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Vera House Podcast
Vera House
30 episodes
1 week ago
Got thoughts? Throw them at us by sending a text here 10% OFF your next purchase at Point 5 in Carytown: ⁠https://verahouse.co/point5⁠ Subscribe to the audio podcast: https://verahouse.buzzsprout.com Follow us: https://instagram.com/verahouse.co Nicotine research mentioned: https://app.iki.ai/space/15747/folder/443 Richmond at midnight—past, present, next. We open with Carytown’s ball-drop nostalgia and the one-off Brown’s Island NYE event, then ask who should run a true public New Year’...
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Got thoughts? Throw them at us by sending a text here 10% OFF your next purchase at Point 5 in Carytown: ⁠https://verahouse.co/point5⁠ Subscribe to the audio podcast: https://verahouse.buzzsprout.com Follow us: https://instagram.com/verahouse.co Nicotine research mentioned: https://app.iki.ai/space/15747/folder/443 Richmond at midnight—past, present, next. We open with Carytown’s ball-drop nostalgia and the one-off Brown’s Island NYE event, then ask who should run a true public New Year’...
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Vera House Podcast
Richmond Bones, Artifacts & Dead Malls (VCU/MCV graverobbers, stolen artifacts, Chesterfield Town Center, insurance scams, etc) — Unscripted #029
Got thoughts? Throw them at us by sending a text here 10% OFF your next purchase at Point 5 in Carytown: ⁠https://verahouse.co/point5⁠ We cover a wild spread this week. From Richmond’s documented “Night Doctor” era—when grave robbing supplied cadavers to the Medical College of Virginia—to Chesterfield Town Center’s sale and what it signals for malls. We break down the scam of hospital pricing and insurance, a local USPS fiasco, and the VMFA’s return of Turkish antiquities. We also refl...
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3 days ago
1 hour 24 minutes

Vera House Podcast
Richmond’s Winter Lore: a Very Vera Christmas Special (Benedict's Invasion, Reindeer, Jamestown Day, Krampus, Sinterklaas, etc) — Unscripted #028
Got thoughts? Throw them at us by sending a text here $200+ giveaway by Point 5: https://www.instagram.com/p/DSOCSAxDwm6/ 10% OFF your next purchase at Point 5 in Carytown: https://verahouse.co/point5 Richmond in winter, past to present. We open with reindeer lore and RVA snow-day nostalgia, then move through local holiday markets and simple gift philosophy before an on-air exchange. Midway, we taste non-alcoholic holiday picks from Point 5 and talk how to host with zero-proof options. The ba...
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1 week ago
1 hour 8 minutes

Vera House Podcast
Richmond's 2026 Boardwalk and More Famous Critters (Drunk Raccoon, Browns Island, AI artwork, and more) #027
Got thoughts? Throw them at us by sending a text here 10% OFF your next purchase at Point 5 in Carytown: https://verahouse.co/point5 In this episode we unpack the Browns Island closure and the proposed 2026 riverfront “boardwalk,” what it could fix, and where projects tend to stall in RVA. We visit the recent viral drunk raccoon story and how it jumped to national outlets. The story of a raccoon busting his way into an Ashland/Hanover ABC store, ransacking its shelves and passing out dr...
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2 weeks ago
1 hour 11 minutes

Vera House Podcast
Richmond Myths, Malls & Meat Juice (Black Friday, Valentine Museum, Witchcraft, 90s culture etc) - Unscripted #026
Got thoughts? Throw them at us by sending a text here 10% OFF your next purchase at Point 5 in Carytown: https://verahouse.co/point5 Richmond then and now: how Black Friday shifted from a one-morning scramble to month-long sales, what that did to malls, and why shared cultural moments faded (with Barbenheimer as a recent exception and GTA 6 on the horizon). The episode looks at Richmond’s growth vs. preservation—think Scott’s Addition then vs now—and why local brands should publish consistent...
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3 weeks ago
1 hour 18 minutes

Vera House Podcast
Richmond Culture, Crime Follies, Dog-Poop Etiquette, and Better Roads - Unscripted #025
Got thoughts? Throw them at us by sending a text here 10% OFF your next purchase at Point 5 in Carytown: https://verahouse.co/point5 In this episode we talk about how the Vera show has grown into locally recognized media, then get into a weird story about nine burglars jumping out of a Hyundai Sonata in Warrenton, and what it says about choices and consequences. We cover dog-poop etiquette and why online shaming rarely changes behavior. There’s a quick comparison to Japan’s “carry your trash”...
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1 month ago
49 minutes

Vera House Podcast
Hometown Sound: Richmond's Conditions on Writing, Touring, and Reunion with Brandon Roundtree and Alex Howard #024
Got thoughts? Throw them at us by sending a text here Follow Conditions: https://www.instagram.com/conditionsband https://www.facebook.com/conditionsband https://open.spotify.com/artist/5CdtIKatJJJuXXjjxRtT8X https://music.apple.com/us/artist/conditions/275764015 Richmond made them, the world loved them. In this episode, Brandon Roundtree and Alex Howard of Conditions; both veterans of Richmond’s vibrant music scene, take us from Canal Club nights and storage-unit rehearsals to national tours...
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1 month ago
1 hour 42 minutes

Vera House Podcast
How Richmond Decides "What To Do" with Paige & Kelsey of The Richmond Experience (rva hotlists, events, city guides, and more) #023
Got thoughts? Throw them at us by sending a text here Join RVAx – the Richmond fan club you didn’t know you needed to be a part of: https://www.therichmondexperience.com Follow RVAx: https://www.instagram.com/therichmondexperience https://www.tiktok.com/@therichmondexperience https://www.facebook.com/therichmondexperience How does Richmond decide where to go this week? Paige Poprocky and Kelsey Heintz pull back the curtain on ⁠The Richmond Experience⁠ — an independently owned, women-led, que...
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1 month ago
1 hour 20 minutes

Vera House Podcast
Adventure on the Edge of Time: Richmond's Hayden Mater on Building Watches for Real Life #022
Got thoughts? Throw them at us by sending a text here Richmond entrepreneur Hayden Mater sits down with us to unpack the ethos behind Mater Made — a watch brand built for real life, not glass cases. Hayden Mater is a serial entrepreneur, father and husband, and an explorer making timepieces that inspire curiosity, endurance, and a life well-lived. Shop now at Mater Made: https://matermade.com Follow Mater Made: https://www.instagram.com/mater_made https://www.youtube.com/@MaterMadeofficial ht...
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1 month ago
1 hour 26 minutes

Vera House Podcast
Richmond Folklore, Fights & Phones (boyfriend bootcamp, hidden pools, government boxing and best rooftops) - Unscripted #021
Got thoughts? Throw them at us by sending a text here Less buzz, more clarity. We open with adaptogens over caffeine—Kin, L-theanine, lion’s mane—and why “awake” doesn’t have to mean jittery. Then we launch Boyfriend iPhone Bootcamp: turning a running joke into basics that actually matter—angles, light, distance, framing. From there, a tour through Richmond’s layers: 18th-Street throwbacks (Tiki Bob’s, Alley Cats, On The Rocks), the Altria/Mosque pool that used to exist, underground wat...
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1 month ago
1 hour 9 minutes

Vera House Podcast
Richmond is Sober-Curious: How Jody Sidle Reimagined Drinking Culture with Point 5 #020
Got thoughts? Throw them at us by sending a text here Visit Point 5 at 3435 West Cary St, Richmond, VA point5rva.com In this guest interview, we sit down with Jody Sidle — founder and driving force behind Point 5 in Carytown (Richmond, VA) — to talk about the sober-curious wave reshaping how Richmond goes out. 2 books we mentioned in conversation: • Drunk: How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization: ⁠https://amzn.to/48XY5pU⁠ • Alcohol Explained by William Porter: ⁠https...
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1 month ago
1 hour 29 minutes

Vera House Podcast
Richmond’s Haunted Secrets: a Very Vera Halloween Special (Ghosts, Skinwalkers, Cemeteries, and Werewolves) - Unscripted #019
Got thoughts? Throw them at us by sending a text here 10% OFF your next purchase at Point 5 in Carytown: https://verahouse.co/point5 Richmond’s haunted season, told by people who live here. We trade first-hand moments and local lore: a green, hologram-like “entity” outside the Poe Museum that refused to appear on camera; the Iron Dog of Hollywood Cemetery and the child it guards; late-night reports of voices at the Science Museum; and the suburban myth that won’t die—the Henrico werewolf.&nbs...
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1 month ago
1 hour 15 minutes

Vera House Podcast
Richmond Gun Hole, Small Town RVA Video Game, Henry Box Brown, and the Windshield Manifesto - Unscripted #018
Got thoughts? Throw them at us by sending a text here 10% OFF your next purchase at Point 5 in Carytown: https://verahouse.co/point5 Richmond doesn’t need fiction; the lore writes itself. We start with the city’s running list of urban legends—the Addison Street “gun hole,” the Church Hill tunnel collapse, the Richmond Vampire, the tank down Broad, Francine the Lowe’s cat—and ask why these stories stick longer than headlines ever do. From there, the conversation pivots to “conductor” leadershi...
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2 months ago
1 hour 2 minutes

Vera House Podcast
Richmond Barbers Open the Door to Mental Health and Financial Wellness – Universal Health Chair Network #017
Got thoughts? Throw them at us by sending a text here Learn more about the Universal Health Chair Network here: https://uhcnetwork.org https://www.instagram.com/universalhealthchair Richmond’s most trusted third space isn’t a clinic — it’s the chair. This episode sits with Abdul Winfield (AB), Ali Bey, and Sharita “Ri” Edwards, the trio behind the Universal Health Chair Network (UHCN), to break down a simple but radical move: bring mental, physical, and financial health into the places ...
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2 months ago
1 hour 8 minutes

Vera House Podcast
Richmond Rules, Rituals, and Raids (VCU hazing, FBI Raids, NA bar scene, RVA Festivals, Bikes and more) - Unscripted #016
Got thoughts? Throw them at us by sending a text here 10% OFF your next alternative beverage purchase at Point 5 in Carytown: https://verahouse.co/point5 Richmond is a city of rules, rituals, and raids—and this episode threads them together. We start with Francine, the Lowe’s cat finally found, Reddit sleuthing turned street festival, and how a neighborhood inside joke becomes citywide folklore. From there, festival season takes over: Dogwood Dell’s free lineup and the way RVA gathers when ti...
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2 months ago
1 hour 3 minutes

Vera House Podcast
Richmond's Biggest Celebrity is a Cat (Where's Francine, Turnstile at Browns Island, Hadad's lake, walkable RVA, Carytown pedestrians, etc) - Unscripted #015
Got thoughts? Throw them at us by sending a text here Richmond’s unofficial (maybe official now?) mascot went missing, and the city can’t stop talking about it. We open with Francine, the Lowe’s cat — security footage, petitions, interstate rumors—and what a community chooses to call “news.” From there, the episode ricochets through rideshare absurdity, a Monument Ave flip-and-selfie that went viral, and a night at the riverfront where Turnstile meets Browns Island policy: pepper-spray claims...
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2 months ago
54 minutes

Vera House Podcast
Richmond's Creator Economy is Growing: How Melissa Eaton Grew Her Brand to 300K+ Followers #014
Got thoughts? Throw them at us by sending a text here Richmond’s creator economy is growing fast. In this episode, our guest Melissa Eaton (Top Drawer RVA + Simplify Social) breaks down how she built an audience of 300K+ and turned it into real revenue—without chasing vanity metrics. We get into Facebook payouts vs. YouTube, pricing UGC so you’re paid even if you don’t post, and the content-bank system that lets one shoot fuel ten clips across platforms. We talk platform strategy (TikTok, Ree...
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2 months ago
1 hour 2 minutes

Vera House Podcast
Richmond is Keeping Secrets at City Hall, Carillon etc (SWAT raids, water crisis, FOIA requests, traffic surveillance, biceps 4 jesus) - Unscripted #013
Got thoughts? Throw them at us by sending a text here Richmond might be keeping secrets — or trying to. We trace a week where public records stall at City Hall, deleted plant videos fuel citizen sleuthing, and new red-light cameras multiply in the name of safety. At dawn, a Nextdoor rumor sends us to the Carillon lawn, where we explore a free men’s workout? In this episode FOIA, stonewalled: requests delayed, whistleblowing punished, and the cost of fighting for basic transparency.Water cri...
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2 months ago
1 hour 7 minutes

Vera House Podcast
Richmond Before the Rebrand (6th Street ghosts, RVA parties, Scott’s Addition, and broken elevators) - Unscripted #012
Got thoughts? Throw them at us by sending a text here Richmond as home base, myth as mirror. We open with the so-called “Richmond curse”—the urban legend that no matter how far you go, you end up back here—and why distance (and a little travel) clarifies what the city actually offers now: a growing riverfront, an amphitheater era, and momentum that didn’t exist a decade ago. Then the practical: free early-morning Uber rides to RIC via GRTC vouchers (4–6 a.m., one tri...
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3 months ago
1 hour 6 minutes

Vera House Podcast
Oddities Beneath Richmond (hidden springs, buried trains, lost ballpark, dating apps, Short Pump, and more) - Unscripted #011
Got thoughts? Throw them at us by sending a text here Richmond keeps secrets. This episode pulls them up to the surface—starting with Mayo Island: once a downtown ballpark where legends supposedly launched homers into passing train cars, now a $15M city purchase slated to become public parkland. From there we trace riverfront moves to Browns Island’s amphitheater, then pivot to a photo of Monument Avenue as a tobacco field—proof that the city changes faster than our memories. We head into Bro...
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3 months ago
1 hour 7 minutes

Vera House Podcast
Richmond Vampire & Hidden Trains (VCU discoveries, Watermelon Festival, Texas Beach, RVA311, and more) - Unscripted #010
Got thoughts? Throw them at us by sending a text here Richmond’s folklore runs deep — and in this episode we dig up a few of the city’s strangest myths and modern problems side by side. We start with the infamous Richmond Vampire and the buried train beneath Church Hill, exploring how urban legends take root when tragedy and mystery overlap. From there, the conversation shifts to science: the discovery of fossilized human teeth in Ethiopia, where VCU researchers are helping rewrite the story ...
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3 months ago
1 hour 7 minutes

Vera House Podcast
Got thoughts? Throw them at us by sending a text here 10% OFF your next purchase at Point 5 in Carytown: ⁠https://verahouse.co/point5⁠ Subscribe to the audio podcast: https://verahouse.buzzsprout.com Follow us: https://instagram.com/verahouse.co Nicotine research mentioned: https://app.iki.ai/space/15747/folder/443 Richmond at midnight—past, present, next. We open with Carytown’s ball-drop nostalgia and the one-off Brown’s Island NYE event, then ask who should run a true public New Year’...