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On the North Carolina News Roundup… Local reaction to the Trump verdict. An update on the state budget, and why it was a quiet week at the legislature. A settlement has monumental implications for the future of college athletics. Rising sea levels on the Outer Banks pull another home into the ocean. Plus, an update on Duke softball’s first game in the Women’s College World Series. Jeff Tiberii and...

As NC Democrats convene state convention, a look at their strategy for the November election Last week we talked about the North Carolina GOP convention. This weekend, the Democratic party takes their turn. We’ll talk with a political scientist about the Democrats' strategy going into the November election. Guest Michael Bitzer, Ph. D. , Politics Department Chair, Professor of Politics and History...

House Bill 10 will require NC sheriff officials to cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). We'll discuss the potential implications and impact with Aaron Sanchez-Guerra , WUNC's race, class and communities reporter. The WakeMed Mothers’ Milk Bank in Cary is one of only 33 nonprofit human milk banks in North America and the only one in the state of North Carolina. We speak with th...

The story of the Lost Colony of Roanoke has captured the imaginations of North Carolinians for centuries. And what actually happened to those colonists remains a mystery, despite so many efforts to uncover the truth.  Co-host Leoneda Inge talks with East Carolina University Professor of Anthropology Charles Ewen about what is known, and not yet known, about the Lost Colony. He's co-authored a fort...

A restaurant server turned organizer in Asheville and a chef/owner in Charlotte get candid with co-hosts Leoneda Inge and Jeff Tiberii about how life in the restaurant industry has, and has not, changed since the pandemic, and about their efforts to advocate for better pay.

Co-host Jeff Tiberii chats with a panel of reporters about the week's news in North Carolina. Guests: Colin Campbell, Capitol Bureau Chief, WUNC; Bryan Anderson , freelance reporter, “Anderson Alerts” newsletter; Danielle Battaglia, Capitol Hill Correspondent, The News & Observer/The Charlotte Observer/McClatchy; Aaron Thomas , WRAL reporter; Richard Stradling , transportation reporter, The Ne...

Today the North Carolina Republican Party convenes its state convention in Greensboro. We'll get a preview and discuss the basics of state party conventions. And: In 1976, North Carolina was the turning point for Ronald Reagan’s GOP primary campaign. It set the stage for his eventual election to President, and his effort to reshape the party are a defining characteristic of our current political l...

The new book Red Dead's History: A Video Game, an Obsession, and America's Violent Past is about “the most-played digital renditions of American history since The Oregon Trail .”  Guests - Tore C. Olsson is an Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Studies for American History at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, and the author of a book coming out in August 2024 – Red Dead's History: A...

Investigative journalist Barry Yeoman talks about his coverage of the 2024 United Methodist Church General Assembly and musician Tom Maxwell chats about his new book, A Really Strange and Wonderful Time: The Chapel Hill Music Scene, 1989-1999 .

On the road for the South’s best gas station food Forget Gatorade and a bag of chips – the American South is home to a more advanced style of gas station cuisine. Photographer Kate Medley knew this growing up in Mississippi, but what she didn’t know until she left was how unique and integral the restaurants and eateries at places you can also buy gas were to life in the South. Kate Medley, freelan...

Our panel of reporters break down the latest state and regional news with co-host Jeff Tiberii. Guests Ben Tobin , Greater Triangle Reporter, Triangle Business Journal Dawn Vaughan , Capitol Bureau Chief, The News & Observer Laura Leslie , Capitol Bureau Chief, WRAL Reuben Jones , Washington Reporter covering North Carolina, Spectrum News

When it comes to child care, the numbers just don't seem to add up: parents struggle to pay increasing child care tuition costs, child care workers often earn less than a living wage, and child care center owners often can't even afford to pay themselves. North Carolina's child care industry will face another challenge at the end of June -- that's when federal funds intended to stabilize the indus...

HBCU 101, Due South's series on historically Black colleges and universities, continues as co-host Leoneda Inge chats with graduates of St. Augustine's University, Morehouse and NCCU School of Law about their experiences. 

Dr. Damon Tweedy discusses his choice to enter the field of psychiatry, despite its stigma within the medical industry. He sits down with co-host Leoneda Inge to discuss his new book, Facing the Unseen: The Struggle to Center Mental Health in Medicine .

North Carolina’s private school voucher program began over a decade ago to offer low-income families an alternative to low-performing public schools. The Opportunity Scholarship program has expanded in recent years — now there is no income requirement to qualify and tens of thousands of moderate to higher-income applicants are waiting to hear if they'll get scholarships as well. As a massive expan...

State lawmakers seek to define antisemitism. The legal fight over Voter ID returns to federal court. An investigation of mental health facilities finds allegations of abuse, patient over-medication, and a general lack of care.  Plus, updates on private school vouchers, demonstrations in Chapel Hill, a notable group speaks out against new proposed water quality standards. And we've got another prim...

A research study tracks women's pathways to motherhood; family therapist Dr. Kristen Wynns offers advice for navigating difficult feelings about Mother's Day; a look at the life and career of Brevard, NC native Moms Mabley

From Texas, to New York City, to Chapel Hill, students protesting university and U.S. support of Israel during its ongoing military effort in Gaza are being arrested, suspended and threatened with expulsion.  A conversation about the line between protected free speech, unwelcoming speech, and unacceptable disruption to campus life, and who gets to decide what is allowed. Guests: -Sarah Brown, News...

Doctors, researchers, and students at Duke University are developing an oral history archive to shed light on the stories of abortion patients and providers impacted by the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision and North Carolina’s 12-week ban. In part one of this conversation, co-host Leoneda Inge talks with three doctors about why they're contributing to this audio archive, which captures reproduc...

Part One: NASA Astronaut Christina Koch We're lifting off today with Astronaut Christina Koch. She grew up here, graduated from the North Carolina School of Science and Math, then NC State, and today works for NASA. Koch has spent more than 300 days at the International Space Station and is readying for a lunar mission. Christina Koch talks training, outer space food, and common questions she gets...

Co-host Jeff Tiberii checks in with a roundtable of reporters on college protests at UNC Chapel Hill; law enforcement tragedy in Charlotte and updates on primary elections and school vouchers.

The podcast Scene on Radio recently launched its sixth season, “Echoes of a Coup,” right on the heels of the anniversary of the Jan 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, which many call an "attempted coup." The podcast explores the history behind what is widely considered the only successful coup d’état in United States history. In Wilmington, North Carolina in 1898, white supremacists massacred Bla...

As college students wrap up their classes for the semester, pro-Palestinian demonstrations have sprung up on campuses across the country, dominating headlines and the public discourse. In Chapel Hill, 36 protesters at UNC were detained when they refused to leave a tent encampment on school grounds. Confrontations intensified Tuesday when demonstrators pulled down an American flag from a campus fla...

Children of immigrants are often asked to interpret for their parents, a task that can get particularly complicated in health care settings. For members of North Carolina’s Hmong community, there may be additional complications. As WUNC’s Eli Chen and WFAE’s Layna Hong write in their recent report about aging Hmong immigrants seeking health care in North Carolina, “[m]any English terms don’t exist...

Politicians, parents and pundits have lots of opinions about how to solve mental health problems affecting nearly every campus. In this conversation, students themselves share their perspective of what they and their classmates are facing. These students work at the nine college newspapers in North Carolina partnered together to create The Mental Health Collaborative, a series of stories about cam...