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Podcast: AFP editor Chris Graham talks jobs report, Virginia politics on WREL-1450

Published date: May 8, 2015 | 3:55 pm

Updated: May 20, 2025 | 3:58 pm

Augusta Free Press editor Chris Graham joins host Jim Bresnahan on WREL-1450 in Lexington, Va., for their weekly news, business and politics segment. This week’s focus is the latest jobs report that shows the economy growing in April, the latest on the 2016 presidential race and a quick preview of the busy weekend in sports.

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Chris Graham is the founder and editor of Augusta Free Press. A 1994 alum of the University of Virginia, Chris is the author and co-author of seven books, including Poverty of Imagination, a memoir published in 2019. For his commentaries on news, sports and politics, go to his YouTube page, TikTok, BlueSky, or subscribe to Substack or his Street Knowledge podcast. Email Chris at [email protected].

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