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Come Hear NC On Songs We Love: Randy Newman

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Randy Newman

We've teamed up with Come Hear NC on a podcast series that explores North Carolina music one song at a time. On this week's episode Libby Rodenbough of the Chapel Hill band Mipso talks with Eric Hodge abour Randy Newman's 'The Great Debate.'

Come Hear NC on the Songs We Love podcast
Come Hear NC on the Songs We Love podcast

"It felt like it had a lot to do with the contrast that I think every Southerner feels, especially if you're a Southerner who wrestles with the balance between pride and shame when it comes to the history of this place."

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Libby Rodenbough

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wwLmqJ9d9I&list=RD4wwLmqJ9d9I&start_radio=1

Songs We Love is a series and a podcast that looks at the stories behind some of the songs we're playing on our music discovery station, WUNC Music.

Eric Hodge hosts WUNC’s broadcast of Morning Edition, and files reports for the North Carolina news segments of the broadcast. He started at the station in 2004 doing fill-in work on weekends and All Things Considered.
Brian Burns is the WUNC music reporter
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