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We take a look at Gray Area Drinking and how having a glass of wine every night to escape stress could lead to bigger problems. Then we visit with Miss America, Camille Schrier. She is a VCU doctoral student who breaks stereotypes and shares some challenges in her journey. We take a look at Fashion over the decades and the impacts of headlines on hemlines to designers.

Visit a private garden in Crewe with Peggy Singlemann to learn how Cynthis Wood infused native plants into an established garden. Keith Nevison catches up with Jen Naylor, a farmer whose passion for feeding her family fresh, seasonal foods led to a business based on traditional Koren cuisine. The Tip from Maymont features three plants with beautiful berries that are actually noxious weeds.

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn explore the causes and costs of addiction, poverty and incarceration plaguing America, from the inner city to small towns like Yamhill, Oregon. While pockets of empathy and aid exist, are they enough to rescue the thousands of Americans in despair, for whom the American Dream of self-reliance is impossibly out of reach?

See how one family’s pain with infant loss drove them to help other bereaved families through Kennedy’s Angel Gowns. Learn about the hardships and successes of the Asian Pacific Islander Community. A food expert shares the trends and tragedies that shaped what’s on our plates over the last 30 years.

President Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden are holding a final debate Thursday in Nashville, with Kristen Welker of NBC News moderating. After a haphazard first debate, and a canceled second one, this final debate has new rules established by the Commission on Presidential Debates.

In this final episode of Season 20 of Virginia Home Grown, Peggy Singlemann visits a private garden in Crewe to learn how Dr. Cynthia Wood is transforming her garden by infusing native plants into established traditional beds.

In the Season 30 premiere of Virginia Currents, hear the compelling stories of how ChildSavers helps children and families impacted by trauma. See how Argie went from being a rescue dog to a search dog for Powhatan Police. From solving cold cases to giving new leads, we look at how DNA’s role in criminal investigations changed drastically in 30 years.

The Senate Judiciary Committee is holding hearings on President Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Judge Amy Coney Barrett. Barrett would fill the seat left vacant with the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Watch the hearings live.

Did you know that jumping over a candle stick was a form of fortune telling and considered a sport many years ago? It was believed that the ability to jump over a candle without extinguishing the flame was a sign of good luck.