Radio IQ’s Virginia On Demand is a weekday podcast hosted by Jeff Bossert. It’s a collection of the day’s top stories and featured stories from the Radio IQ news team as well as contributing reporters and newsrooms across the state. Each episode features the latest in politics, Virginia’s culture, and more alongside the weather delivered in 15 minutes or less.
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The top stories for August 28, 2026, including encouraging results from the US Drought Monitor, the USDA seeks public comments on the 2001 Roadless Rule- impacting road work and timber harvesting, and in their Friday chat, analyst Jeff Schapiro and Michael Pope look at how President Trump's trade war with Canada might impact Virginia.
The top stories for August 27, 2026, including Alexandria joining those intervening in the proposed Dominion-NextEra merger, graduate student enrollment at Virginia Tech is declining, Dolly Parton's enduring impact on young readers and performers, and Southwest Virginia farmers look at using wool to insulate homes.
The top stories for August 26, 2026, including Gov. Spanberger's efforts to help those losing federal health care and SNAP benefits, many communities mark 25 years of International Overdose Awareness Day, an exhibit at the Virginia Museum of History and Culture explores the state's immigration history, and 36 years after author Bill Bryson hiked the Appalachian Trail, he wrote about doing it again.
The top stories for August 25, 2026, including state lawmakers who say donations won't impact their view of the Dominion-NextEra merger, a high school for adults in Roanoke starts its second year, and Hidden Brain host Shankar Vedantam previews his upcoming stage presentation in Blacksburg, and talks a bit about the how the weekly podcast is made.
The top stories for August 24, 2026, including a look at the loss of Medicaid provisions in Virginia next year, the status of the Dan River's ability to provide clean drinking water, and examining why the state's local fire services struggle to keep up with inflation.
