollywood Cemetery and the child it guards; late-night report...

Got thoughts? Throw them at us by sending a text here 10% OFF your next purchase at Point 5 in Carytown: https://verahouse.co/point5 Richmond doesn’t need fiction; the lore writes itself. We start with the city’s running list of urban legends—the Addison Street “gun hole,” the Church Hill tunnel collapse, the Richmond Vampire, the tank down Broad, Francine the Lowe’s cat—and ask why these stories...

Got thoughts? Throw them at us by sending a text here Learn more about the Universal Health Chair Network here:  https://uhcnetwork.org https://www.instagram.com/universalhealthchair Richmond’s most trusted third space isn’t a clinic — it’s the chair. This episode sits with Abdul Winfield (AB), Ali Bey, and Sharita “Ri” Edwards, the trio behind the Universal Health Chair Network (UHCN), to break d...

Got thoughts? Throw them at us by sending a text here 10% OFF your next purchase at Point 5 in Carytown: https://verahouse.co/point5 Richmond is a city of rules, rituals, and raids—and this episode threads them together. We start with Francine, the Lowe’s cat finally found, Reddit sleuthing turned street festival, and how a neighborhood inside joke becomes citywide folklore. From there, festival s...

Got thoughts? Throw them at us by sending a text here Richmond’s unofficial (maybe official now?) mascot went missing, and the city can’t stop talking about it. We open with Francine, the Lowe’s cat — security footage, petitions, interstate rumors—and what a community chooses to call “news.” From there, the episode ricochets through rideshare absurdity, a Monument Ave flip-and-selfie that went vir...