Richmond Beaches, Blues & Buried Ooze (Texas Beach, Blues Armory & the Shockoe sewer) — Unscripted #066

Want to attend a Vera House live podcast stream? Join the wait list here: https://verahouse.myflodesk.com/g494hn4meh Vera Creative Club Merchandise: https://verahouse.co Subscribe to the podcast: https://verahouse.buzzsprout.com/follow Follow us: https://instagram.com/verahouse.co Hosted by Myke Metzger & Perri Young: https://instagram.com/mykemetzger https://instagram.com/planetperri In this episode of Vera House Unscripted, Myke and Perri cover the Texas Beach bridge reopening, the hidden history of Blues Armory, and Shockoe Creek, the buried waterway tied to Richmond’s sewer overflow problem. The conversation starts with records, speakers and cymatics before drifting into theories about sound, ancient construction and Kailasa Temple. From there, they come back to Richmond and the Texas Beach bridge, which is open again after being closed since 2022. Final work may still cause short closures, but Richmonders can once again reach that stretch of the James by land. Then Myke shows Perri a video of a Richmond man drinking an entire bottle of James River water. That leads to the creek running under downtown, the history behind the name Shockoe, and the combined sewer system that can overflow into the James during heavy rain. They also revisit Sixth Street Marketplace and the castle-like Blues Armory that still stands downtown. The episode closes with Perri’s upcoming trip through Istanbul, Kazakhstan, Dubai and Paris, Richmond’s pedestrian safety plan, the RVA Big Market move to Midtown Green, the demolition of the old Subway at Broad and Boulevard. Topics include Texas Beach, North Bank Trail, cymatics, Kailasa Temple, Shockoe Creek, Shockoe Bottom, Richmond's combined sewer system, the James River, Blues Armory, Sixth Street Marketplace, Richmond Light Infantry Blues, Midtown Green, RVA Big Market, and Richmond pedestrian safety. Quick interjection to invite you to Vera House Studios. If you are a local Richmond business, entrepreneur, brand owner, or service provider, and you know you need better content to get your products and services in front of the right people, we can help. Get more info about our studio here: https://verahouse.co This podcast is produced by Vera House, a creative club and premium media studio based in Richmond, Virginia. Our studio exists to champion local brands, creative expression, RVA culture, and produce high-impact content for founders, makers, and modern businesses. Quick interjection to invite you to Vera House Studios. If you are a local Richmond business, entrepreneur, brand owner, or service provider—and you know you need to create better content to get your products and services in front of the right people—we can help. Support the show Get more info about our studio here. This podcast is produced by Vera House — a creative club and premium media studio based in Richmond, Virginia. Our studio exists to champion local brands, creative expression, rva culture, and produce high-impact content for founders, makers, and modern businesses. Follow the movement: instagram.com/verahouse.co youtube.com/@verahousepod verahouse.co Hosted by Myke Metzger & Perri Young: instagram.com/mykemetzger instagram.com/planetperri