Podcast Episodes

The Night After the 2025 NC Elections w/ The Foxfire Dispatch

Season 2 Episode 1

This week, Left of Old North teams up with The Foxfire Dispatch for a special crossover episode! We’re joined by Liz Purvis, organizer, activist, and host of The Foxfire Dispatch, for a deep dive int…

Published on 13 hours ago

TX Rep. Trey Martinez on Fighting Fire with Fire

Season 1 Episode 19

In this episode, we sit down with Texas State Representative Trey Martinez Fischer, one of the Democrats who fled the Lone Star State to break quorum and stop an outrageous GOP gerrymander that would…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Rep. Rodney Pierce on Living Through History, Holding the Line, & Why Dems Can’t Ignore ENC

Season 1 Episode 18

In this episode, CJ sits down with State Representative Rodney Pierce (HD-27) for a wide-ranging conversation about what it means to represent eastern North Carolina, from the fight for rural investm…

Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago

Run Roy, RUN || Bonus Episode

Season 1

In this bonus episode, we talk about the reception to Roy Cooper's announcement that he is running for the US Senate -- a long awaited boon for Democrats across the state that is sure to shake up the…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

Chuck Hubbard on Running in Rural WNC & Why Virginia Foxx Needs to Lose

Season 1 Episode 17

In this episode of Left of Old North, we sit down with Chuck Hubbard, the Democrat taking on far-right Rep. Virginia Foxx in North Carolina’s 5th Congressional District. Chuck talks with us about wha…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

Rep. Phil Rubin on Reform, The NC Legislature, and the Fight for a Functional Democracy

Season 1 Episode 16

Today we’re joined by State Representative Phil Rubin, a former federal prosecutor and first-term Democrat representing NC’s 40th District in Wake County.

Rep. Rubin brings a legal mind and a reformer…

Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago

A Conversation with Aron Johnson on Queer Power in the South

Season 1 Episode 15

In this Pride Month episode of Left of Old North, we’re joined by Aron Johnson, the Organizing Director for Equality North Carolina and a seasoned movement builder with over a decade of grassroots ex…

Published on 3 months, 4 weeks ago

Pride Under Pressure: Anti-LGBTQ Bills and a Voting Rights Crackdown in the NCGA

Season 1 Episode 14

In this Pride Month kickoff episode, we cut through the corporate rainbow-washing to talk about what Pride means in a moment of relentless attacks on LGBTQ+ rights — especially in North Carolina. Fro…

Published on 5 months ago

A Conversation with Dr. Chris Cooper on Partisanship, Power Grabs, and Purple State Politics

Season 1 Episode 13

This Memorial Day, we sat down with Dr. Chris Cooper — political science professor at Western Carolina University and one of the leading experts on North Carolina politics — to talk about where this …

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

The Eyes of the Storm: The Big Stupid Bill, the Awful NC Budget, Calling Our Senators, and More

Season 1

In this bonus episode, Adrian and CJ dive into a hell week of politics in North Carolina and beyond. From Republicans gutting school lunches in the NC budget to an $800 billion slash to Medicaid at t…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago