This one is tough to talk about. When I moved to Virginia over a decade ago, I didn't realize the school books were different, but they were, and that's how history goes untold. We need to understand what happened to prevent it from happening again.

Civility has always been Virginia’s brand — but what happens when “politeness” becomes the cover story for a group of lawmakers with proximity to scandals?

In this episode, Andie unpacks the modern misuse of The Virginia Way, tracing its roots from Douglas Southall Freeman’s segregationist ideology to the current political rhetoric of civility. She connects the dots between the EnRichmond Foundation collapse, unlicensed construction cover-ups, and the officials who keep popping up across all categories.