Cole del Charco
Producer, "Due South"Cole del Charco is an audio producer and writer based in Durham. He's made stories for public radio's All Things Considered, Morning Edition and Marketplace. Before joining Due South, he spent time as a freelance journalist, an education and daily news reporter for WUNC, and a podcast producer for WFAE in Charlotte.
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A Raleigh post office is renamed in honor of Millie Dunn Veasey, a NC-born "Six Triple Eight" memberIn January 2025, President Joe Biden signed a bill into law, renaming a Raleigh post office on Brentwood Road as Millie Dunn Veasey Post Office. -
A farmer who doesn’t know how much money he’s going to lose. School districts don’t know how they’re going to afford local produce. WUNC’s Education Reporter Liz Schlemmer fills us in. -
Feng was a foreign correspondent based in China for seven years, but was kicked out following her reporting on protests in Hong Kong. -
The prices of imported goods are almost certain to go up, as tariffs from the U.S. take effect. While President Trump has instated a 90-day pause, it doesn’t apply to a 145% tariff on China, as Eli Chen reports. -
A new podcast takes a look at how America got such a divided media landscape from where we were 20 years ago. According to a Gallup poll, Americans believe they are more divided than ever, too. Eighty percent of Americans say the nation is “greatly divided” on “the most important values.” -
It’s been 20 years since the Black Banjo Gathering in Boone, NC. It was a summit that launched the career of North Carolinian Rhiannon Giddens, and highlighted the Black roots of Americana, folk, and blues music. Through music, food, and literature, the upcoming “Biscuits and Banjos” festival hopes to spark conversations, collaborations, and support for attendees. -
Commerce and economic leaders in North Carolina say many large companies are in a holding pattern, waiting to make decisions on new factories, or other major investments. And for small businesses, prices on the goods required to make the products they sell could spike. -
The remains of one of the final victims of the Pearl Harbor bombing have been identified and brought to North Carolina. Neil Frye was 20 years old, and serving as a Mess Attendant 3rd Class in the Navy on the U.S.S. West Virginia. -
Rod Brind’Amour is the Carolina Hurricanes’ head coach. A long-time NHL hockey player, he led the Canes to their first Stanley Cup in 2005-06, and has seen hockey culture growing in North Carolina and the South. -
Raleigh’s major music festival Dreamville, put on by NC native J. Cole, makes the City of Oaks a party for one last weekend.
