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On the Porch: April News Roundup with Dr. Jim Crawford

On the Porch: April News Roundup with Dr. Jim Crawford

Posted by | May 4, 2025 |

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Born into a blue collar and agricultural clan in rural Pennsylvania, Jim Crawford was the first in his family to graduate from college. Earning his PhD from UNC, he taught US and World History at several universities in piedmont North Carolina for several decades. He served as chairman of the Chatham County board of commissioners, and currently serves as trustee for Central Carolina Community College. He is a firm believer in American democracy and trusts that the constitution will hold firm now as it has in past crises despite the broken, distempered electorate.

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May 3, 2025

Posted by | May 3, 2025 |

Willis Whichard, lawyer, legislator, Supreme Court justice, and lawschool dean, is the author of “A Consequential Life: David Lowry Swain, Nineteenth-Century North Carolina, and Their University.” He talks about his new book and Swain, who was a lawyer, judge, governor, and university president.” Whichard, who himself has been a legislator, judge, supreme court justice, and law school dean explains Swain’s contributions to the university and the state.

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On the Porch: Sen. Jay Chaudhuri on the NCGA

On the Porch: Sen. Jay Chaudhuri on the NCGA

Posted by | Apr 27, 2025 |

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Senator Jay Chaudhuri represents District 15 in the North Carolina Senate. He has spent his career fighting for and working on behalf of the people of North Carolina. Mr. Chaudhuri has served as Special Counsel to then Attorney General Roy Cooper and as General Counsel & Senior Policy Advisor to State Treasurer Janet Cowell. Currently, he is an attorney with the law firm Cohen Milstein in Raleigh. He is the first South Asian American to serve in the North Carolina General Assembly and was elected Senate Democratic Whip in 2019.

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On the Porch: Heather Washburn of Calico Creations

On the Porch: Heather Washburn of Calico Creations

Posted by | Apr 20, 2025 |

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Heather Washburn is the President of Calico Studio, a boutique multidisciplinary design firm with clients on both the East and West Coasts of the US. She has built her career on listening to her clients, looking for patterns, and thinking outside the box. Heather is also the owner of Calico Creates, the artistic arm of Calico where she creates fine art and upcycled accessories such as bags and wallets. She is the founder of Calico Makers Market which happens twice a year. Heather is a native of NC, local architect, an artist member of the Orange County Artists Guild, and other community organizations.

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On the Porch: Dr. Jeff Jones on Russia and Ukraine

On the Porch: Dr. Jeff Jones on Russia and Ukraine

Posted by | Apr 13, 2025 |

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Jeff Jones is currently an Associate Professor of Russian-Soviet and contemporary world history at UNC Greensboro. He is completing his second book entitled Smoke, Mirrors and Memories: A Cultural History of the Soviet-Afghan War, 1979-1989, forthcoming in 2023. He also has published several articles.

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April 12, 2025

Posted by | Apr 12, 2025 |

WCHL is airing conversations Coach Lefty Driesell, who died recently, was the legendary basketball coach at four different colleges, Davidson, Maryland, James Madison, and Georgia State, all of which he took to the NCAA tournament, about Maryland’s exit from the ACC and his memories of the great games against UNC and Duke.

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On the Porch: Dr. James Wood on The New Authoritarianism

On the Porch: Dr. James Wood on The New Authoritarianism

Posted by | Apr 6, 2025 |

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James Wood is currently Professor of Latin American and modern world history at North Carolina A&T State University. He is the author of The Society of Equality: Popular Republicanism and Democracy in Santiago de Chile, 1818-1851 and the co-editor of Problems in Modern Latin American History: Sources and Interpretations, now in its fifth edition with Rowman and Littlefield. As a Fulbright scholar for Chile in 2016 he was a visiting professor at the Universidad Diego Portales in Santiago (where he observed Chilean student activism up close).

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