Jerad Walker
Editor for Narrative Audio and PodcastsJerad Walker is WUNC’s Editor of Narrative Audio and Podcasts. He joined the station in 2022 after nearly a decade at Oregon Public Broadcasting where he developed and produced podcasts, reported on arts and culture, and directed the Portland-based public media outlet’s music service. Walker began his career at WAMU in Washington, D.C. where he worked on music production and programming. There, he was also a regular contributor to the news broadcast as a features reporter. As a freelance journalist, his stories have appeared on NPR, NPR Music, and a wide range of outlets from KUOW in Seattle to WXPN in Philadelphia. Walker received an MBA from American University and a bachelor’s degree in International Affairs from the University of Georgia.
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North Carolina will spend $1.5 billion in opioid settlement funds. Its unique model could be a compelling test case for solving the opioid crisis nationwide.
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A once-promising process for returning looted Native American remains has slowed to a crawl. We ask what can be done to fix the problem.
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For more than half a century, the citizens of Richmond, Kentucky lived in the shadow of something extraordinary and terrible: an arsenal of chemical weapons.
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In 1988, two armed Native American men occupied a newspaper office in a small North Carolina town. 35 years later, we look at the legacy of the takeover of The Robesonian.
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Dollar stores can be convenient and even necessary, but some advocates warn their rapid spread is creating food deserts—especially in the South.
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Influential, exploitative and ever-evolving, join us as we look between the bars of Southern prison music.
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50 years after the first movement for Asian American Studies, we explore why it's finally having its moment at universities across the South.
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A basement in the mountains of North Carolina might hold the keys to the climate crisis.
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English speakers outside the South are embracing the word y’all. And the reasons may surprise you.