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On the Porch: Carl Nordgren – Creativity Can Unite US

Posted by Aaron Johnson | May 31, 2026 | On The Porch

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Carl Nordgren is a best-selling novelist, a teacher, and an imaginal cell. After 25 years as an entrepreneur, he taught Creativity at Duke for 14 years. He’s a two-time TEDx speaker and hosts the weekly radio show ‘Exploring your Creative Genius’ on 97.9 The Hill. His calling is to help each of us and all of us grow our creative capacities and develop our entrepreneurial instincts and behaviors, a calling that informed his book “Becoming a Creative Genius (again)”. His new book, “Common Ground for US” continues that work and offers new perspectives on governance and policy making for political and community leaders. You can attend his book launch event at Golden Fig Books in Carrboro on June 4, by clicking the show title above.

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Exploring Your Creative Genius: Our Political Imaginations

Posted by Carl Nordgren | May 27, 2026 | Columns, Exploring Your Creative Genius, Town Square

One way to consider my book ‘Common Ground for US’: it’s an effort to rekindle our political imagination. Once upon a time it was remarkable.

Chansky’s Notebook: Dunia the Great

Posted by Art Chansky | May 26, 2026 | Sports, Sports Notebook

Of all the athletes who competed at Carolina over the years, there is no one in the same ballpark...

On the Porch: Tiffany Muller – End Citizens United

Posted by Aaron Johnson | May 24, 2026 | On The Porch

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Tiffany Muller is the President of End Citizens United. She has helped grow the group into a nationwide organization with more than 4 million members and 1 million grassroots donors. Before leading End Citizens United, Tiffany was Deputy Political Director at the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, where she worked with top Senate races. She also served as chief of staff to two members of Congress, ran a political research firm, and was Vice President of Political Operations at the LGBTQ+ Victory Fund. As a member of the Topeka City Council, she led successful efforts to expand anti-discrimination protections.

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“Common Ground for US” Book Launch and Creativity Workshop with Carl Nordgren

Posted by Staff | May 20, 2026 | Columns, Exploring Your Creative Genius

Come out to celebrate the launch of Carl Nordgren’s new book, “Common Ground for US,” June 4, 6:30-8:00 p.m. at Golden Fig Books in Carrboro.

On the Porch: Graig Meyer – NC Justice Center

Posted by Aaron Johnson | May 17, 2026 | On The Porch

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Graig Meyer is the Executive Director of the NC Justice Center where he will continue to “prioritize decisions and policies that make our state safer, healthier, more fair, and more prosperous”. Meyer brings more than a decade of leadership in the North Carolina General Assembly, where he served in the House of Representatives beginning in 2013 and most recently in the State Senate representing Orange, Person, and Caswell Counties. Throughout his legislative career, Meyer championed strong public education, access to health care, economic opportunity for working families, and policies that strengthen communities across the state. Before entering public office, Graig spent sixteen years working in North Carolina’s public schools. A trained social worker and longtime public-school advocate, Graig has focused his public service on helping families connect to the resources and opportunities they need to thrive.

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Exploring Your Creative Genius: Finding Creativity and Creating Value

Posted by Carl Nordgren | May 13, 2026 | Columns, Exploring Your Creative Genius, Town Square

In this week’s show I shared insights that the PRISM assessment tool makes available. It’s the assessment tool that identifies one’s preferred behaviors, the behaviors they naturally apply when working; over 100 neuroscience research papers were used to develop the tool.

On the Porch: Lisa Sorg – Data Centers

Posted by Aaron Johnson | May 10, 2026 | On The Porch

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Lisa Sorg is the North Carolina reporter for Inside Climate News. A journalist for 30 years, Sorg covers energy, climate environment and agriculture, as well as the social justice impacts of pollution and corporate malfeasance.

She has won dozens of awards for her news, public service and investigative reporting. In 2022, she received the Stokes Award from the National Press Foundation for her two-part story about the environmental damage from a former missile plant on a Black and Latinx neighborhood in Burlington. Sorg was previously an environmental investigative reporter at NC Newsline, a nonprofit media outlet based in Raleigh. She has also worked at alt-weeklies, dailies and magazines. Originally from rural Indiana, she lives in Durham, N.C.

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Exploring Your Creative Genius: A Plea for Freedom

Posted by Carl Nordgren | May 6, 2026 | Columns, Exploring Your Creative Genius, Town Square

This week’s guest is Ray Hackney, talking about his new novel, ‘A Plea for Freedom.’ Ray grew up hearing stories about his great-great-great-great grandfather, Daniel Asbuy, who had accompanied Daniel Boone as they explored Kentucky, and those family stories inspired this book.

On the Porch: Holly Lux-Sullivan – Walking You Home

Posted by Aaron Johnson | May 3, 2026 | On The Porch

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Holly Lux-Sullivan of Heartwood Death Doula & Bereavement Care is a trusted end-of-life guide, grief counselor, and board-certified chaplain with 18 years of experience supporting people through illness. She is a respected death doula whose passion is caring for those at life’s margins, particularly during severe and terminal illness, and normalizing conversations about mortality. An ordained Unitarian Universalist minister, she serves people facing the end of life across central North Carolina. HeartwoodDeathDoula.com

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