Episodios

  • The Future of Gilpin Court

    The Future of Gilpin Court
    Sep 10 2025
    The Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority is pushing ahead with bold plans to redevelop the city’s public housing communities, but city leaders and community residents have questions. In light of federal funding cuts and local concerns, are we still on the right path? Housing Authority CEO Steven Nesmith returns to the show to provide answers.
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    30 m
  • RVA's Got Issues: Season 3

    RVA's Got Issues: Season 3
    Sep 3 2025
    RVA's Got Issues returns for its third season, bringing you stories about the important issues shaping Richmond, Virginia. Hear directly from key leaders; discover how the federal government impacts your community; and listen to inspiring stories about the people in your own backyard who are making change. Download and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday.
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    4 m
  • RVA Revisited: A World First in Chesterfield County: Nuclear Fusion

    RVA Revisited: A World First in Chesterfield County: Nuclear Fusion
    Aug 27 2025
    While we gear up for Season 3, we invite you to revisit some of our favorite episodes from previous seasons. --- What is nuclear fusion, and why is it coming to Chesterfield County? Virginia's energy needs are growing exponentially, and we are going to need every kilowatt we can get if we don’t want our energy bills to grow with them. Adam Sledd of the Dominion Energy Innovation Center returns to the pod to talk with Rich about nuclear fusion, data centers, and the future of RVA’s energy – and energy bills. Plus: we go to the James River Park System to talk with an expert about the problem of invasive species, and hear from an all-natural, four-legged solution.
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    28 m
  • RVA Revisited: Why Are Black Homeowners Being Lowballed?

    RVA Revisited: Why Are Black Homeowners Being Lowballed?
    Aug 20 2025
    While we gear up for Season 3, we invite you to revisit some of our favorite episodes from previous seasons. --- Redlining has been illegal for more than half a century. But Black homeowners today are still feeling its impact through appraisals that undervalue their homes. Rich unpacks recent findings on appraisal bias in Richmond with two housing experts, as well as their undercover method for addressing housing discrimination today. If you live in Henrico, chances are you pay bills! But have you ever wondered why those payments have to be mailed out of state? Shouldn’t we keep the money and jobs in our own community? Finally, we look at a farmers market in Chesterfield that serves everything from arepas, to nopal, to fresh coquito. America DeLoach founded the Latino Farmers Market to help vendors who felt left out of other markets.
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    30 m
  • RVA Revisited: Addiction to Evictions

    RVA Revisited: Addiction to Evictions
    Aug 13 2025
    While we gear up for Season 3, we invite you to revisit some of our favorite episodes from previous seasons. --- Evictions seem like a simple issue. Renters should pay their rent. When they don't, they need to leave. But the realities of renting and leaving are much more complicated than that. Today, Rich talks with a housing expert to learn why eviction court is rarely a winning prospect for renters. The city's plan? Pair tenants facing eviction with a lawyer for free. Later we talk with a lawyer who already does this work and what challenges they face when representing renters.
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    18 m
  • RVA Revisited: Public Housing Makeover

    RVA Revisited: Public Housing Makeover
    Aug 6 2025
    While we gear up for Season 3, we invite you to revisit some of our favorite episodes from previous seasons. For almost a century, local government has provided “public housing” for our most vulnerable residents. But here in RVA, there’s a plan to replace our public housing communities with something completely different. On this episode, Rich sits down with Steven Nesmith, the CEO of the ⁠Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority⁠. He is spearheading this bold new plan, and a "tough love" approach, that he says may END public housing as we know it in Richmond.
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    25 m
  • RVA Revisited: The Corrections Crisis

    RVA Revisited: The Corrections Crisis
    Jul 30 2025
    While we gear up for Season 3, we invite you to revisit some of our favorite episodes from previous seasons. --- There’s a Corrections crisis in Virginia! State prisons and juvenile facilities are facing claims of unsafe conditions for both staff and the incarcerated, and lawmakers are starting to push back. Rich talks to VPM news reporter Keyris Manzanares and the Virginia Mercury’s Charlotte Rene Woods to find out what they've uncovered.
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    33 m
  • RVA Revisited: School's Not So Out

    RVA Revisited: School's Not So Out
    Jul 23 2025
    While we gear up for Season 3, we invite you to revisit some of our favorite episodes from previous seasons. Four elementary schools in Richmond are reopening in July for the start of their extended school year. This "grand experiment" aims to reverse COVID-related learning loss in struggling schools. But will keeping kids (and their teachers) in a classroom fuel burnout? One thing you WON'T find in RVA is a major league sports team. A listener asks, what would it take to change that? Anyone can be a ballerina according to Susan Massey. This week's community spotlight looks at her adult ballet class that's included everyone from doctors, college students, and yes, truck drivers.
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    31 m