• FCPS School Board Chair Matt Rowe (Cappuccino/Cortado at 25 30 Espresso)
    Mar 16 2025

    Joey sits down with Matt Rowe to discuss the challenges facing city schools, his city council run and the dude who played Cooter on "The Dukes of Hazzard."

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    36 mins
  • Curry Roberts (More data centers and 25 30 Espresso to go)
    Feb 10 2025

    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.

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    42 mins
  • Eric Bonds (Data Centers and Caramel latte [hot) at Eileen's Bakery & Cafe
    Jan 13 2025

    Host 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.

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    31 mins
  • Mayor Kerry Devine (Café Au Lait at Agora Downtown Coffee Shop)
    Nov 24 2024

    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.

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    35 mins
  • UMW's Stephen Farnsworth (Americano) at Agora Downtown Coffee Shop
    Nov 1 2024

    Free 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.

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    53 mins