Charlie Shelton-Ormond
Podcast ProducerCharlie Shelton-Ormond is an award-winning podcast producer for WUNC. His fascination with audio storytelling came at a young age, listening to books-on-tape in his parents’ car and eventually picking up a microphone and asking people to share their own stories.
Before podcasting, Charlie worked as a producer for WUNC's daily live program “The State of Things,” where he was able to bring his love for North Carolina to the airwaves with shows on popular culture, state politics, and more. Charlie then stepped into on-demand audio and produced for the long-running American history podcast “BackStory.” In 2020, he began building up WUNC’s podcast portfolio and has produced special programs like PAULI and Behind the Lines.
When he isn’t editing audio, Charlie likes to host a weekly music show, get into trouble with his dog Lily, and fire up an old movie.
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A deadly fungus is devastating worldwide banana crops. The cure may be in an office park in North Carolina.
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A little more than 75 years ago, Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in baseball's major leagues. But integration in the South took a slightly different path.
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The Carolinas are the only two states that ban all government employees from unionizing.
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One man’s fascinating and unusual legacy in a Southern town is challenging how we talk about the Civil Rights Movement.
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As the energy grid expands, so does demand for power poles — and the big trees we use to make them.
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For decades, the epicenter of America’s Black middle class was in a midsize city in central North Carolina. Now that it's gone, what legacy does it leave?
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Video games are fundamentally changing the real world of motorsports.
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We explore Southern communities transformed by forces beyond their control.
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Stanton, Tennessee is a microcosm of the powerful new economics at play in states throughout the American South.