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Due South

New book chronicles NC veteran's unexpected encounter on long journey home from WWII. Plus, Theatre Raleigh’s 'Once on This Island.'

By Jeff Tiberii,

Leoneda Inge, Stacia Brown, Rachel McCarthy

Published November 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM EST

Photographs of Ford S. Worthy taken on October 24, 1945 (left) and September 22, 2023. — Photographs of Ford S. Worthy taken on October 24^,1945 (left) and September 22, 2023.

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Federal government shutdown impact on NC National Guard troops

On Veterans Day, Due South talks with WUNC military reporter Jay Price about his recent reporting on the impacts of the federal shutdown on National Guard troops and their families.

Jay Price, military reporter, WUNC

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‘In Search of a Boy Named Chester’

As the nation honors Veterans Day, a story of a Navy officer returning home to eastern North Carolina after WWII and the unexpected detour he took during that long journey home. That detour sparked a nearly 80-year mystery the officer’s son has tried to solve. Along the way, another story emerged – about family and connections that span geography and generations.

Ford S. Worthy, son of WWII veteran Ford S. Worthy, author of In Search of a Boy Named Chester

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Theatre Raleigh plays in ‘Once on This Island’s’ giant sandbox

A new production of the classic Broadway play “Once on This Island” wraps up Theatre Raleigh’s Main Stage season this year. The Tony-winning Caribbean adaptation of the classic fairy tale “The Little Mermaid” makes its way to the stage from November 12-23.

Eric Woodall, Theatre Raleigh Artistic Director

Christopher Betts, Once on This Island director

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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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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Stacia Brown

Stacia L. Brown is a writer and audio storyteller who has worked in public media since 2016, when she partnered with the Association of Independents in Radio and Baltimore's WEAA 88.9 to create The Rise of Charm City, a narrative podcast that centered community oral histories. She has worked for WAMU’s daily news radio program, 1A, as well as WUNC’s The State of Things. Stacia was a producer for WUNC's award-winning series, Great Grief with Nnenna Freelon and a co-creator of the station's first children's literacy podcast, The Story Stables. She served as a senior producer for two Ten Percent Happier podcasts, Childproof and More Than a Feeling. In early 2023, she was interim executive producer for WNYC’s The Takeaway.

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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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