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Due South

Paula Poundstone brings the funny to Due South

By Leoneda Inge,

Published November 14, 2024 at 10:00 AM EST

Paula Poundstone is known in public radio circles for her appearances on NPR's comedy news quiz, Wait Wait...Don’t Tell Me!, but she's also an author and the host of the podcast Nobody Listens to Paula Poundstone.

Due South co-hosts Jeff Tiberii and Leoneda Inge laugh their way through an interview with the comedian about parenting, her family’s Southern roots and what it's like to perform now after several decades on stage.

This conversation originally aired in November 2023.

Guest

Paula Poundstone, comedian, author, and host of the podcast “Nobody Listens to Paula Poundstone.”

Paula Poundstone performs at the The Rialto Theater in Raleigh this Friday, November 15, 2024, at 7pm. Details.

Due South

Leoneda Inge

Leoneda Inge is the co-host of WUNC's "Due South." Leoneda has been a radio journalist for more than 30 years, spending most of her career at WUNC as the Race and Southern Culture reporter. Leoneda’s work includes stories of race, slavery, memory and monuments. She has won "Gracie" awards, an Alfred I. duPont Award and several awards from the Radio, Television, Digital News Association (RTDNA). In 2017, Leoneda was named "Journalist of Distinction" by the National Association of Black Journalists.

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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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