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Repair Café NC fixes broken household items, while building skills and community

By Jeff Tiberii,

Published April 28, 2025 at 12:47 PM EDT

As prices rise and economic uncertainty lingers, even the not-so-handy among us may try to fix broken household items rather than buy something new. Don Fick, founder and organizer of Repair Café North Carolina, has led a team of volunteers to fix lamps, clocks, toys, and even furniture for almost a decade. He joins Due South’s Jeff Tiberii to talk about how Repair Café NC works to make things work again, and teaches useful skills along the way.

Guest

Don Fick, Founder and Organizer, Repair Café NC

Due South

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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