The Broadside
By WUNC News
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Each week, host Anisa Khalifa tells one story from our home in North Carolina, at the crossroads of the South. From news to arts and culture, WUNC News’ “The Broadside” dives into issues that might not make the front page, but deserve a closer look. Along the way, we explore the nuances of our home — and how what happens here ripples across the country. Find new episodes of “The Broadside” every Thursday.
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Why it's so hard to find a good couch
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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A Nation Unraveled: Clothing in the Civil War
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Mar 26, 2026 |
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The Secret Game
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Mar 19, 2026 |
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The uncertain future of disaster relief
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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The Dare Stones and America’s oldest mystery
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Mar 05, 2026 |
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The academic freedom fight has entered the classroom
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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The forgotten heroes of Pea Island
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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Was the first rapper from North Carolina?
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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Southern snowboarders are changing the sport
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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Our hidden Space Race history
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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Southern Culture on the Fizz
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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The Battle of Hayes Pond
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Jan 15, 2026 |
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The hype behind the world’s largest gas station
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Jan 08, 2026 |
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Tony Hawk and the skateboard rabbit hole
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Jan 01, 2026 |
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Our Common Nature: Mountains and Forgotten Family with Yo-Yo Ma
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Dec 25, 2025 |
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100th Episode Special: There are no small stories
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Dec 18, 2025 |
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How mini golf spread from one man’s lawn to the world
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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Exploring our supermarket in the woods
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Dec 04, 2025 |
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Due South: Teaching the teachers about Native American history
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Nov 27, 2025 |
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The curious case of George Masa
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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Where have all the Black farmers gone?
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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The mushy guts and glory of giant pumpkins
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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Why our energy crisis runs through a gas pipeline
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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How the synthesizer became Southern
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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Southern hockey is thriving against all odds
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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The Latino South
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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Cherokee footpaths of the Appalachian Trail
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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A healthcare storm is coming
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Sep 25, 2025 |
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The rock that runs the world
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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Bonus episode: Who gets to play country music in America?
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Sep 17, 2025 |
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Who gets to play the banjo in America?
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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The Belichick effect and the money-sucking machine of college football
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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Pride, Prejudice and North Carolina
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Aug 28, 2025 |
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The innocence experiment
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Aug 21, 2025 |
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The race to save the Cherokee language
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Aug 14, 2025 |
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The Southern town that sparked a BMX revival
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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How beach music taught Southerners to 'dance sexy'
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Jul 31, 2025 |
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Where the Devil is in the dirt
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Jul 24, 2025 |
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Changing the narrative on Native nations
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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The mill and the man who changed the world
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Jul 10, 2025 |
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The other Declaration of Independence
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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Appalachia’s crypto boom and bust
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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A return to Midway Plantation
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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America's favorite bloodthirsty plant
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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The hunt for a million dollar fish
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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Can we save the red wolf (again)?
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May 29, 2025 |
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Pokémon is more than just a card game
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May 22, 2025 |
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The fight for free speech at public universities
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May 15, 2025 |
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The mystery of the Big Hole
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May 08, 2025 |
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The Kingdom of the Happy Land
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May 01, 2025 |
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What exactly is a Southern home?
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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Why cola became king (Revisited)
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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The wild world of Civil War reenactment
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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Everyone hates the DMV
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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The modern Graveyard of the Atlantic
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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Quarterback of the rising sun
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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Public schools’ big enrollment problem
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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The fight over fluoride
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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The road to rebuilding after Helene
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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Hell froze over: Southern hockey is thriving
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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The hunt for a long-lost musical masterpiece (Revisited)
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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Who gets to be Native in America
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Feb 06, 2025 |
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Election season is over… right?
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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How North Carolina became Japan's favorite state
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Jan 23, 2025 |
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Segregation academies and a forgotten migration
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Jan 16, 2025 |
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The gambling gold rush is here
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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That time we almost destroyed the world
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Jan 02, 2025 |
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The ballad and the flood
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Dec 26, 2024 |
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Deck your halls with Rauch balls
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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Tony Hawk and the skateboard rabbit hole
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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Can we save Christmas (trees)?
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Dec 05, 2024 |
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The mystery of the Brown Mountain lights
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Nov 28, 2024 |
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Storytelling's surprising digital age revival
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Nov 21, 2024 |
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The world's biggest video game is from North Carolina
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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A Day in the Life: The artist
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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The weirdest and wildest political stories
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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Why it's so hard to find a good couch
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Oct 24, 2024 |
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Bonus episode: Let's go to the fair!
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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Is it becoming too hot to work?
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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Hurricanes, helicopters and how we help
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Oct 10, 2024 |
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The art and alarming science of political ads
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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The gravestone grudge that changed cemetery law
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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The Latino South
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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How y'all conquered the world (Revisited)
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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Is this the death of DEI?
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Sep 05, 2024 |
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The new Southern Hollywood
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Aug 29, 2024 |
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How the Greensboro Six changed golf forever
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Aug 22, 2024 |
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What happens after a hate crime
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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Pro wrestling climbs back to the top rope
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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Love found while ‘chasing the light’
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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How beach music taught Southerners to 'dance sexy'
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Jul 25, 2024 |
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Bigfoot is from North Carolina
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Jul 18, 2024 |
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Can we bring red wolves back from the brink (again)?
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Jul 11, 2024 |
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The other Declaration of Independence
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Jul 04, 2024 |
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The surprising cricket capital of the South
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Jun 27, 2024 |
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The science behind saving an island
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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Craft beer’s emerging Southern flavor (Revisited)
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Jun 13, 2024 |
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Charlotte the stingray's tangled web
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Jun 06, 2024 |
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The hunt for a long-lost musical masterpiece
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May 30, 2024 |
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Billy Graham’s statue and the legacy of ‘America’s Pastor’
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May 23, 2024 |
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NASCAR's racing simulator revolution (Revisited)
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May 16, 2024 |
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Our trash lives next to this community
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May 09, 2024 |
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How many dollar stores are too many? (Revisited)
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May 02, 2024 |
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Zombie deer and our looming conservation crisis
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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Can we save the banana from extinction?
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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Breaking Southern baseball's color barrier
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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The toxic spill that left a legacy of change
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Apr 04, 2024 |
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Teachers challenge the nation's toughest union ban
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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Women's basketball is having its moment
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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Tornado Alley is moving to the South
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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Why cola became king
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Mar 07, 2024 |
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Robert F. Williams' bold history lesson
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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Purple, teal and the rise of basketball fashion
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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More power poles, more problems
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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Craft beer’s emerging Southern flavor
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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How one business built Black Wall Street
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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NASCAR's racing simulator revolution
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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Place, Erased: Environmental ghost towns
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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EVs are reshaping the South one small town at a time
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Jan 11, 2024 |
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The remarkable story of daredevil Tiny Broadwick
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Jan 04, 2024 |
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Featuring: Embodied - How fandoms build community
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Dec 28, 2023 |
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The kids are alright: NPR Student Podcast Challenge finalist
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Dec 21, 2023 |
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Recovering from long Covid could be a long journey
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Dec 14, 2023 |
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Millions across the South can’t trust their tap water
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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One state could be a test case for tackling the opioid crisis
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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Featuring: North Carolina pottery from clay to kiln
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Nov 23, 2023 |
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The process to return Native American remains is broken
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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My next-door neighbor is a weapon of mass destruction
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Nov 09, 2023 |
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The takeover of The Robesonian
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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How many dollar stores are too many?
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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What it takes to make music in prison
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Oct 19, 2023 |
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Asian American Studies has arrived
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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A look inside America’s climate data bunker
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Oct 05, 2023 |
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How y'all conquered the world
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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Introducing: The Broadside
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Sep 14, 2023 |