American Revolutions
On this episode of The Spark : Alan Taylor , Pulitzer Prize winning historian, speaks with Martha about his new book, " American Revolutions: A Continental History, 1750-1804. "
View ArticleA Sheepish Way of Life - Part 1
On this episode of The Spark : Hillary 'Bill" Clemmer spent several years working mostly alone on isolated New Zealand sheep stations. This is part one of her adventures.
View ArticleA Sheepish Way of Life - Part 2
On this episode of The Spark : Hillary 'Bill" Clemmer continues her conversation about a day’s work on a New Zealand sheep station.
View ArticleESPN "Cheat Sheet" Maker
WMRA's Martha Woodroof and college football "spotter" Tony Britt (bonus: also CBS Sports/ESPN legend Brent Musburger) discuss Tony's special "cheat sheets" he developed for ESPN reporters and other...
View ArticleChoosing the Writing Life
On this episode of The Spark : Martha speaks with Books & Brews author, Rebecca Kauffman.
View ArticleInto IT
On this episode of The Spark : Waynesboro's Ian MacRae was a bit of a computer wunderkind. He began his first computer business while he was still in high school. Twenty years later EN Computers...
View ArticleA Lens to the Heavens
On this episode of The Spark : Martha Woodroof learns more about astrophotography from college senior Daniel Stein. Daniel loves nothing better than spending entire nights photographing the night sky....
View ArticleA Poet's Life After Cancer
On this episode of The Spark : Charlotte Matthew’s talks about her third collection of poems, Whistle What Can’t Be Said .
View ArticleSay What?!?
On this episode of The Spark : Martha speaks with Books & Brews author, Chuck McCutcheon, who has worked in Washington for 21 years and has turned himself into an expert on decoding political speak.
View ArticleCooking Up a Murder Mystery
On this episode of The Spark : Martha speaks with Mollie Cox Bryan, who has gone from pies to murder... at least in her writing. Mollie Cox Bryan , the author of several Mrs. Rowe's cookbooks, now...
View ArticleThe Peace of the Reefs
On this episode of The Spark : Essayist and poet Greg Wrenn has been diving since he was a child growing up in Florida. His new nonfiction book will be what he describes as a, "literary time capsule,"...
View ArticleTelling Every Story
On this episode of The Spark : Martha talks with biographer Kate Buford about her new adventure into telling the stories of the worthy and the un-famous.
View ArticleRoller Derby and Religion
On this episode of The Spark : “Five Things the Church Can Learn from Women’s Roller Derby” is a Kelly Figueroa-Ray essay for the Huffington Post . Religion-blogger Kelly Figueroa-Ray has a divinity...
View ArticleRita Dove and Her Words
On this episode of The Spark : Rita Dove, former U.S. Poet Laureate and WMRA's December Books & Brews author, discusses her life, poetry and the sound of language.
View ArticleMartha Woodroof, The Spark's Final Guest
On this final episode of The Spark : Martha Woodroof agreed to sit down and discuss her life and career... in essence, to be the final guest on The Spark.
View ArticleA Novel Relationship
On this edition of The Spark, Martha Woodroof speaks with writer Erika Raskin. Erika grew up the child of Marcus Raskin (a human rights activist whom Dennis Kucinich called, "the dean of the American...
View ArticleThe Magic of Radio
On this edition of The Spark, Martha Woodroof sits down for a chat with Lulu Miller. Lulu lives half her life in Charlottesville, half in DC, and spends all her time making NPR’s wildly popular new...
View ArticleAn Eye For Eating
On this edition of The Spark, Martha Woodroof speaks with freelance, commercial photographer Ron Rammelkamp.Ron is not shy. His response to being laid-off by Rosetta Stone, was to knock on the doors of...
View ArticleBoutique Catering
On this edition of The Spark, Martha speaks with Mike Lund. Mike spent seven years in the kitchen of the famed Inn at Little Washington, working his way up to second-in-command under chef/owner Patrick...
View ArticleElementary Club Music
On this edition of The Spark: Martha speaks with Perry Shank. Mr. Shank teaches music to the lucky students of Smithland Elementary School in Harrisonburg. And yes, that involves singing and playing...
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