We have partnered again with VPM to bring six programs directly to living rooms across Central Virginia. This summer, watch hour-long, edited versions of our 2024 – 2025 season programs, plus a bonus unaired episode from 2023! The series will kick off on Thursday, June 5, with Martha Stewart’s “The Life Behind Living.”

Tune in to relive these memorable evenings or experience them for the first time, and be sure to share the great news with your friends and neighbors.

Martha Stewart with Soledad O’Brien

The Life Behind Living (recorded April 26, 2025)

Lifestyle legend, influencer, and entrepreneur Martha Stewart speaks candidly about her early ambitions, triumphs over adversity, and zest for life with award-winning journalist Soledad O’Brien. Expect to hear about pop culture, peacocks, and curiosity.

• PREMIERE: Thursday, June 5, 2025 @ 8 p.m.
• Sunday, June 8, 2025 @ 2 p.m.
• Tuesday, June 10, 2025 @ 9 p.m.

Dr. Cornel West & Thomas Chatterton Williams

The Absolute Condemnation of No One (recorded April 29, 2023)

What work could be done to help America transcend polarization? Dr. Cornel West and Thomas Chatterton Williams explore alternate approaches to cultivating a redemptive society, seeking a post-racial future and condemning no one. On stage in 2023.

• PREMIERE: Thursday, June 12, 2025 @ 8 p.m.
• Sunday, June 15, 2025 @ 2 p.m.
• Tuesday, August 12, 2025 @ 9 p.m. 

Dr. Amber Straughn

NASA’s Search for Cosmic History (recorded January 11, 2025)

Experience the cosmos with NASA’s Dr. Amber Straughn. Look through billions of light years with images from the James Webb Space Telescope. See how curiosity, failure, perseverance, science, and engineering result in daring exploration and discovery.

• PREMIERE: Thursday, June 19, 2025 @ 8 p.m. 
• Sunday, June 22, 2025 @ 2 p.m.
• Tuesday, July 22, 2025 @ 8 p.m.

Mike “Coach K” Krzyzewski

Playing to Win (recorded February 15, 2025)

Experience a crash leadership course from Coach K, Duke University’s legendary former head basketball coach. Mike Krzyzewski shares anecdotes, advice, and tips for developing teams, creating winning attitudes, preparing for — and delivering — wins.

• PREMIERE: Thursday, June 26, 2025 @ 8 p.m.
• Sunday, June 29, 2025 @ 2 p.m.
• Tuesday, July 1, 2025 @ 9 p.m. 

Richard Reeves

Are Boys Falling Behind? (recorded March 21, 2025)

Is the gender imbalance shifting to make life more difficult for males in modern society? Some data show males are falling behind at school, home, and work. So-called redshirting (delaying school enrollment) might help change that. Research and fatherhood experiences inform author Richard Reeves’ take on masculinity in our modern society. 

• PREMIERE: Thursday, July 3, 2025 @ 8 p.m.
• Sunday, July 6, 2025 @ 2 p.m.
• Tuesday, July 8, 2025 @ 8 p.m. 

Baratunde Thurston

Artificial Intelligence: What Is Real? (recorded November 23, 2024)

Are the core characteristics of human nature impacted by our obsession with AI? Is a future balanced between commercial needs and humanitarian interests within grasp? Baratunde Thurston explores the use of AI and its implications for impacting our humanity. 

• PREMIERE: Thursday, July 10, 2025 @ 8 p.m.
• Sunday, July 13, 2025 @ 2 p.m.
• Tuesday, July 15, 2025 @ 8 p.m.