VIRGINIANS OF INTEREST
Hosts Brian Campbell and Carthan Currin interview some of Virginia's most interesting and illuminating people.
Carthan and Brian have been friends for more than 30 years and share a passion for all things Virginia! They lost touch for many years, but reconnected in 2020 while Carthan was involved with the Economic Development Office for the City of Petersburg and Brian was working on the Medicines for All Project at Virginia Commonwealth University. Both talked frequently about various issues facing the Commonwealth and started kicking around the idea of a podcast. Both Carthan and Brian consider themselves a bit technically challenged, so when the opportunity to host a podcast at Blue Ridge PBS in Roanoke presented itself, they jumped in with both feet!
We hope you enjoy the conversations!
Carthan and Brian have been friends for more than 30 years and share a passion for all things Virginia! They lost touch for many years, but reconnected in 2020 while Carthan was involved with the Economic Development Office for the City of Petersburg and Brian was working on the Medicines for All Project at Virginia Commonwealth University. Both talked frequently about various issues facing the Commonwealth and started kicking around the idea of a podcast. Both Carthan and Brian consider themselves a bit technically challenged, so when the opportunity to host a podcast at Blue Ridge PBS in Roanoke presented itself, they jumped in with both feet!
We hope you enjoy the conversations!
Podcasting since 2023 • 44 episodes
VIRGINIANS OF INTEREST
Latest Episodes
E43: Building A Health Innovation Corridor From Roanoke To DC
A biotech revolution is taking root in Virginia, and we brought in someone who’s building it from the inside. Sally Allain—Chief Health Science Growth and Innovation Officer at Virginia Tech and a double Hokie—shares how a career that began wit...
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Season 4
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35:48
E42: A Former Speaker Explains Why Internships, Innovation, And Affordability Decide Virginia’s Economic Growth
Want a front‑row seat to how Virginia plans to stay a top state for talent? We bring in former Speaker of the House and VBHEC president Kirk Cox to connect the dots between policy, campuses, and paychecks. From the first spark of a career in hi...
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59:23
E41: Patrick Henry, A Church, And The Vote That Tilted A Revolution
Step into the pews where a colony weighed its future. We bring you inside St. John’s Church in Richmond for a gripping walk-through of the Second Virginia Convention, the razor-thin voice vote to arm a militia, and the eight-minute speech that ...
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Season 4
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Episode 10
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50:05
E40: From Rats to Revelation: Uncovering Virginia’s Forgotten Plague
A leaking steamship. A silent mosquito. And a summer that rewrote the map of fear along the Elizabeth River. We sit down with author and veteran journalist Lon Wagner to uncover the 1855 yellow fever outbreak that ravaged Portsmouth and Norfolk...
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Season 4
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Episode 9
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41:29
E39: From Coal to College: Dr. Debbie Sydow, a First-Gen Leader's Journey
What happens when a coal miner's daughter from Virginia's mountains becomes a college president? Dr. Debbie Sydow's remarkable journey reveals how education transforms lives and how she's working to ensure others have the same opportunities tha...
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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50:12
