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Separated: Growing Up With An Incarcerated Father (Revisited)

Anita reconnects with the woman who changed her thinking on incarceration: her beloved college thesis adviser Ashley Lucas. Ashley reflects on her father's 20-year prison sentence and the untold stories of families navigating incarceration from the outside. Journalist Sylvia A. Harvey also shares how losing her mother to asthma and her father to a life sentence in prison before she was 6 years old led her to investigate the carceral system as a whole.

Road Trip! Featuring gas station food and van life

First, photographer Kate Medley shares stories from her book Thank You Please Come Again: How Gas Stations Feed & Fuel the American South. Medley is an independent photographer who works with The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, NPR and WUNC, among others.Then, Erin McGregor shares stories from van life with her wife Caroline Whatley. The two work with brands through their media company Authentic Asheville. They also make lists of safe places to travel for other LGBTQ+ couples on the road for cities like Greenville, South Carolina, Savannah, Georgia and St. Augustine, Florida.That’s all on this hour of Due South.

An illustration of a woman with long, brown hair, a white shirt, blue jean and white sneakers. She has a curious expression. She is walking up steps made out of various self-help books with titles that read: “ The Four Agreements,” “ “The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck,” “YOU ARE A BADASS,” "Atomic Habits,” and “The Secret.” The background is a light green color with large white and yellow flowers. Across the top right are the blue words “(Self) Helped” on a yellow background.

(Self) Helped: Inside The Industry That Wants To Change Your Life

Anita is committed to self-improvement but skeptical of self-help. She brings her qualms and questions to the experts: Kristen Meinzer, a podcaster who has lived by the rules of more than 50 self-help books, and Beth Blum, a scholar who's traced the genre back to its roots. Plus Sondra Rose Marie, a former self-help fan, shares how the industry has failed her as a woman of color.

MLK 'Dream' Speech in NC; The New Brownies Book; Black-owned bookstores

An attendee recalls Martin Luther King Jr. practicing his 'I have a dream' speech in Rocky Mount. A review of "The New Brownies' Book." And a look at Black owned bookstores in NC.

Tech Policy Hour: From AI to privacy to child safety, the impact of technology policy is everywhere

The tiny details of tech policy play a huge role in our lives. Co-host Jeff Tiberii talks with a panel of experts about what might change in 2024 here in North Carolina and across the country.

An illustration of an over-the-shoulder view of a masculine person looking at their phone. We see their short dark brown hair, right ear, the right shoulder of their blue sweatshirt and the right leg of their black pants. On their phone we see a web page open to Reddit and the r/erectile dysfunction thread. On a bedside table next to them is a blue and white pill bottle with diamond-shaped blue pills scattered next to it. Black text against a yellow background reads “Normalized” across the top right.

Normalized: Speaking Up About Erectile Dysfunction

Erectile dysfunction affects as many as 30 million people in the U.S. — yet the fears of not being “normal” prevent folks from speaking up about it. Anita meets a man who was silent about his ED for 10 years before getting surgery and opening up to partners…and talks with a sex therapist who challenges the word “dysfunction.” Plus, a 72-year-old describes how he’s redefined intimacy in his 30 years of experiencing ED.

An illustration of a scrapbook featuring four photos of an older white man, who is bald, has a beard and wears glasses. In the photos clockwise from upper right photo: an older white woman hugs the man from behind; the man in front of a big house and trees talking with a Black man; the man with a young girl blowing out candles on a chocolate birthday cake that says ‘95’; the man sitting at a picnic table playing bridge with two other old white men. At the top of the scrapbook pages is the word ‘Cared’ in purple.

Cared: The Last Decades Of Our Lives

More Americans are living into their 90s and 100s than ever before, and it blows Anita's mind that so few people are talking about it! She meets a 94-year-old man who opens up about the changes in his romantic, platonic, and familial relationships, and his two kids join to share their perspectives. Plus, a woman in her 70s introduces Anita to an innovative model for combating social isolation in your senior years.

John T. Edge on Southern food; Legacy of "Mama Dip;" About Dad Time talks partner support

We talk food and Southern culture with the founding director of the Southern Foodways Alliance. And - It’s been several months since the family of Mildred Council voted to sell “Mama Dip’s Kitchen” – the building, but not the brand. The on-going re-discovery of Southern Food. Plus, "the dads" talk partner support in "About Dad Time."

Triple Nickles; Principal Asia Cunningham; UNC Hospitals Youth Behavioral Health

A close look at the first U.S. Army paratrooper unit; a local elementary school principals win prestigious national award; a new in-patient facility focuses on youth mental health

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Stuttered: Diversifying The Way We Speak (Revisited)

Stuttering occurs in every culture with a spoken language. So why do many communities treat it as a source of shame? Two speech-language pathologists and a comedian help Anita question cultural assumptions about stuttering and explore the growing movement to embrace speech diversity.

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