Vera House Podcast

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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...

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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 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...

Got thoughts? Throw them at us by sending a text here Richmond’s creator economy is growing fast. In this episode, our guest Melissa Eaton ( Top Drawer RVA + Simplify Social ) breaks down how she built an audience of 300K+ and turned it into real revenue—without chasing vanity metrics. We get into Facebook payouts vs. YouTube, pricing UGC so you’re paid even if you don’t post, and the content-bank...

Got thoughts? Throw them at us by sending a text here Richmond might be keeping secrets — or trying to. We trace a week where public records stall at City Hall, deleted plant videos fuel citizen sleuthing, and new red-light cameras multiply in the name of safety. At dawn, a Nextdoor rumor sends us to the Carillon lawn, where we explore a free men’s workout? In this episode FOIA, stonewalled: reque...

Got thoughts? Throw them at us by sending a text here Richmond as home base, myth as mirror. We open with the so-called “Richmond curse”—the urban legend that no matter how far you go, you end up back here—and why distance (and a little travel) clarifies what the city actually offers now: a growing riverfront, an amphitheater era, and momentum that didn’t exist a decade ago.       Then the practic...

Got thoughts? Throw them at us by sending a text here Did you know? The Byrd Theatre is owned and operated by a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. The Byrd Theatre Foundation depends on donations year-round to operate and care for the Theatre through an Annual Fund, which you can donate to here: https://form-renderer-app.donorperfect.io/give/byrd-theatre-foundation/annual-fund-eoy-2025 Richmond ke...

Got thoughts? Throw them at us by sending a text here Richmond’s folklore runs deep — and in this episode we dig up a few of the city’s strangest myths and modern problems side by side. We start with the infamous Richmond Vampire and the buried train beneath Church Hill, exploring how urban legends take root when tragedy and mystery overlap. From there, the conversation shifts to science: the disc...

Got thoughts? Throw them at us by sending a text here We open with the strange saga of Richmond’s forgotten mummy — a body left under bricks for nearly two decades before anyone thought to ask questions. From there, the conversation spirals into the absurd and the political: the story of Eric Morales Garcia, the man who locked government officials in a room as an act of protest, raising questions...

Got thoughts? Throw them at us by sending a text here Veronica Jones never set out to be a massage therapist — she stumbled into it by accident. What began as a way to make money became a calling, a path to healing that combines bodywork, intuition, and holistic care.  As the founder of Lahma Cumasach , Veronica now guides women and mothers through massage therapy, lymphatic detox, and doula servi...

Got thoughts? Throw them at us by sending a text here We kick off Richmond’s “Hot Boy Summer” with a debate over whether NASCAR’s raw chaos outshines F1’s polished precision, and why endurance athletes willingly subject themselves to cycling’s masochistic grind in the name of “Type II fun.” From there, we stumble into the absurdity of pedestrian planning — jaywalking tickets, newly raised curbs, a...

Got thoughts? Throw them at us by sending a text here Bradley Jones and Caleb Attalah left the comfort of a big-box retailer to build something better: Reno & Company. Learn more about Reno & Company: renoandcompany.com | Call 804-620-7366 In this conversation, they share the pivotal lunch that sparked their business, the values that set them apart, and the lessons learned from years of cr...