Podcasts by How We Got Here

Bonus Episode: Lincoln's Visit to Richmond from 2022-05-18T18:30:28

In this bonus episode of How We Got Here, we take a look back at the day President Abraham Lincoln visited Richmond. On April 4, 1865, just two days after Confederate troops evacuated the city, Pre...

Season 6 Behind the Sounds from 2022-04-18T04:00:56

In this bonus episode of How We Got Here - we go behind the sounds with Host Rachel DePompa, Executive Producer Colten Weekley and Digital Director Kate Albright to dive deep into how we made this ...

Episode 6: April 11-17 from 2022-04-11T04:00:56

In this episode of How We Got Here - the early days of Thomas Jefferson. While much of the focus on Jefferson’s life turns to his later years, we dive into what is known about juvenile Jefferson an...

Episode 5: April 4-10 from 2022-04-04T04:00:24

In this episode of How We Got Here - Lee’s surrender at Appomattox. What you don’t know about the 90-minute meeting that signaled the end of the Civil War. Plus – born enslaved in Virginia, Book...

Episode 4: March 28 - April 3 from 2022-03-28T04:00:32

In this episode of How We Got Here - the burning of Richmond. Confederates fleeing the city aimed to set fire to warehouses, but Mother Nature had different plans that April day in 1865. Plus – ...

Episode 3: March 21-27 from 2022-03-21T05:00:49

In this episode of How We Got Here - the famous plea for independence that Patrick Henry gave from a pew inside a church that still stands today. Plus, how an enslaved man in Richmond hid as cargo ...

Episode 2: March 14-20 from 2022-03-14T05:00:56

In this episode of How We Got Here - The birth of James Madison. Learn how the father of the Constitution was shaped by his early years at Montpelier and his contemporaries that included fellow Vir...

Episode 1: March 7-13 from 2022-03-07T05:00:18

In this episode of How We Got Here - the birth of the ironclad. From the depths of the Chesapeake Bay rose a former Union warship that the Confederacy would craft into a juggernaut, unlike anyth...

Season 6 Trailer from 2022-02-17T05:00:08

Season 6 launches on Monday, March 7. How We Got Here, presented by NBC12 in Richmond, Virginia, is a podcast highlighting Virginia’s rich history, one week at a time.

Season 5 Behind the Sounds from 2021-08-16T04:00

In this bonus episode of How We Got Here - we go behind the sounds with Host Rachel DePompa, Executive Producer Colten Weekley and Digital Director Kate Albright to dive deep into how we made th...

Episode 6: August 9-15 from 2021-08-09T04:00

In this episode of How We Got Here - the day English settlers raid the Powhatan town of Paspahegh, slaughtering two dozen including the chief’s wife and children.

Plus, we use our archive...

Episode 5: August 2-8 from 2021-08-02T04:00

In this episode of How We Got Here - the day a tornado touched down in the Tri-Cities, shearing storefronts in half and claiming lives along the way. Plus, a detective story 200 years in the mak...

Episode 4: July 26 - August 1 from 2021-07-26T04:00

In this episode of How We Got Here - the mother of modern medicine, born in Virginia. The ethical seesaw surrounding Henrietta Lacks, and how her story changed medical discoveries for generation...

Episode 3: July 19-25 from 2021-07-19T04:00

In this episode of How We Got Here - how the bounties of the Caribbean island of Bermuda helped save Jamestown – in a story that inspired William Shakespeare. Plus, Virginia soil was stained wit...

Episode 2: July 12-18 from 2021-07-12T04:00

In this episode of How We Got Here - years before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat in Alabama, Irene Morgan in Virginia did the same thing, leading to a landmark Supreme Court decision tha...

Episode 1: July 5-11 from 2021-07-05T04:00

In this episode of How We Got Here - A look at the final execution in Virginia before the first state in the South abolished the death penalty. Plus, the most ‘animated’ of the Confederate statu...

Season 5 Trailer from 2021-05-31T04:00

Season 5 launches on Monday, July 5. How We Got Here, presented by NBC12 in Richmond, Virginia, is a podcast highlighting Virginia’s rich history, one week at a time.

Season 4 Behind the Sounds from 2020-11-16T05:00

In this bonus episode of How We Got Here, we go behind the sounds with Host Rachel DePompa and Executive Producer Colten Weekley to dive deep into how we made this season. You’ll hear about some...

Episode 6: Nov. 9-15 from 2020-11-09T05:00

In this episode of How We Got Here – The fight in Virginia to give women the right to vote; a three-generation, 72-year battle that came down to one vote. Plus, the day the angel of the Confeder...

Episode 5: Nov. 2-8 from 2020-11-02T05:00

In this episode of How We Got Here – Tales from the Lewis and Clark expedition that you didn’t learn in school: how American myth-making dominates the way their story is taught. Plus, the politi...

Episode 4: Oct. 26 - Nov. 1 from 2020-10-26T04:00

In this episode of How We Got Here – the history of one of Richmond’s most glamorous and ritzy places to stay, the Jefferson Hotel. And, what you didn’t learn about Bacon’s rebellion in high sch...

Episode 3: Oct. 19-25 from 2020-10-19T04:00

In this episode of How We Got Here - the extraordinary life of a naval aviator and explorer from Virginia. The incredible journeys to both ends of the earth by Adm. Richard Byrd. Plus—a deadly d...

Episode 2: Oct. 12-18 from 2020-10-12T04:00

In this episode of How We Got Here – the search for a serial rapist and murderer in Charlottesville. Plus, the birth of a woman who would go on to lead a Union spy ring in the heart of the Confe...

Episode 1: Oct. 5-11 from 2020-10-05T04:00

In this episode of How We Got Here – the death of founding father George Mason. How his extraordinary life was full of both contributions and contradictions.

Plus, the day another revolut...

Bonus Episode: Church Hill Tunnel Collapse from 2020-09-28T04:00

In this bonus episode of How We Got Here, we take a look back at the infamous collapse of the Church Hill tunnel in Richmond. On Oct. 2, 1925, the train tunnel gave way during construction work,...

Season 4 Trailer from 2020-09-21T04:00

Season 4 launches on Monday, Oct. 5. How We Got Here, presented by NBC12 in Richmond, Virginia, is a podcast highlighting Virginia’s rich history, one week at a time.

Bonus Episode: May Day Over Moscow from 2020-08-03T04:00

In this bonus episode of How We Got Here, we sit down with Francis Gary Powers Junior, the son of the CIA spy who was shot down over the USSR on May 1, 1960. After Episode 4 of Season 3 was rele...

Season 3 Behind the Sounds from 2020-06-01T04:00

In this bonus episode of How We Got Here, we go behind the sounds with Digital Director Kate Albright and Executive Producer Colten Weekley to dive deep into how we made this season. You’ll hear...

Episode 6: May 25-31 from 2020-05-25T04:00

In this episode of How We Got Here – The birth of Richmond’s Monument Avenue. The day the Robert E. Lee monument is unveiled in a field west of the city to a crowd of thousands of Confederate ve...

Episode 5: May 18-24 from 2020-05-18T04:00

In this episode of How We Got Here – A tainted treaty for peace in the Virginia Colony. Colonists seeking revenge poison Powhatan Native Americans with a deadly drink.

Plus, the hostess w...

Episode 4: May 11-17 from 2020-05-11T04:00

In this episode of How We Got Here – A Virginian caught in the middle of U.S. and Soviet spy games after being taken prisoner by the KGB.

Plus, how Confederate soldiers from Chester...

Episode 3: May 4-10 from 2020-05-04T04:00

In this episode of How We Got Here – Secretariat’s birth in a humble, foaling shed in Virginia. How the legend went on to become the greatest racehorse of all time.

Plus, severely injured...

Episode 2: April 27 - May 3 from 2020-04-27T04:00

In this episode of How We Got Here – Dozens killed when a packed courtroom floor gives way at the Virginia State Capitol in what became known as the Capitol Calamity.

Plus the epic Battle...

Episode 1: April 20-26 from 2020-04-20T04:00

In this episode of How We Got Here - the largest manhunt in American history; the escape and eventual death of John Wilkes Booth. Inside the macabre mind of Richmond native Edgar Allan Poe. Plus...

Season 3 Bonus Trailer from 2020-04-13T04:00

Season 3 launches on Monday, April 20. In this bonus trailer, we take you through some of its most memorable moments.

How We Got Here, presented by NBC12 in Richmond, Virginia, is a podca...

Season 3 Trailer from 2020-03-24T17:23:38

Season 3 launches on Monday, April 20. How We Got Here, presented by NBC12 in Richmond, Virginia, is a podcast highlighting Virginia’s rich history, one week at a time.

Season 2 Behind the Sounds from 2019-12-30T05:00

In this bonus episode of How We Got Here, we go behind the sounds with Executive Producer Colten Weekley to dive deep into how we made this season. You’ll hear about some of our favorite guests ...

Episode 6: Dec. 23-29 from 2019-12-23T05:00

In this week’s episode of How We Got Here, the true story of albino brothers from Virginia who were abducted and exploited by the circus for decades before their mother finally found them when t...

Episode 5: Dec. 16-22 from 2019-12-16T05:00

In this episode of How We Got Here, how a Virginia newspaper got the Wright Brother’s first flight oh so wrong. Plus—a brewing tea party demands independence, but not in Boston. We examine the d...

Episode 4: Dec. 9-15 from 2019-12-09T05:00

In this episode of How We Got Here, George Washington’s final moments after a torturous night of medical care. And it ended before it began - we take you inside what may have been the fastest ba...

Episode 3: Dec. 2-8 from 2019-12-02T05:00

In this episode of How We Got Here, the newly uncovered tale of a 16-year-old heroine from Hopewell, Virginia, who rode through the night to expose a British plot to crush the American rebellion...

Episode 2: Nov. 25 - Dec. 1 from 2019-11-25T05:00

In this episode of How We Got Here, we relive the fiery death of the oldest electric streetcar system in America. We also introduce you to a slave-turned-spy-turned-folk hero who had to fight fo...

Episode 1: Nov. 18-24 from 2019-11-18T05:00

In this episode of How We Got Here, how one of the greatest speeches in American history - The Gettysburg Address - was barely a footnote in newspapers up and down the coast. Also, President Joh...

Season 2 Trailer from 2019-09-23T04:00

Season 2 launches on Monday, Nov. 18. How We Got Here, presented by NBC12 in Richmond, Virginia, is a podcast highlighting Virginia’s rich history, one week at a time.

Season 1 Behind the Sounds from 2019-07-15T04:00

In this bonus episode of How We Got Here, we go behind the scenes with Digital Director Kate Albright and Executive Producer Colten Weekley to tell you how we got to this idea, and what it takes...

Episode 6: July 8-14 from 2019-07-08T04:00

In this episode of How We Got Here: Richmond’s role in the domestic slave trade, brought to light by the uncovering of a slave burial ground. Three men killed in a tank in World War II are final...

Episode 5: July 1-7 from 2019-07-01T04:00

In this episode of How We Got Here: Happy Birthday America! It’s also the anniversary for the deaths of several presidents. We show you how Virginia got its name and bring you the mythology behi...

Episode 4: June 24-30 from 2019-06-24T04:00

In this episode of How We Got Here: The derecho that devastated Central Virginia, and Aaron Burr’s ties to Richmond that saved his life. A tap dancing legend breaks racial barriers, and how the ...

Episode 3: June 17-23 from 2019-06-17T04:00

In this episode of How We Got Here: The devastating path of Hurricane Agnes that paralyzed Richmond, and Virginia’s ties to the bungling burglars of Watergate. Find out how Captain John Smith go...

Episode 2: June 10-16 from 2019-06-10T04:00

In this episode of How We Got Here, we explain how the Civil War's Siege of Petersburg could have lasted two days instead of nine months and why Virginia played such a big role in shaping the De...

Episode 1: June 3-9 from 2019-06-03T04:00

In this episode of How We Got Here, we introduce you to the Paul Revere of the South, one of Ulysses S. Grant's biggest failures on the battlefield and why we learned more about death than liber...

Season 1 Trailer from 2019-05-20T19:33:39

How We Got Here, presented by NBC12, is a podcast highlighting Virginia's rich history, one week at a time. Episode One launches Monday, June 3.