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Virginia Insight
4:00 pm
Thu January 24, 2013

How to Tell the Fluff from the Good Stuff

Psychologist Dan Willingham’s new book was written primarily for those who are concerned about the best way to educate children.

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The Spark
3:29 pm
Sat January 19, 2013

Free Trombonapallooza (or Something)

Sat 19 Jan 4pm free at JMU: more trombones than you can wiggle a spitvalve at, exuberantly blatting and fronking-out jazzy tunes (see pic).  In the spirit of this event, WMRA's The Spark  replays a chat with trombonist Robert Mott.  Brass music "takes strong lips" and skilled raspberry-blowing ability.    

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The Spark
1:01 pm
Fri January 18, 2013

Stained Glass Designer Zac Nafziger

Zac finds artsy inspiration everywhere. He and Martha chat about glass and color and life. 

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The Spark
12:16 pm
Fri January 18, 2013

Strolling with Alzheimer's

Another essay from Kim Johnson.

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The Spark
12:18 pm
Thu January 17, 2013

The once and future Cuban Burger

After a couple months last year spent running a tiny, one-person eating space housed inside a wine shop in downtown Harrisonburg,  Steve Pizarro is taking the plunge into a full-time restaurant ownership.  Martha talks with the jolly owner of the once-and-future Cuban Burger.  

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Virginia Insight
10:00 am
Thu January 17, 2013

Assembly Update

Credit Photo: Waldo Jaquith

The next time you stop at the pump, how would it be if instead of paying 17.5 cents to the state of Virginia for each gallon your purchase... you pay NO state gas tax? But, you would have to pay about a penny extra in sales tax on most everything else you buy.

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Virginia Insight
4:00 pm
Mon January 14, 2013

Liberal Arts at Work

Book And Glasses by Darren Lewis

What is the value of a Liberal Arts education?

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The Spark
2:03 pm
Fri January 11, 2013

Hands Off The Speleothems

Highland County’s Rick Lambert is a project caver.  Rick has been caving for decades and tells about some of the changes along the way --and about the joys of mucking about in the mud while wearing a hard hat. 

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The Spark
11:58 am
Fri January 11, 2013

Reason OR Intuition? Why not BOTH?

Photo credit: JMU / State of Virginia

Past NASA scientist Dave Pruett wishes it weren't so often thought of as an either/or choice when it comes to  intuition  and  reason.  He spent a dozen years trying to get his thoughts down on paper.  And the book is ready. 

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The Spark
6:03 pm
Thu January 10, 2013

Coach Laslie's Biographer

The "right hand man" of epic football coach "Bear" Bryant was coach Carney Laslie.  Leslie's granddaughter, Carey Keefe, is working on a memoir of him.  The ending has an odd twist --and she reads us part of it. 

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