Podcast Episodes

Asbestos case delays, honoring The Greensboro Six, and saving OBX history

Legal maneuvers hold up lawsuits by victims of asbestos exposure, via bankruptcy court in Charlotte.

How ‘The Greensboro Six’ broke golf’s color barri…

2 years ago

Purple Ballot: South Asian voters for Harris for President; A conversation with Rep. Mickey Michaux

Due South co-host Jeff Tiberii chats with WUNC's Eli Chen about South Asian voters in NC and their perspectives on the Harris for President campaign.…

2 years ago

Teach history with a video game; plus, Southern food goes healthy

The book Red Dead's History: A Video Game, an Obsession, and America's Violent Past is out this week. It's about “the most-played digital renditions …

2 years ago

NC News Roundup: Cooper out of VP race; school voucher funding

It has been a week in North Carolina news. Gov. Roy Cooper dropped out of the race to be Kamala Harris’ running mate. Families on a waiting list for …

2 years ago

'A Sojourn for Harriet Jacobs'; NC family has seven living generations; NC Highway Historical Marker program

Earlier this year, a group of Black women traveled to Edenton, North Carolina for a cultural experience they wouldn’t forget called “A Sojourn for Ha…

2 years ago

Purple Ballot: Dem support for VP Kamala Harris grows; Army captain Sammy Sullivan wins bronze at 2024 Summer Olympics

Co-host Leoneda Inge chats with State Sen. Natalie Murdock, Dr. Jarvis Hall, associate professor of political science at North Carolina Central Unive…

2 years ago

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…

2 years 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…

2 years 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 …

2 years 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…

2 years ago