Coffee shop talk

Cindy Hadge, the Director of Collaborative Projects for the Wildflower Alliance, shares her life story and experiences with mental health issues, especially the role of peer support in helping her to help others who hear voices. 

Joey sits down with Matt Rowe to discuss the challenges facing city schools, his city council run and the dude who played Cooter on "The Dukes of Hazzard."

Host Joey LoMonaco sits down with Fredericksburg Regional Alliance President Curry Roberts to discuss data centers from an economic development standpoint. Our chosen coffee shop (25 30 Espresso) was at capacity, so we ordered drinks and walked across the street to the newsroom. 

Host Joey LoMonaco sits down with Dr. Eric Bonds, who teaches environmental sociology at the University of Mary Washington. Naturally, he has a few thoughts on data centers and the recent JLARC report that explores their impacts in the Commonwealth. 

Free Press managing editor Joey LoMonaco sits down with Fredericksburg Mayor Kerry Devine to discuss her two decades in city government, as well as data centers, homelessness and affordable housing. 

Free Press managing editor Joey LoMonaco sits down with Stephen Farnsworth, the Director of the Center for Leadership and Media Studies at the University of Mary Washington for a wide-ranging conversation that touches on his pivot from journalist to political scientist, the laughing matter of politics and, of course, the upcoming presidential election.