Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchBuilding community in an age of loneliness could start next door with your neighbors
Americans are more digitally connected than ever, yet more often isolated from the people living closest to them. A national survey last year showed …
2 weeks ago
No property tax increases, no reduction to services: County Manager Mike Bryant discusses his proposed budget
Despite a rising demand for services, slower revenue growth and uncertainty in support from the state and federal government, County Manager Mike Bry…
2 weeks, 1 day ago
Local News Roundup: State budget framework; Lyles resignation fallout; Charlotte City Council pulls support for I-77; CMS budget passes
Legislative leaders break the impasse on the budget. That means state employees and teachers may finally get a raise. In the race to replace Charlott…
2 weeks, 4 days ago
A look at this year's hurricane season, drought conditions, and the ongoing recovery of western North Carolina
Ahead of the start of this year’s hurricane season, we hear predictions for the number of likely storms and how to brace for whatever may come our wa…
2 weeks, 5 days ago
Sen. Caleb Theodros on cannabis, mental health bills; regional school districts face mounting budget pressures
Mecklenburg County Sen. Caleb Theodros joins to discuss some of the bills he’s proposed during his first term, including decriminalizing marijuana an…
2 weeks, 6 days ago
Conversations with NC Attorney General Jeff Jackson and Charlotte Optimist founder Michael Graff
On the next Charlotte Talks, North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson joins us. Since taking office, he has worked on opioid crisis litigation, c…
3 weeks ago
Charlotte author helps us find our Walden
Henry David Thoreau lived in a time of rapid technological and economic change, political division and a pandemic. He reassessed his priorities and d…
3 weeks, 1 day ago
Local News Roundup: Vi Lyles resigns; Senate passes property tax bill; Atrium, WakeMed consolidation on hold; Truist Championship tees off
Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles announces her resignation, the state Senate votes to pause property tax assessments for a year, Wake County delays a vote on…
3 weeks, 4 days ago
The impact and the pushback against data centers
On the next Charlotte Talks, everyone is talking about data centers — and so are we. We look at the latest: what impact they might have on our city a…
3 weeks, 5 days ago
Post & Courier's 'Caught in the Cycle' investigation highlights deaths, mental health crisis in South Carolina Jails
Over the last decade, several inmates suffering from mental illnesses have died inside South Carolina jails. An investigation by the Post & Courier d…
3 weeks, 6 days ago