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Minor league pitcher Devin Sweet recently had a brush with the majors at a time when only six percent of Major League Baseball players are Black. He talks with co-host Leoneda Inge about his father's efforts to build a baseball community for him and other Black kids in their Greensboro neighborhood.

Co-host Leoneda Inge talks with Chris Holaday, author of Cracks in the Outfield Wall: The History of Baseball Integration in the Carolinas.

Tens of thousands of nail salons across the U.S. are places of connection, reinvention, and community. They also make up a multi-billion dollar industry that tells stories about power and economic mobility. Why are nails so culturally and economically significant?

Co-host Leoneda Inge chats with Tanisha C. Ford, author of 'Our Secret Society: Mollie Moon and the Glamour, Money, and Power Behind the Civil Rights Movement.'

Irwin Morris of North Carolina State University’s School of Public and International Affairs talks with co-host Jeff Tiberii about the history of political violence in our country.

A recent report from ProPublica investigates two North Carolina judges who acted in an unethical way and then went undisciplined in a year they're both up for reelection.

The Republican National Convention begins in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, after an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. Due South's Jeff Tiberii talks with WUNC’s Colin Campbell about North Carolina reaction to this political violence. And a reporter in Milwaukee briefs us on security precautions and politics at the GOP convention.

The assassination attempt on former President Trump over the weekend will likely impact the election in ways we can’t yet anticipate. But for now, we zoom in on the Republican platform and issues facing the party as they convene their national convention.

Co-host Jeff Tiberii chats with NC State professor of entomology and plant pathology Clyde Sorenson about North Carolina's declining firefly population and how human activity is contributing.

Co-host Leoneda Inge chats with rubgy sevens star Captain Sammy Sullivan about serving her country as a soldier-athlete — and representing the U.S. at the 2024 Summer Olympic Games.