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Weekend Virginia 3 - 6.26.10

Park Ranger Peter Givens has some good words for the Blue RIdge Parkway on its 75th anniversary; NPR's Noah Adams remembers his trip on the New River; Robert Kolker sheds some light on  Martin Scorcese's Shutter Island and Dudski the Sports Blogger says movie reviewers could just as well be talking about sports than films.

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Weekend Virginia 1 - 6.19.10

Our Weekend Virginia political bloggers have their say about use "holds" in the US Senate and about an effort by Virginia's Mark Warner and Jim Webb to make the practice less prevalent. Also, the Floyd Country Store reaches its 100th year of business.

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Weekend Virginia 2 - 6.19.10

A team of automotive innovators from Virginia is competing in a multi-million dollar contest to develop a revolutionary new vehicle; the Veggie Chef makes bean disks; Steve Brown brings us a somewhat less than famous composer who's beginning to get some recognition and Buskers come to the streets of Roanoke, but will they be seen and heard there again?

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Weekend Virginia 3 - 6.19.10

Virginia author Sharyn McCrumb talks about her latest book;  Annie Johnson with the Blue Ridge Business Journal helps us with the Producer Price Index;  the World Cup energizes fans at a Virginia sports bar and Dudski the Sports Blogger considers the vuvuzela.

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Weekend Virginia 1 - 6.12.10

Bloggers Jim Hoeft and Waldo Jaquith size up the GOP primary results and Charlie Perkinson previews this week's All That Jazz.

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Weekend Virginia 2 - 6.12.10

A Virginia couple's London vacation takes a surprising turn toward Spain, among other places; Veggie Chef Andrea Mattioni has fun with mung beans; .Annie Johnson with the Blue Ridge Business Journal continues her examination of health care reform and Steve Brown presents Dvorak's "other" composition about America.

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Weekend Virginia 3 - 6.12.10

Keith Humphry and Joe Dashiell talk about their 30 years at WDBJ TV News in Roanoke; a Charlottesville physician prepares to swim around Manhattan and Dudski the sports blogger takes on the World Cup.

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Weekend Virginia 1 - 6.5.10

Our political bloggers consider calls for a boycott of BP, among other things. Also, a radio essayists take on elk.

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Weekend Virginia 2 - 6.5.10

A preview of this summer's events at Wintergreen Resort; Robert Kolker considers the career of film maker Fritz Lang; Roanoke's No Shame Theater provides a stage for people wth something to say and we talk with one half of the musical duo The Honey Dewdrops

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Weekend Virginia 3 - 6.5.10

The Veggie Chef makes a seven layer dip; commentator Amanda Bower says goodbye to a friend; Annie Johnson from The Blue Ridge Business Journal talks about health insurance reform; Steve Brown brings us an Italian composer whose name does not end in "I" and Dudski the Sports Blogger takes a serious look at a tragic sports story.

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