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Mainstream adaptive fashion lines are relatively new, but creating clothes to fit and flatter a range of bodies has long been part of disability culture. Anita meets three disabled fashionistas who design with disabled bodies as a starting point, not an afterthought.

We learn more about the complicated past of Black enslaved Americans – tracking their lives from the plantation to the Global Black South. And it’s “HBCU 101” – Homecoming Safety Edition.” Several historically Black schools are enhancing safety measures because of violence in recent years. And we sit down with the conductor and music director for the North Carolina Symphony.

A new Congressional map is working its way through the North Carolina General Assembly, part of a nationwide fight over power in the U.S. House. We get analysis from Western Carolina University political scientist Chris Cooper. Then, historian Tiya Miles talks about her book Tales from the Haunted South: Dark Tourism and Memories of Slavery from the Civil War Era.

Jeff Tiberii talks to the VP of the Food Bank of Eastern and Central North Carolina. Washington Post national environmental reporter Brady Dennis discusses his reporting on federal reimbursement delays to Western NC counties facing Helene damage. Leoneda Inge talks with two sustainability advocates about Halloween costumes.

Acclaimed food writer John T. Edge talks about his latest book “House of Smoke: A Southerner goes searching for home.” Plus, whether or not a class syllabus should be a public record, and a Duke professor remembers the late Jane Goodall.

Plus, what the federal shutdown means for North Carolina, and why the state legislature will likely end the year without a budget.

In some circles talking about menopause is taboo. But it won’t be at a conference in Durham this weekend called "Iranti Ẹ̀jẹ̀: Remembering Blood." Then, Jeff and Leoneda get the NC fall foliage forecast from the “Fall Color Guy.”

Jeff Tiberii talks to Anne Pusey, James B. Duke Professor Emerita of Evolutionary Anthropology about the legacy of Jane Goodall. Leoneda Inge talks to Chef Vivian Howard about her new PBS food variety show and her new restaurant.

An interview with the leader of Asheville's tourism group, an update on the Biltmore Estate, check-ins with area restaurants and more.

Jeff Tiberii and a roundtable of reporters discuss the week's news in North Carolina, including requests for more Helene recovery relief funding and early voting in municipal elections.