Based in Hampton, Virginia, The Wil LaVeist Show is provocative talk radio without all the noise that "makes sense" -- like back when local radio was actually good. Host Wil LaVeist mixes it up with celebrity newsmakers, community leaders and ordinary people who are doing big things. Tune in each Wednesday from Noon to 1 p.m. EST (rebroadcast Sundays 5 a.m.) on 88.1 FM, WHOV and www.whov.org -- the essence of HU! Thought-provoking talk radio at its best!
The literary genuis of Sonia Sanchez was celebrated in July 2011 during a weeklong poetry seminar presented by the Furious Flower Poetry Center at James Madison University. The center is founded by Joanne Gabbin, one of the nation's top black literature scholars and a close friend of Sanchez. This exclusive recording was broadcast on the Feb. 8 The Wil LaVeist Show, which celebrated what makes women most attractive -- their intellect -- features a poem by Gabbin in honor of Sanchez, a prayer by their friend, fellow Black Arts Movement legend, Nikki Giavanni, and a poem about peace by Sanchez.
Anti-racism activist Ruby Bridges, who is known as the 6-year-old girl who helped desegregate schools in New Orleans during the 1960s, shares her message that racism is an evil that must not handed down to future generations. Her story of being the lone black girl in the elementary school and having to be escorted by U.S. Marshalls, was turned into a well-known Disney made for TV movie. Wil LaVeist interviewed Bridges after her keynote address at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Va. on Feb. 7, 2012.
The formerAssociate Director, White House Office of Public Engagement & Deputy Associate Director of the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, Micheal Blake is the National Deputy Director of Outreach and protect the vote on the 2012 Obama Campaign. Blake discusses campaign plans and the importance of winning Virginia.
Ashley Smith, Miss United States 2011, "holds it down" as the sub host of The Wil LaVeist Show, talking journalism with Wayne Dawkins of Hampton University and Cheryl Ross, president of the Hampton Roads Black Media Professionals. The audio is of the entire 1 hour show. The journalism discussion is during the second segment, so feel free to fast forward by dragging the audio play bar. Smith is finishing a masters in communications at Regent Univeristy.
handed down to future generations. Her story of being the lone black girl in the elementary school and having to be escorted by U.S. Marshalls, was turned into a well-known Disney made for TV movie. Wil LaVeist interviewed Bridges after her keynote address at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Va. on Feb. 7, 2012. 
The formerAssociate Director, White House Office of Public Engagement & Deputy Associate Director of the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, Micheal Blake is the National Deputy Director of Outreach and protect the vote on the 2012 Obama Campaign. Blake discusses campaign plans and the importance of winning Virginia.
