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A second plant to make candy for the Japanese company Hi-Chew will go up in Orange County. Another 200 jobs are part of a trend, and a point of emphasis for NC business policy. A reporter breaks down the growing business ties between the nation and state.

How a University of Tennessee professor filled, and overfilled, history classes by using the video game series Red Dead Redemption as a lens into the past. Encore edition.

Adapting the Mediterranean diet for the Southeastern U.S. population, using southern food staples. Recipes, big ideas, and more with a doctor of public health.

It has been a week in North Carolina news. Gov. Roy Cooper dropped out of the race to be Kamala Harris’ running mate. Families on a waiting list for private school vouchers push for more funding. And state House republicans vote to override three of the governor’s vetoes.

COVID-19 is here to stay, and CDC Director Dr. Mandy Cohen is making recommendations about when to get your updated Covid and flu shots. Prepare with us, and Dr. Cohen, before a predicted surge of these and other respiratory viruses this fall. Plus, Dr. Cohen reflects on her first year leading the CDC.

Co-host Jeff Tiberii is joined by WUNC reporters Colin Campbell and Liz Schlemmer to discuss the platforms and candidacies of Republican Michele Morrow and Democrat Mo Green, who are running for state superintendent.

Western Carolina University political science professor Chris Cooper paints a political picture of our purple state.

An expansion of eligibility for federal funding helps cover the meal costs, and some advocates hope that could lead to more free meals for students across the state.

Reporter Ann Doss Helms has been covering education for more than two decades in North Carolina. She’s worked at The Charlotte Observer, and now at WFAE, and she's seen many changes in K-12 over the years.

Auburn University history professor Elijah Gaddis tells co-host Jeff Tiberii about early to mid-20th century tobacco warehouses and the Black dance parties that were held there some summer nights. The events, which featured performances by some of the most famous musicians of the time, were not just entertainment — they challenged the structure of racism in the South.