Podcast Episodes

Asbestos exposure victims’ cases stalled; Purple Ballot series with outgoing state legislators Ashton Clemmons and Jason Saine

The Charlotte Observer's Ames Alexander joins Due South to talk about his investigative reporting on a controversial legal maneuver used by billion-d…

1 year, 10 months ago

Hi-Chew jobs, Hummingbirds in NC, and Development 101

A second plant to make candy for the Japanese company Hi-Chew will go up in Orange County. 

For those listeners who want to see more hummingbirds - ma…

1 year, 10 months ago

NC News Roundup: Cooper on VP shortlists; Trump in Charlotte; Olympians with Carolina connections

On this week’s North Carolina News Roundup, it was another monumental week in politics with Vice President Harris now likely to be at the top of the …

1 year, 10 months ago

Universities adjust to UNC system’s new rules on DEI; crops suffer under drought conditions

Due South co-host Leoneda Inge talks with WUNC's higher education reporter Brianna Atkinson about how North Carolina's public universities are comply…

1 year, 10 months ago

Due South spaces out: NASA astronaut Christina Koch on her NC roots; mysteries of the universe with an NC astronomer

(Editor's note: These conversations originally published May 6, 2024.)

We're lifting off today with Astronaut Christina Koch. She grew up here, gradua…

1 year, 10 months ago

How Joe Biden’s exit from 2024 race impacts North Carolina; musician Tom Maxwell's book on 1990s music scene in Chapel Hill

Due South co-host Jeff Tiberii is joined by WUNC Capitol Bureau Chief Colin Campbell and Professor Chris Cooper of Western Carolina University to tal…

1 year, 10 months ago

HBCU 101: Summer Edition

Due South co-host Leoneda Inge sits down with Keith and Belinda Shannon, founders of Preparing America's Tomorrow Today (PATT) to discuss college bus…

1 year, 10 months ago

NC News Roundup six days after assassination attempt on former Pres. Trump

Breaking down appearances by the NC delegation at the Republican National Convention, new campaign finance numbers in North Carolina, Vice President …

1 year, 10 months ago

Royal Ice Cream sit-in activist honored; new burrowing dinosaur discovery; Southern Mixtape's songs of summer

In 1957, Virginia Williams made history as part of the Royal Ice Cream sit-in in Durham. Williams, now 87, was recently honored at the "Sweet Justice…

1 year, 10 months ago

As elder population in Triangle grows, so does need for innovations in care

By 2030, the share of people aged 65 and over in the U.S. will have increased to more than 20% of the population — up from 17% in 2022. 

In the Triang…

1 year, 10 months ago