What's Ahead

This page is the schedule for the regular features and seasonal specials on Reason with a View. When something gets set, it shows up here.

Sky Watch — this season (Fall 2026)

Our seasonal guide: Look Up: Virginia's Night Sky Between Now and New Year's. Still to come this fall:

  • Oct 26 — The Hunter's Moon peaks (best viewing the evening of Oct 25 at moonrise) — its own post here
  • Nov 4–5 — Southern Taurid meteors: few, but famous for fireballs
  • Nov 11–12 — Northern Taurids, near a new moon — dark skies
  • Nov 14–16 — Jupiter and Mars meet in the eastern sky before dawn, just over a degree apart
  • Nov 16–17 — Leonid meteors after midnight
  • Nov 24 — The Beaver Moon, a supermoon
  • Dec 13–14 — The Geminids: the strongest meteor shower of the year, and the moon sets early. The one night to circle.
  • Dec 21 — The winter solstice: the longest night of the year
  • Dec 23 — The Cold Moon, a supermoon to close out the year

Seasonal specials

Countdown to Halloween — five haunted Virginia places, one each evening at 8 PM, Oct 27–31.

Behind the Track: Christmas Countdown by the Decades — my top 10 Christmas songs from each decade of my life, Tuesdays at 8 AM: the 1970s on Nov 24, the 1980s on Dec 1, the 1990s on Dec 8, the 2000s on Dec 15, and the 2010s finale on Dec 22.

Eccentrics of History — Saturdays at 8 AM: Nikola Tesla (Nov 7), Alan Turing (Nov 14), Henry Cavendish (Nov 21), Emily Dickinson (Dec 5), Srinivasa Ramanujan (Dec 12), Kurt Gödel (Dec 19), Vincent van Gogh (Jan 9), Grigori Perelman (Jan 16), Isaac Newton (Jan 23), and Leonardo da Vinci (Jan 30).

Thanksgiving Around the World

A six-part series tracing harvest thanksgiving across every inhabited continent — proof the gratitude came long before the holiday, and belongs to everyone. Part 1: Africa, Wed Nov 4 · Part 2: Asia, Fri Nov 6 · Part 3: Europe, Wed Nov 11 · Part 4: South America, Fri Nov 13 · Part 5: Australia & Oceania, Wed Nov 18 · Finale: North America, Thanksgiving Day, Thu Nov 26.

Sky Watch — the year ahead

A new guide at the start of every season, each one published a few days before its season begins:

  • Winter — Friday, Dec 18, 2026 (for the season Dec 21–Mar 20)
  • Spring — Wednesday, Mar 17, 2027
  • Summer — Friday, Jun 18, 2027
  • Fall — Friday, Sep 17, 2027

Winter preview — what's already on the calendar: the Quadrantid meteors (night of Jan 3–4), the Wolf Moon supermoon, closest full moon of 2027 (Jan 22), Jupiter at opposition (Feb 10), Mars at opposition (Feb 19 — it won't be this good again until 2029), a lunar eclipse riding the Snow Moon at moonrise (Feb 20), and the first day of spring (Mar 20).

Election Day Series

A short series for the week of the vote — where elections came from, the neighbors who run ours, and the results as they come in. Part 1, "The Longest Line in History," posts Wednesday, October 28 at noon. On election night, watch the official numbers come in for our corner of Virginia on the live results page.

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