The Charlotte Podcast

This week we were joined by Charlotte Media icon Stuart Watson who recapped his career highlights and talked about his new project, Man Listening.   Miller and John also shared what they look for in local places to patronize during quarantine, and there is a halfhearted woo.

We were joined by the incredible Supportive guy to run through our favorite music, movies, TV, food, games, book and "other" during quarantine. Jokes were made. Laughs were had.

This week we talk with historian, data guy, and friend of the pod Chuck McShane and go deep on his question “what were the most impactful events in Charlotte since 2005”. Topics included the usual suspects like the DNC, financial crisis, and HB2 but also a few surprises. John also details how he will celebrate the opening of the Hawthorne Street Bridge.

We were joined by our friends at Hue House to learn more about the launch of their agency, the introduction of The Block and the importance of listening to Black voices. 

We have been profoundly moved by the death of George Floyd while in police custody and are interested in channeling our frustration and anger into a better way forward as a society and city. To broaden our understanding of what policy changes could be possible, we spoke this week with Robert Dawkins of Action NC and SAFE Coalition NC. Robert has been advocating for police and criminal justice refo...

This week John and Miller talked about ten of Charlotte’s Craziest Sports Facts. We covered everything from daredevils to great uniforms to the controversial happenings of a Banana Joe’s bathroom.   We were also joined by a surprise guest to share some details on an upcoming event.

We're excited to share John and Miller's definitive list of who has priority on Charlotte's greenways and streets when approaching each other. We also hop into the history of the Meck Dec again.

This week we had the pleasure of talking with Tony from Enderly Coffee about his journey to Charlotte, starting a thriving coffee empire, and maybe we touch on what the future could look like for his business.   We also revisit the Mecklenburg Investment Company story as Johns article about it is in the June issue of Charlotte Magazine, and we end with some words of support from the one and only S...

Many people are calling this week’s episode the FOOTBAW MEGAPOD as features both Jourdan Rodrigue (5:15) of The Athletic and Charlotte 49ers Head Football Coach Will Healy (30:08). We talk NFL draft and doing their jobs in the Age of Quar with both, and we enjoy some football themed history with a discussion of the movie Leatherheads. We end as we always do with some Supportive Words from Supporti...

We were joined by Katie Peralta of the Charlotte Agenda to discuss her career, what life is like for a reporter during the Corona Virus and why Rudy is a bad movie. We also learned the history of a neighborhood John can’t pronounce and were supported by our BFFL Supportive Guy.

Still under quarantine, the guys discussed what they're now grateful for and how they are still trying to stay as Charlotte as possible. They also discussed a very revealing document about the Brooklyn redevelopment. http://digitalcollections.uncc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p16033coll21/id/2693/rec/17

Today we celebrated a milestone: our 200th episode! We shared our favorite memories over the past ~120 hours of #content, discussed some of our Hopes and Dreams for the future of the show, and we did it all under the shroud of a global pandemic that threatens our way of life! We closed with some kind (?) words of congratulations on 200 episodes from friends of the show. Thanks to everyone who has...

We were joined remotely by Ben Boswell, Senior Minister at Myers Park Baptist, to discuss the church's recent rebrand and how the faith community is reacting to the Corona Virus. We also learned about the 1918 Flu Pandemic at Camp Greene and were supported by Supportive Guy.

We were joined by Tony of the Map Shop to learn more about this Charlotte landmark, what its future holds and to take a 5th grade geography quiz. We also learned Charlotte's history with the Freedom Riders and were supported (as always) by Supportive Guy.

This week the boys were joined by Angel Johnston and Adria Focht from the Charlotte Museum of History and learned all about the museum’s mission and our favorite Charlotte history highlights. Our history segment this week closed out our series of the Fusion movement with The Wilmington White Supremacist Insurrection of 1898 As always we would be #humbled and #flattered by your vote for Charlotte M...

This week we were joined by Dalton and Miriam Espaillat from Sabor to hear their incredible story of building a Charlotte restaurant empire and their exciting workforce development work. We also discuss the white supremacist backlash to the Fusion movement in 1898.

We sat down and discussed what we're looking forward to this spring, learned more Fusion Politics history and embarrassed our producer, Nata, quite a bit. 

On this episode, we learned more about the mission and programs of The Humane Society of Charlotte from its President and CEO Shelly Moore. Miller also correctly predicts the Clemson score, John teaches us about Fusion politics and Nata woos.

This episode we were joined by Bruce Hensley to learn more about Queens Feast: Charlotte’s Restaurant Week, learned about FUSION politics and were supported, as always, by Supportive Guy.

This week the boys talk MLS coming to Charlotte, spend some time with the amazing Camp Blue Skies, learn the history of the Billy Graham Library, and get a special holiday message from Supportive Guy.

The boys wonder if they can quit after 200 episodes (probably not), they discuss Charlotte's ties to Christmas, debate if Miller is from Booger Mountain and Supportive Guy tries some history.

This week we drafted Thanksgiving dishes, had a fascinating conversion with the founders of the Hue House (a creative agency building bridges between creatives of color and Charlotte’s cultural and government institutions), learned the origin stories of a few charlotte roads, and received some Thanksgiving tips from Supportive Guy

If you make it through the random Ryan Gosling, Turkey vs. Ham and Holiday discussions you will be treated to a wonderful conversation with Bruce Bleiman of Giving Tree Realty about their Toys for Our Troops campaign. Also, please enjoy some hot, fresh history and an all-timer by Supportive Guy.

We sat down with Tony Mecia of the Charlotte Ledger to learn more about his career, how he approaches Charlotte business news, the funniest Charlotte story of the year and the opening of the Hooters in Gastonia.