Hometown Stories

Just how well is your face mask stopping your spittle? Face masks are still one of the most widely recommended and controversial ways to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. In this episode of Hometown Stories, we're asking researchers at Virginia Tech to test their effectiveness in the lab, letting their own bacteria do the talking.

The Covid-19 pandemic has moved college lectures to living rooms and graduations to front porches.  In five, 10, 15, or 100 years from now, what will be remembered about this time? In this episode of Hometown Stories, we're meeting an archivist from Virginia Tech who's not waiting until after the pandemic to answer that question. 

Regine Archer says becoming an American Citizen was one of the best days of her life. She spent part of her teenage years in hiding. In Episode 1 of Hometown Stories, you'll hear from Regine about growing up as a Jew in Belgium during WWII, where and her sister hid in a convent where only the Mother Superior and a priest knew their true identity. Now a resident of southwest Virginia, Archer recall...