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According to data from the North Carolina Department of Transportation, November is when most deer and vehicle collisions occur in the state.
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The Serial podcast joins Nashville Public Radio and ProPublica for its newest season on a county that illegally jailed thousands of children. -
Rep. Erin Paré, a Republican from Holly Springs, says she's dropping out of a race for Congress and will instead seek re-election to the state House.
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Residents of the Navassa community are contributing blood and information to learn about their level of exposure to PFAS contamination.
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Writer Alexis Hauk joins hosts Leoneda Inge and Jeff Tiberii to talk about the deep roots of kudzu and her article "Of Vines and Villains" in The Bitter Southerner.
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Due South co-host Jeff Tiberii talks with a local infectious disease expert about this respiratory virus season and what you need to know to protect yourself and your family.
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Army Private Booker T. Spicely was shot by a white bus driver after Spicely complained about having to sit in the back.
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The University of North Carolina graduate student charged with fatally shooting his faculty adviser has been found unfit for trial after two mental evaluations. Tailei Qi is accused of killing associate professor Zijie Yan in a science building at the state’s flagship public university in August. Orange County Superior Court Judge Alyson Grine said Monday that two separate mental evaluations found Qi likely suffers from untreated schizophrenia. She has ruled that Qi will be committed to Central Regional Hospital in Butner for psychological treatment. Doctors will be required to notify the Orange County district attorney if his condition improves.
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Before there was “Book-Tok,” there was Troy Johnson, curating a website called the African American Literature Book Club. And, in case you don’t know what “Book Tok” is, creators on the social media app Tik Tok share book recommendations to hundreds of thousands of influenceable readers. A conversation with Johnson, and the founders of North Carolina's first Black-owned children's book store.
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As we all take the week to reconnect with our loved ones, we're presenting a story about what's on our tables this Thanksgiving – and we don't just mean the food, but the plates it sits on. In this episode from the podcast Gravy, producer Wilson Sayre takes us to central North Carolina to tell the story of hand-thrown pottery and its relationship with food. In North Carolina, the history of baking clay into plates and bowls is an ancient one. Step through that past into the present day with us.Gravy is produced by our friends at the Southern Foodways Alliance and distributed by APT Podcast Studios. Each episode shares stories of the changing American South through the foods we eat.Find more episodes from Gravy here:https://www.southernfoodways.org/gravy-format/gravy-podcast/
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This is the second installment in our new Main Street NC series from the WUNC Politics Podcast. In the coming months, we’ll be visiting communities across the state to hear from local leaders about the positives going on in their towns, and the challenges they face, from population loss to flooding to aging utility infrastructure. East of Raleigh, the once sleepy suburb of Wendell ranked as the fastest-growing town in North Carolina between 2020 and 2021, with a population that increased by 16% in a single year. Signs of growth are everywhere you look in the Wake County town. It’s a prime example of what the rapid growth of North Carolina’s metro areas means for the once sleepy towns on their outskirts.To learn more about why Wendell is suddenly one of the state’s fastest-growing towns, and the challenges that brings, WUNC spoke with Mayor Virginia Gray and Mayor Pro Tem Jason Joyner.
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Anita has fallen down her fair share of wellness rabbit holes [including a certain alliterative family's beauty and shapewear brands...]. Wellness industry insider and journalist Rina Raphael shares how this $4 trillion industry misleads all of us, and 'Dope Black Social Worker' Kim Young gives us the wellness reframes we all need.Meet the guests:- Rina Raphael, author of "The Gospel of Wellness: Gyms, Gurus, Goop and the False Promise of Self-Care,” shares how insidious wellness industry marketing can be- Kim Young, licensed clinical social worker known as the Dope Black Social Worker, explains how we can take charge of our own wellness ... without buying anythingRead the transcript | Review the podcastFollow Embodied on X and Instagram Leave us a message for an upcoming episode here!
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