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Warm Hearts, Cold Nights

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In this week’s Tidewater Talk, Brodie and Co cozy up for a chilly Coastal Virginia evening and dive into two heartwarming community stories and a brand-new segment. We spotlight Nansemond-Suffolk Academy students who teamed up with FACT (Families of Autism Coming Together) to design and build a sensory-friendly, accessible floating fishing dock on school property—complete with community-donated life vests, poles, and a newly stocked pond. We also debut “Strange and Odd of Tidewater,” exploring a small green triangle in Ghent that hides a somber history: a mass grave from Norfolk’s 1855 yellow fever epidemic, now marked thanks to a local Girl Scout troop’s persistence.

Plus, we run through the local weather outlook (freezing nights, sun returning, and weekend warming), share listener prompts, and pass along a couple of Tidewater tips: the Virginia Aquarium’s “Survival of the Slowest” exhibit featuring sloths and other uniquely adapted creatures, and the Grand Holiday Bazaar at the Hampton Roads Convention Center with free bounce houses and photos with Santa. Send us your odd local finds or community highlights to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., and we’ll share them on the show.

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  • What is one small way you plan to help or support someone in Tidewater this month?

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From I-64 to She Crab Soup, A Very Tidewater Week

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In this week’s Tidewater Talk, Brodie and Co catch up on local happenings across Coastal Virginia, from a tragic pedestrian fatality on I‑64 and a first-hand dash-cam hit‑and‑run story, to how Virginia Beach’s upcoming Point-in-Time count works and how listeners can volunteer before registration closes December 19 for the January 29 effort. We also run through a playful, voice-acted weather update—expect cold, brief sun breaks midweek, and rain returning by Friday—and note that hurricane season ended without a U.S. landfall for the first time in a decade.

For community tips, we spotlight Chesapeake’s “Christmas Past and Present” day at Great Bridge Battlefield & Waterways Museum on December 13, plus Richmond’s 18th‑century chocolate‑making demos every Saturday in December at the Virginia Museum of History & Culture. Foodies: add Margie & Ray’s Crabhouse in Sandbridge to your list and try the classic Lowcountry-style she‑crab soup. Question of the week: What’s the most “Tidewater” thing that’s happened to you this month? Send time, talent, or treasure to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., and find more at tidewatertalk.com.

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  • What is the most Tidewater thing that has happened to you this month?
    (Weather, traffic, wildlife, neighbors, etc.)

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Solo Sail: Birthday Magic, Counterfeit Toys Bust

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In this solo-hosted episode of Tidewater Talk, Brodie recaps an unforgettable 18th-birthday celebration for his son—complete with a gentle, sensory-friendly “Happy Birthday,” a surprise Santa visit, and a community that showed up with love from near and far. He then pivots to a local headline: Port of Norfolk officials intercepted nearly $800,000 worth of counterfeit toys, sparking a call for listener insights on how these knockoffs move through the supply chain and impact the region. If you’ve got expertise or stories, send them to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Brodie also runs through the week’s weather—unseasonably warm and rainy now, cooling into Thanksgiving with clear skies to follow—and shares Tidewater tips: the Cavalier Resort’s Grand Illumination on Atlantic Avenue this Sunday at 5 PM, and the 511 Virginia site for real-time Hampton Roads traffic and cameras. Last week’s question revisited the Surfin’ Santa 5-Miler tradition, and this week’s prompt asks: what’s the first thing you do in Tidewater when the real cold hits? Thanks for riding along while Co’s on Thanksgiving break, and catch more at tidewatertalk.com.

Intro: Co has an awesome intro! Good evening, neighbors, and welcome to Tidewater Talk. Normally you get both Brodie and Co, but Co is on Thanksgiving vacation, so today it is just Brodie. Do not worry, I will try not to break anything while operating the show alone. We will run through local updates, the weather, and your Tidewater tips, and we will get through this together.

I'M BRODIE and I had a party!

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  • What’s the first thing you do in Tidewater when the real cold weather arrives?

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  • Party!!

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  • https://www.facebook.com/events/1345944283836065
  • https://511.vdot.virginia.gov/
  • Co's Outro
  • And that wraps up this week’s Tidewater Talk. Thanks for keeping me company while Co is off relaxing for Thanksgiving. I hope tonight’s talk gave you something useful or at least something to laugh about. Visit tidewatertalk.com for anything you missed. Have a great week in the 757, and we will catch you next time. Try and top that for a killer show.”
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From 200 Hot Dogs to 2,000 Guests: Tidewater’s Wildest Party Prep

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In this week’s Tidewater Talk, I kick off with party planning chaos for Brogan’s widely invited birthday bash—think 200 hot dogs, popcorn, booths, and maybe Santa and the Grinch—while we cross our fingers that the guest count lands somewhere between 20 and 2,000. We also laugh about battery‑heated sweaters, set the record straight on the “Cool Stuff” store, and confess to neglecting a Tamagotchi. Local headlines include a manatee found in Linkhorn Bay and how to report unusual wildlife sightings, plus Chesapeake’s trash pickup delays and the head‑scratching “daylight savings” explanation. We look ahead to the week’s weather (chilly with scattered rain chances) and note a calm tropical season for our area so far.

Community corner touches on acts of kindness that made our week easier, our new question about Tidewater traditions you never skip, and a heads‑up on major traffic changes around Norfolk’s Maury High School construction—use Cawley or Granby as alternates. For family fun, we spotlight the Model Train Holiday Display at MacArthur Center running through mid‑December. As always, we share Tidewater tips, invite your stories and events, and welcome your time, talent, or treasure to keep the show rolling.

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  • What’s a Tidewater tradition you never skip this time of year?

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  • The Store is called Cool Stuff not Fun Stuff
  • You can get tomagochis at Target too. They're everywhere.

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