Final Another View Roundtable for 2025

WHRO | By Barry Graham

Published December 12, 2025 at 2:36 PM EST

Norfolk City Treasurer Daun Hester, Another View Host Barbara Hamm Lee, Author and Leadership Consultant Alvean Lyons, and Another View Producer Lisa Godley in the WHRV studio for the final 2025 Roundtable

Another View host Barbara Hamm Lee welcomed Norfolk City Treasurer Daun Hester and Author and Leadership Consultant Alvean Lyons for the final Another View roundtable for 2025 ( Missing regular pundits Gaylene Kanoyton and Allison Moore- who will be back with the show in 2026). Looking back on 2025- what a year it was! From the inauguration of President Donald Trump who eliminated diversity, equity, and inclusion programs to rising costs of utilities, food, and healthcare insurance-to a historic government shutdown. The pundits look back over the year and look forward to 2026. This and all Another View episodes can be heard on-demand on the show's program page.

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Barry Graham used to arrive at WHRO with a briefcase full of papers and lesson plans. For 32 years he taught US and Virginia Government in the Virginia Beach Public Schools. While teaching was always his first love, radio was a close second. While attending Old Dominion, Barry was program director at WODU, the college radio station. After graduating, he came to WHRO as an overnight announcer. Originally intending to stay on only while completing graduate school, he was soon hooked on Public Radio and today is the senior announcer on WHRV. In 2001, Barry earned his Ph.D in Urban Studies by writing a history of WHRO and analyzing its impact upon local education, policy and cultural arts organizations.

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