Podcast Raleigh

Lisa Yebuah is the pastor at the Southeast Raleigh Table, a campus of Edenton Street United Methodist Church that currently resides in the Milner Presbyterian Church building on New Bern Avenue near Longview shopping center. She is an advocate for her neighborhood in Southeast Raleigh, a huge Dallas Cowboys fan and, as someone who grew up "culturally homeless"--as she describes it--she s...

People might raise an eyebrow to learn Emily Sexton went from a career that included lavish dinners on her employer's expense account to running a fashion business from a truck, but around age 30 she knew she wanted to make a change, both in her work and in the world. And, thus, The Flourish Market was born. Sexton now runs The Flourish Market out of a space in the Warehouse District downtown...

Is Raleigh a good city for music? It's one of the questions we asked Nathan Price, director of the Hopscotch Music Festival coming up September 5th-7th in downtown Raleigh. If the answer is "yes" (spoiler alert: he thinks it is) then there's no doubt that Hopscotch is one of the big reasons. We talked to Nathan about how he went from working in real estate to booking bands for...

After failing at her first try at being an entrepreneur--a paint company that was more an excuse to stay in North Carolina during a summer in college--Brooks Bell has succeeded in seemingly everything else she has done, from catching AOL's attention in the early days of internet marketing to founding her own company, Brooks Bell, as well as starting HQ Raleigh and ThinkRaleigh. Now she has a...

After stumbling into potential ownership of the former Boylan Bridge Brewpub space, and after trying to talk themselves out of it, and after talking to friends and family with an eye for restaurants, and after going through a thousand possible names....Sara Abernethy and Chris Borreson found themselves opening Wye Hill Kitchen & Brewing in the summer of 2019. We talked to the married couple ab...

Pat Price may never break a 4-minute mile, but as one of the people who helped create and put on the annual Sir Walter Miler , he's aided a lot of other runners in accomplishing that goal (and the 4:30 barrier for females) and made it possible for a lot more fast miles to be run on North Carolina soil than ever before. This year's event is Friday, August 2nd and as usual it will feature...

Growing up, Lindsey Lughes--a cisgender, queer woman--had no knowledge of any LGBTQ+ groups or activity in Raleigh. She never thought she could exist honestly and openly as an LGBTQ+ person in Raleigh. Now, a few decades and several progressive steps later, she is the executive director of the LBGT Center of Raleigh. We talked to Lindsey about what the LGBT Center does, Raleigh's first Pride...

While some people who grew up in different places say they don't quite fit in anywhere, Charlie Ibarra takes an opposite approach: he kind of fits in everywhere. He doesn't feel like he's 1/3 Mexican, 1/3 Californian and 1/3 North Carolinian...he's 100% Mexican AND 100% Californian AND 100% North Carolinian. And now as the creative director of Jose and Sons and Cortez (and foun...

Danya Perry has some great stories about his aspirations as a juggler and why he thought William "Refrigerator" Perry was his uncle. But much more importantly, he's doing great work as the Equitable Economic Development Manager in Wake County, helping people and businesses across the board to take part in the growth this area is experiencing. He has done and continues to do a lot of...

Businesswoman, artist, mother, Janis Joplin fan...and the 4th executive director in NC Theatre 's 32-year history. All of these things describe Elizabeth Doran, though it's clear she wouldn't want to be defined by one singular term. She is on a mission to deliver the kind of theatre that Raleigh wants and needs, and she's devoted a lot of time and a lot of her life to figuring...

Three years ago Steve Malik made bold statements about a downtown soccer stadium and bringing MLS to Raleigh. This time around the location is different, the message is tweaked a little, and the latest plans and drawings are about much more than a soccer stadium. We were fortunate to sit down with Malik, the NCFC owner and chairman, as he was officially announcing plans for Downtown South , a new...

If you have kids and are listening to this podcast, there's a good chance you've taken them to Marbles Kids Museum in downtown Raleigh, a shining success story after its predecessors, Exploris and Playspace, merged to form what is now Marbles. And no one knows the story of Marbles better than Sally Edwards, the only director Marbles has ever known. Sally's passion for kids and play...

The only thing that might have made a conversation with Niall Hanley more perfect is if we had held it in one of his bars after closing time. And we would have had a lot of bars/restaurants to choose from. The native Irishman turned Raleighite (by way of Boston and, briefly, Durham) was one of the first on the scene in what was then the "new" Glenwood South, and continues to have a stron...

Runner, husband, father, beer-lover, City of Oaks native, downtown Raleigh advocate, anti-gerrymanderer, real estate mogul, former Mayor's son, problem solver.......David Meeker wears a lot of hats, so many it can sometimes be tricky to figure out EXACTLY what he does. We tried, starting with what it was like to be in high school when his dad was elected mayor of Raleigh and moving through hi...

The west side of downtown Raleigh is hopping with development and nobody knows why that is better than Ryan Blair of Heritage Properties . He describes what projects his firm is currently working on, what it takes to put together smaller parcels of land to make one big project, and what makes a good building. Also, we talk about the new big (but artsy) trash cans headed to downtown Raleigh that wi...

One of the most exciting development projects in Raleigh currently is the Beacon Site off Rock Quarry Road, that will soon be home to a Wake County elementary school, a new YMCA , affordable housing, and more resources for the nearby neighborhoods. It's also the first phase of Southeast Raleigh Promise , which aims to make sure Raleigh's growth and development includes ALL of its communi...

Thorne Daubenspeck wasn't born in Raleigh, but based on the circumstances that brought him here and how his family (married a Raleigh girl) and career (runs a fun, high profle Raleigh non-profit) turned out, you would probably agree he was meant to be here. We talked to Daubenspeck about the music and entertainment industry that he cut his teeth in, how Band Together originally came about, an...

If you really press him about it, Torry Holt will admit he misses the game of football--there's not much that can replace winning a Super Bowl, entertaining packed stadiums, or out-running some of the best athletes in the world. But you wouldn't know it by looking talking to him, or looking at his schedule. Holt, along with his brother, stays busy heading up Holt Brothers Construction an...

One of the goal's of the podcast is to talk to people who will help build Raleigh's future. John Kane is doing that quite literally as his company has spearheaded some of Raleigh's biggest development projects of the past few decades, including the "recycling" (a term he prefers) of North Hills and, more recently, The Dillon and Stanhope developments near downtown Raleigh....

Maggie Kane once envisioned herself getting out of Raleigh, now she can't see herself leaving. What changed? She fell in love with the city and its people--ALL of its people. And that's who she serves at her pay what you can restaurant, A Place at the Table . We talked to Kane about the restaurants successes and challenges, including the details of an upcoming expansion (or as she calls...

On Thursday, April 25th Dr. Paulette Dillard will be officially inaugurated as the 18th President of Shaw University, even though she's been leading the school in that role for over a year. We spoke to Dr. Dillard about what led her to a career in science and academia, and what brought her to Raleigh specifically. We also discussed Shaw's future and how it is linked with the growth and c...

How do you get to work every day? Or to downtown events on a Saturday or church on Sunday? Jeff Mann of GoTriangle helps coordinate a complex web of transportation systems that serve Raleigh and the Triangle. We talk about what's coming soon from GoTriangle, how they plan for the future and react to new technology, and what options you may be missing out on that might make your travel around...

It's Podcast Raleigh! What is Podcast Raleigh? Well, for now, it's two people from Raleigh (Ashton and Hayes) talking about Raleigh with people who know what's going on in Raleigh. The format, the length, the content are ALL subject to change as we grow this thing, and we'd love your feedback on what you find informative and entertaining. In our debut episode, we are honored to...