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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Plus, a conversation with a childhood obesity specialist, and a preview of Click Here the new public radio show airing as a week of specials in Due South's broadcast hour next week. -
Academic free speech concerns; North Carolina's hidden 'Space Race' history; and a NC State graduate takes flight with NASA. -
Why The Avett Brothers' Bob Crawford thinks you should get to know John Quincy Adams. A conversation with NC Local's Laura Lee about local government responses to public records requests. And, meet Raleigh's trolls. -
The Vice President visits Rocky Mount, the impacts to service members in NC from the war in Iran so far, and the budget stalemate continues. Those stories and more on the North Carolina News Roundup. -
Plus a news update from The Chronicle of Higher Education on fallout from university connections to Jeffrey Epstein, and local music journalists share their favorite NC music of 2026 so far. -
New research from Duke University focused on uncovering the health impacts of living with mold in homes, and the exacerbating effects of climate change and natural disasters. A panel of music journalists share their favorite NC albums so far this year. And a reporter fills us in on Jeffrey Epstein's connections to North Carolina and higher education. -
Primaries for the 2026 midterm elections, the state’s changing Latino electorate, and major policy developments in Durham. All that and more from our panel of reporters on Due South’s North Carolina News Roundup. -
Durham Mayor Leonardo Williams shares his goals for his second term in office. Plus, an ancestor’s coded journals led a NC author on a path to understand himself. -
Leoneda Inge speaks with a reporter about the future of the park, two planners behind how RTP came together, and current park leaders on how they're adjusting with the times. -
The early voting polls are now open. And as it happens, authority over elections has shifted away from the governor, for the first time in a century. Then, a columnist for The New York Times and UNC professor about why she never tires of writing about the South.
