With Good Reason podcast

With Good Reason

Each week on With Good Reason we explore a world of ideas with leading scholars in literature, history, science, philosophy, and the arts. With Good Reason is created by Virginia Humanities and the Virginia Higher Education Broadcasting Consortium.

Each week on With Good Reason we explore a world of ideas with leading scholars in literature, history, science, philosophy, and the arts. With Good Reason is created by Virginia Humanities and the Virginia Higher Education Broadcasting Consortium.

 

#422

Grief Attacks

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross’ concept of the stages of grief gave people real footing in understa... more

12 Dec 2025

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12 Dec 2025


#421

The Weight of a Whale

A new anthology of poems, including one that reflects on the weight of a whale, gathers vo... more

04 Dec 2025

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04 Dec 2025


#420

Radical Acceptance

New-to-this-country students are constantly being asked to adapt. And often, their wellbei... more

26 Nov 2025

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26 Nov 2025


#419

The Food That Makes Us

Gumbo, BBQ, and biscuits–what makes Southern food Southern? Caity Finlayson (University of... more

21 Nov 2025

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21 Nov 2025


#418

Library Kids

At the end of the world, Philip Lorish (University of Virginia) decided to open a bookstor... more

14 Nov 2025

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14 Nov 2025


#417

Into the Sun

Into the Sun is a new musical featuring the poems of British war poets and soldiers who we... more

06 Nov 2025

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06 Nov 2025


#416

Legacies of WWII

Legacies of WWII by With Good Reason

30 Oct 2025

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30 Oct 2025


#415

We're All Gonna Die

Armed with a newly-talking cinema and trying to survive The Great Depression, Universal St... more

24 Oct 2025

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24 Oct 2025


#414

Appalachia’s Edible Landscape

In a walk through the forest, an Appalachian landowner and biologist points out dozens of ... more

17 Oct 2025

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17 Oct 2025


#413

Saving Endangered Species

The red colobus monkey is one of the most endangered primates in the world. Found in West,... more

09 Oct 2025

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09 Oct 2025


#412

I'm Just a Girl

For little girls, princess culture is everywhere. Carlee Bradbury says it’s been that way ... more

01 Oct 2025

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01 Oct 2025


#411

Nurse!

America has a problem. There’s a nursing shortage. And it's not for lack of hopeful nurses... more

26 Sep 2025

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26 Sep 2025


#410

Jackpot!

It’s football season, baby! And that means big upsets, impossible comebacks, nail biting f... more

18 Sep 2025

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18 Sep 2025


#409

Lafayette's Return

Lafayette was just 19 when he sailed to America from France and fought alongside George Wa... more

11 Sep 2025

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11 Sep 2025


#408

REPLAY: Melting Futures

Polar bears are no one’s prey, except for climate change itself. John Whiteman says our hu... more

04 Sep 2025

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04 Sep 2025


#407

Corn Tortillas and Harvest-Your-Own Oysters

This week we’re returning to Virginia’s Eastern Shore with Virginia Folklife Director Katy... more

28 Aug 2025

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28 Aug 2025


#406

Education for Everyone

They say around 20% of students in K-12 schools are considered gifted. But identifying gif... more

21 Aug 2025

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21 Aug 2025


#405

Barbie's Plastic World

Margot Robbie brought Barbie to life with the 2023 Barbie movie. It was successfully “femv... more

14 Aug 2025

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14 Aug 2025


#404

Mapping the New World

After the long French and Indian War, British surveyors fanned out to create maps of their... more

07 Aug 2025

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07 Aug 2025


#403

REPLAY: Winning NIL

NIL sent shockwaves through college athletics when it was signed into law in 2021. Now stu... more

31 Jul 2025

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31 Jul 2025


#402

Fatherhood

George Tzamaras fancies himself as a “connoisseur of fine dad jokes.” I have him rate a fe... more

24 Jul 2025

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24 Jul 2025


#401

A Saint's Song

What makes Taylor Swift one of the most compelling songwriters of our time? Chelsea Hamm s... more

18 Jul 2025

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18 Jul 2025