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Hosted by Billy Hansen · society · EN · 33 episodes
A podcast about the Lynchburg neighborhood, its people, and its history. By getting to know our neighbors and hearing their stories, we can feel more connected to this place. By learning this area's backstory, we can better understand how Lynchburg works, how it has changed, and where it may be headed. Billy Hansen is a commercial real estate broker, appraiser, writer, and teacher in Lynchburg, Virginia.
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Signup to Generate a PitchA podcast about the Lynchburg neighborhood, its people, and its history. By getting to know our neighbors and hearing their stories, we can feel more connected to this place. By learning this area's backstory, we can better understand how Lynchburg works, how it has changed, and where it may be headed.
Lynchburg Neighborhood is hosted by Billy Hansen. The show has published 33 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Episode 33: Henry Fulcher - The Voice of Farmville" (24 April 2025, 120 minutes), "Episode 32: Charlie Layne - The Man with the Roses" (15 April 2025, 66 minutes), and "Episode 31: Let's Skip the Bull with Daryl Calfee" (9 April 2025, 58 minutes).
Lynchburg Neighborhood publishes roughly every few months, with episodes averaging 70 minutes across 33 episodes.
Booking probability for Lynchburg Neighborhood is 21%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Lynchburg Neighborhood requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Lynchburg Neighborhood's contact route on record: verified email.
Billy Hansen hosts Lynchburg Neighborhood, a society show with 33 episodes published.
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Episode #33
<p>For 69 years and counting, 87-year-old Henry Fulcher has been telling stories and playing music on the radio. Starting out in 1956 at WFLO, Henry has been a consistent presence on local radio for seven decades and is...
Episode #32
<p>In this conversation from Summer 2024, I talked with my 94-year old neighbor Charlie Layne about growing up in Lynchburg in the 1930s and 40s, serving in the Navy, working in the family printing business, falling in...
Episode #31
<p>In this episode, I get a chance to sit down with my dear friend Daryl Calfee to discuss his newly released book "Let's Skip the Bull: Lessons from Dad After Your Mom Died" and talk about life, death, grief...
Episode #30
<p>In this episode, I sit down with 92-year-old Noland Skinner on his front porch on the Fourth of July to hear about what it was like in the old days, growing up in a country store during the Depression, boxing on Navy...
Episode #29
<p>In this episode, we have a special guest appearance from the Farmer of Mimosa Hill to talk funeral flowers before we hear the story of The Last Round, which was first told fifteen years ago at my father's funeral. A...
Episode #28
<p>The story of how two boys born 50 years apart became dear friends. This story was told live at the HopeX storytelling event at the Academy Center of the Arts in downtown Lynchburg in March 2024. Find out more about...
Episode #27
<p>In this conversation with Laura Hamilton, we learn what it was like growing up as a city manager's kid, how she got from Nebraska to Virginia, her public policy work in the Clinton administration right out of...
Episode #26
<p>"Library history is community history." </p><p>In this conversation with Deb Smith, we learn about her work as executive director of the Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia, take a deep dive into the...
Episode #25
<p>In this conversation with Beau Wright, we talk about his experience on Lynchburg City Council, how he thinks through the challenges facing Lynchburg, where he sees opportunities, why he is running again for an...
Episode #24
<p>In this episode, I sit down with Shelley Blades, the farm manager and executive director of Lynchburg Grows, to hear the story of their farm and the work that they do. Lynchburg Grows has taken an abandoned...
Episode #23
<p>"The best stories are the truth. The best stories are accounts of what really happened. There's no better setup or crescendo than what really happened." - Walter Virgil Jr. on the power of honesty and authenticity in...
Episode #22
<p>In this episode, I sit down with former Lynchburg city manager Kim Payne to talk about his early childhood years growing up here, his life in local government, downtown revitalization, what makes a good city council...
Episode #21
<p>Born in 1938, Aubrey "Chub" Barbour has lived in the Tinbridge Hill neighborhood his entire life. In this conversation, Mr. Barbour shares about the rich history of his neighborhood, what it was like to grow up on...
Episode #20
<p>In 1948, J.P. Vaughan and the rest of the Lynchburg Mighty Mites sandlot football team headed to Philadelphia to play in the Pop Warner National Championship. Some players remembered seeing a film crew at the game...
Episode #19
<p>In this conversation, John Abell, Professor of Economics at Randolph College, teaches us about the history of redlining in Lynchburg. John also shares with us about his career in academia and how his Randolph...
Episode #18
<p>In this conversation with Reid Wodicka, the Deputy City Manager for the City of Lynchburg, we discuss how a class at E.C. Glass High School sparked Reid's career in local government, what a typical day is like at...
Episode #17
<p>Baseball has been put on hold for a little while at every level from Little League to the Majors. This episode is a love letter to baseball and a deep dive into Minor League baseball right here in Lynchburg...
Episode #16
<p>In my conversation with Rodney Ferguson, we talk about growing up in downtown Lynchburg in the 1950s and 60s, the closing of the pools in the Summer of 1961 and swimming in the first integrated pool at Camp...
Episode #15
<p>As everyone in the Lynchburg Neighborhood adjust to a new normal, we wanted to check in with all of you from here at Mimosa Hill.</p><p>If you enjoyed this episode, want to connect, or have a good story to share...
Episode #14
<p>Anne Spencer was a Harlem Renaissance poet who lived right here in Lynchburg, Virginia at 1313 Pierce Street from 1903 to 1975. In that home, Anne raised a family, tended a garden, wrote poetry on the walls and in...
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