Shows
Coffee shop talkEto Otitigbe (Dirty Chai and the art of taking things apart at Agora Downtown Coffee Shop)This month, host Joey LoMonaco sits down with Eto Otitigbe, an MIT-educated engineer-turned-artist who has spent the past year designing an installation where a slave auction block once stood in downtown Fredericksburg.
2025-12-1025 min
Coffee shop talkMicah Ministries' Meghann Cotter (Pumpkin frozen dirty chai at Hyperion Espresso)For this month's episode, host Joey LoMonaco sits down with Meghann Cotter, the longtime Executive Director of Micah Ecumenical Ministries, to deconstruct narratives about homelessness.
2025-09-2931 min
Stafford Connect PodcastS02EP12: Local Independent JournalismManaging Editor of the Fredericksburg Free Press, Joey LoMonaco, discusses local independent journalism with host Tom Coen. Topics include the history of the Fredericksburg Free Press, the role of independent journalism in the Stafford area, and the features and methods of the free press in reporting the news.
2025-03-3149 minCoffee shop talkCurry Roberts (More data centers and 25 30 Espresso to go)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.
2025-02-1041 minCoffee shop talkEric Bonds (Data Centers and Caramel latte [hot) at Eileen's Bakery & CafeHost 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.
2025-01-1331 minCoffee shop talkMayor Kerry Devine (Café Au Lait at Agora Downtown Coffee Shop)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.
2024-11-2434 minCoffee shop talkUMW's Stephen Farnsworth (Americano) at Agora Downtown Coffee ShopFree 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.
2024-11-0152 min