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Due South

Advocates in western NC music and service industries reflect on life and work post-Helene

By Jeff Tiberii,

Rachel McCarthy

Published October 21, 2024 at 11:00 AM EDT

A woman plays music at a drum circle Friday, Oct. 4, 2024 in Asheville, N.C., a week after Hurricane Helene upended lives across the Southeast.

We continue our conversation about Helene’s economic impact with perspectives from an Asheville recording studio manager, who is also a small business owner and musician advocate; an advocate and organizer for Asheville Food and Beverage United; and the leader of an organization "committed to serving the Latinx community" in Hendersonville and beyond.

Plus, the view from Boone from The Fall Color Guy, who tells co-host Jeff Tiberii why he will not be making his annual fall foliage forecast this season.

Guests

Jessica Tomasin, Studio Manager, Echo Mountain Recording Studio, and Co-founder, Asheville Music Professionals

Adriana Chavela, Executive Director, Hola Carolina

Jen Hampton, Co-chair, Asheville Food and Beverage United

Howard Neufeld, Professor, Department of Biology, Appalachian State University

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Jeff Tiberii

Jeff Tiberii is the co-host of WUNC's "Due South." Jeff joined WUNC in 2011. During his 20 years in public radio, he was Morning Edition Host at WFDD and WUNC’s Greensboro Bureau Chief and later, the Capitol Bureau Chief. Jeff has covered state and federal politics, produced the radio documentary “Right Turn,” launched a podcast, and was named North Carolina Radio Reporter of the Year four times.

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Rachel McCarthy

Rachel McCarthy is a producer for "Due South." She previously worked at WUNC as a producer for "The Story with Dick Gordon." More recently, Rachel was podcast managing editor at Capitol Broadcasting Company where she developed narrative series and edited a daily podcast. She also worked at "The Double Shift" podcast as supervising producer. Rachel learned about audio storytelling at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies. Prior to working in audio journalism, she was a research assistant at the Aspen Institute in Washington, DC.

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