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Veteran journalist Sarah McConnell invites the best minds at public universities to join her for lively conversation about the arts, sciences, history, politics and more during this weekly thirty-minute public radio program.
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Through short, lively public radio news reports on Virginia history, current events, and personalities, the Bureau covers social change, cultural highlights and our common quest for meaning.