{"podcast":{"title":"The Valley Today","slug":"the-valley-today-1144037","podcast_index_feed_id":1144037,"rss_url":"https://thevalleytoday.libsyn.com/vtrss","website_url":"http://sites.libsyn.com/344060/site","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/6/4/d/5/64d5048b9237b1b788c4a68c3ddbc4f2/The_Valley_Today_logo_radio_1400_x_1400_px.png","author":"Janet Michael","episode_count":2561,"summary":"The Valley Today is a radio show and podcast dedicated to shining a light on the vibrant community leaders and local events that make the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia truly special. Insightful conversations, engaging stories, and event details connect listeners with the heart and soul of the valley, showcasing its unique culture, initiatives, and people. Guests are recorded (mostly) in advance in local coffee shops, at local businesses, and during local events. The radio program airs just a few minutes after noon every weekday on The River 95.3 and Sports Radio 1450.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-18T02:20:38.149398+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-valley-today-1144037"},"episode":{"title":"From Peaches to Pemberley","slug":"from-peaches-to-pemberley","published_at":"2026-07-13T15:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-valley-today-1144037/from-peaches-to-pemberley","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-valley-today-1144037","url":"https://thevalleytodaypodcast.com/from-peaches-to-pemberley","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thevalleytoday/20260713VT.mp3?dest-id=2999852","summary":"A giant peach, a British farce, a Christmas at Pemberley, a Berkeley PTA vaccine debate, a war photographer's homecoming, and a nun-choir tribute to Whoopi Goldberg. On this episode of The Valley Today, host Janet Michael catches up with Tim Bambara from Winchester Little Theatre to preview the second WLT for Kids show of the summer AND the full 2026-2027 main-stage season — five main-stage productions spanning farce, Regency, contemporary satire, drama, and musical. Tim walks through the current run (James and the Giant Peach Jr. opens July 18 and runs through July 25, with weekday morning and afternoon options for the \"kids at home in the rain\" contingency), and previews the five main-stage shows opening in September: See How They Run (a WWII British farce), The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley (a Downton-Abbey-vibed sequel to Pride and Prejudice from a servants'-quarters perspective), Eureka Day (a sharp Berkeley PTA satire about a mumps outbreak), Time Stands Still (a Donald Margulies drama about a photojournalist returning from a war zone), and Sister Act the Musical to close out the season. Plus: the reserved-seat season subscription is live (five shows for $115 with your seats picked in advance), a critical PSA about the ticket-reseller scam problem (WLT has moved to receipt-only online sales — no printed or displayed tickets required) and a genuinely delightful reveal: WLT's own podcast, \"Sight Lines,\" is launching this fall, funded by a Winchester-Frederick County CVB grant, and Tim credits Janet as the inspiration. HOW TO BUY TICKETS • PRIMARY: winchesterlittletheatre.org (season subscriptions live now; single-show tickets on sale August 1) • BOX OFFICE (starting August 31, 12 days before opening night): Mondays and Wednesdays 4:00-6:00 PM, and 90 minutes bef…","meta_description":"A giant peach, a British farce, a Christmas at Pemberley, a Berkeley PTA vaccine debate, a war photographer's homecoming, and a nun-choir tribute to Whoop…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1353,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-valley-today-1144037/episodes/from-peaches-to-pemberley/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-valley-today-1144037/from-peaches-to-pemberley.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}