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A Brown Talk presented by Brown College resident Alexander Templeton on Effective Altruism at the Monroe Hill House on Friday, February 10th, 2023. This podcast is part of the Community Media Initiative at Brown Residential College at the University of Virginia, as well as the Virginia Audio Collective at WTJU 91.1 FM. Brown Talks are facilitated by Rory McAlevy Hosted by Jim Coan Produced by Sage...

The end of federal protection for abortion rights has led to a patchwork of state and local laws banning and even criminalizing healthcare choices that women continue to make every day. Amy Hagstrom Miller, founder and CEO of Whole Woman’s Health, visits Will and Siva’s class to discuss the implications of these developments for her work, as she combats a culture of shame and stigma around abortio...

In our last episode, we focused on the more influential aspects of Jefferson’s architecture. But in a conversation like that we can miss out on other details. Monticello guide Kyle Chattleton shares with us how the nooks and crannies of the third floor of Jefferson’s home can point to smaller, yet still memorable stories.

The 2023 General Assembly session drew to a close last Saturday. And with divided majorities in the General Assembly, it was a little underwhelming. Despite a year of big, hot topic issues, little was accomplished on abortion rights, gun control, or even setting up a market for cannabis. So after six weeks, we find ourselves more or less back where we started. To understand the perspective from in...

Hoos in STEM is thrilled to introduce you to polar opposite environmental science professors, Howie Epstein, an ecologist who researches the Arctic, and Lauren Simkins, a geologist who studies the Antarctic Circle. We talk about what it looks like to be in some of the coldest places on Earth and delve into issues surrounding climate change. As always, this episode also features Hoos Making Discove...

Thomas Jefferson was not only a law mentor and political ally to James Monroe, but eventually his Albemarle County neighbor. The two men were friends for many years and their political careers aligned in many ways. Current Monticello and former Highland guides Olivia Brown, Alice Wagner, Ariel Armenta, and Richard Ferguson, explore that history in this episode.

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As many as a quarter of U.S. residents are foreign-born or the children of immigrants. Since the country’s founding, newcomers have made and remade the United States every generation. And yet debates about immigration policy are deeply fraught, highly cyclical and often coded in racial animus, says legal scholar Amanda Frost. America’s pathways to citizenship have gotten narrower in recent years,...

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Thomas Jefferson’s designs for Monticello and other structures have had a lasting impact on American architecture. In this episode, Monticello guide Don McCracken shares the story of how Monticello came to be, both as an idea and as a physical building, and how it serves as an example of what scholars call “Jeffersonian Architecture.”

In Virginia, incarceration is expensive. In prison and jails across the state, inmates pay fees to communicate with family and friends. They also have to pay for extra food, clothing, and sanitary products in the prison commissary. And with the highest prison wages only 45¢ per hour, the burden of paying these fees often falls on inmates’ families. Last year, Virginia's General Assembly organized...

Hoos in STEM is excited to welcome UVA Professor Bethany Teachman, an award-winning psychologist, to the show! Following the tragic events of November 13th here at UVA, we could not think of a more appropriate guest for the first podcast. This episode features HOOS Making Discoveries, a segment on recent news highlights, followed by Professor Teachman’s innovative research and philosophy on team s...

Dr. Stephanie Rowley joined the School of Education and Human Development as Dean in 2022. She is an alumna of the Education school and leading expert in the development of children's racial and gender identities. She returned to UVA to serve as dean following her time as a Provost, Dean and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Teachers College at Columbia University. In this episode she talks a...

One scholar writes, "In another moment of history, they might never have met." For today's episode, we examine the brief, yet important relationship between Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin, who came from two different worlds and generations, yet helped forge a new nation together.

Host Ken Ono, STEM Advisor to the Provost, keeps his finger on the pulse of scientific and technological innovation at UVA. Hoos in STEM showcases the marvelous cornucopia of STEM at UVA, from the latest innovations to growth inside and outside the classroom. The first episode of Hoos in STEM comes out Saturday, February 2nd, 2023.

Dean Tab Enoch is sometimes known as the university’s unoffocial hype girl. As the director of Orientation, she is one of the first people many new students meet at UVA. She and her team work hard to help every new student at feel excited and supported for their time at the University. In this episode, she and President Ryan share how their own experiences as first-generation college students have...

A conversation with French Department Chair Professor Janet Horne and Dr. Vincent Michelot, the French Embassy's Cultural Attaché for Higher Education about their development of the Lyon Study Abroad program at UVa - featuring conversations with current students Liam Mann and Michelle Wurmser. This podcast is part of the Community Media Initiative at Brown Residential College at the University of...

America’s Constitution was meant to unify the new nation and help avert a civil war over the thorniest of divisions: slavery. Oops! In retrospect, that charter proved much too ambiguous, lending itself to both proslavery and abolitionist causes. In this season’s premiere, historian Liz Varon discusses the deep roots of polarization in the United States — with Will, Siva and an auditorium full of t...

Monticello guide Holly Haliniewski shares the story of one of America’s most famous rivalries. Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson played instrumental roles in the creation of America, and had completely different visions for the future of the country. But while a lot of recent attention has been paid to their disagreements, an object found at Monticello today might point to a deeper level of...

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In October 1825, artist John Browere came to Monticello to cast a life mask of Thomas Jefferson. What transpired was written about by members of the Jefferson-Randolph family, members of Monticello’s enslaved community, and was even published in national newspapers.

While Monticello was Thomas Jefferson’s “little mountain,” the nearby Montalto, which Jefferson also acquired, has its own story. Monticello guide Kyle Chattleton shares Jefferson’s different visions for this mountain, including the construction of an observatory and an elaborate series of waterfalls.

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