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Surveying the damage from Helene in NC's rural high country
In Western North Carolina, recovery efforts continue while relief is ramping up. Co-host Jeff Tiberii talks with reporter Duncan McFadyen from Linville in Avery County for a view from NC's high country. And we hear from a Charlotte resident who hiked 11 miles to check on his parents in Little Switzerland, NC.
Duncan McFadyen, a former WFAE reporter who is in the mountains
Sam Perkins, Charlotte resident who traveled to the mountains to check on his parents

Purple Ballot: How polling can get it right…and get it so wrong.
In this high intensity election season, the latest polling numbers can make for a good headline. But what’s behind those numbers? Experts on polling and polling methodology join co-host Jeff Tiberii to talk about what makes a good poll, where polls often go wrong, and how polling impacts elections.
Jason Husser, assistant provost for Academic Excellence and Integrity, director of the Elon Poll and professor of Political Science and Public Policy, Elon University
David McLennan, professor of Political Science, director of the Meredith Poll, Meredith College
Sunshine Hillygus, professor of Political Science and Public Policy, director, Duke Initiative on Survey Methodology, co-director, Polarization Lab, Duke University
Lonna Atkeson, director, LeRoy Collins Institute, Florida State University
Peter Francia, professor of political science and director of the Center for Survey Research at East Carolina University