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From Floating Homes To Gold Mines, ‘Away Message’ Podcast Tells Lost Stories Of North Carolina

WUNC | By Amanda Magnus,
Frank Stasio
Published June 12, 2018 at 12:44 PM EDT
A floating home on the Fontana Lake in North Carolina.
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A floating home on the Fontana Lake in North Carolina.
Tim Robison, courtesy of Our State Magazine
picture of William Hall from the 1890s
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A picture of William Hall, who got away with murder in the late 19th century.
Courtesy of Donna Hall Reed and Our State Magazine
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Jeremy Markovich, the host of Our State Magazine's "Away Message" podcast, travels around North Carolina in search of lost stories.
Jeremy Markovich, courtesy of Our State Magazine

In its first season, the “Away Message” podcast from Our State Magazine focused on remote places in the state. For its newly-released second season, the podcast explores lost or forgotten stories in North Carolina’s history.

From the floating homes on Fontana Lake near the Tennessee border to the gold mines under Charlotte, NC, host Jeremy Markovich travels across the state to find these forgotten stories. Host Frank Stasio talks to Markovich about some of the episodes available this season and what he is working on next for the podcast. Markovich is a senior writer and editor for Our State Magazine.
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Arts & Culture The State of ThingsJeremy MarkovichOur State MagazineAway MessageAway Message PodcastNorth CarolinaLocaloreNC History
Amanda Magnus
Amanda Magnus is the executive producer of Embodied, a weekly radio show and podcast about sex, relationships and health. She has also worked on other WUNC shows including Tested and CREEP.
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Frank Stasio
Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.
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