Holidays

Anita has a lot of practice talking about taboo topics with strangers. But when it comes to having these conversations in her own family, especially around the holidays, she gets squirmy like the rest of us. She invites her older sister Priyanka onto the podcast to reflect on tricky — but often inevitable — conversations with family members. Priyanka, a mom and pediatrician, talks about her ongoing journey to broach difficult subjects that come up a lot this time of year: loss, family dynamics and parenting boundaries.

Jolene Sliwka, of Burlington, was searching through a thrift store for vintage t-shirts and used records 35 years ago when she picked up a “scratch-off-and-sniff” Valentine’s Day card. That card set off a scavenger hunt that has now become a collection of several thousand vintage valentines.

As the new omicron variant puts a return to “normal” on hold, North Carolinians reflect on this past year, and how it isn't — but in some ways still is — like 2020.

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A student group at UNC-Chapel Hill has been hard at work this past semester to adapt toys for children with disabilities in time for the holidays.

This special episode is a gift from the team at Tested to you, the listener, with hopes for a wonderful holiday season and happy New Year.Enjoy…

The post-holiday season is a time when many people look back at the memories they made and the money they spent. According to behavioral economist Dan…

Writer David Sedaris is back as Crumpet the department store elf who finds little joy in the holidays. He first read from his "Santaland Diaries" on Morning Edition in 1992.

Retail spending is expected to jump this winter, and residents of Cary can afford the seventh-highest holiday spending budgets in the country. That's…

Kim Severson of The New York Times joins me for a special holiday episode of The Civilist podcast. Right at the top we make a promise: To give you the…