Chapel Hill’s Daniel Wallace, the James Ross McDonald Distinguished Professor of English, at UNC-Chapel Hill, talks about his recent book, “THIS ISN’T GOING TO END WELL: The True Story of a Man I Thought I Knew.”
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Wiley Nickel is a father, husband, attorney, former state senator, and current U.S. representative for North Carolina’s 13th Congressional District. He has dedicated his life to public service. His commitment to serving the community was shaped early on when he experienced a family health crisis and lost his father to lung cancer. Wiley worked in two White House administrations, including with President Obama, gaining insights into coalition-building and effective governance. He has fought passionately for voting rights, quality education, and reproductive health care. After redistricting in 2023, Wiley’s seat was gerrymandered, but he remains committed to ending partisan gerrymandering and ensuring every voter in North Carolina, and across the country, has a voice.
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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Alphecca Muttardy is a Professional Macroeconomist and former Senior Economist, International Monetary Fund. Chief economic adviser Coalition for a National Infrastructure Bank. Testified in numerous state legislatures, City and County Councils (i.e. Chicago, New York, etc.) and organizations, National Association of Counties, National Association of Development Organizations, Council of State Governments East Region, etc. Expert macroeconomic assessment of the United States economy, including the development of a major policy initiative to finance unmet infrastructure needs while promoting job creation and economic growth. Resides in Fairfax County, Va.
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Read MoreBill Kirwan, longtime head of the library at Western Carolina University, now retired in Chapel Hill, insists that that he is not a expert, but only a fan of thoroughbred horse racing. But he knows a lot and shares some of it with us on WCHL’s Who’s Talking.
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Braxton Winston served as a Charlotte City Council At-Large member from 2017-2023 and served as Mayor Pro Tem. Braxton learned during his tenure that communities thrive when their workforces thrive. As the next Commissioner of Labor, he will support North Carolina’s working families and businesses by: ensuring that all workers go to work in a safe environment, advocating for all people to be paid fairly under NC labor laws, and defending workers rights wherever they find work. Braxton is running for Commissioner of Labor to make North Carolina the #1 state for business and workers. Learn more at votebraxton.com
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Read MoreHillsborough’s popular author Jill McCorkle talks about her latest book of short stories, “Old Crimes and Other Stories.”
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Read MoreDr. Deborah Stroman discusses the WNBA Playoffs, former President Donald Trump’s support, and Black Men’s Brain Health Initiative.
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Steve Sandeep Rao, a native of Charleston, WV, serves as an At Large Council Member for the Town of Morrisville and served as Mayor Pro Tem from 2015-2017. He served as a Senior Business Development Executive at Alphanumeric Systems, a global tech company headquartered in Raleigh from January 2011 to May 2020 and now serves as Of Counsel and Adviser to State Federal Strategies, where he advises Technology Companies on State and Local Government Business Development Strategy. Council Member Rao is the longest serving Asian-American elected official in NC.
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Read MoreChapel Hill’s Clarence Whitefield, 101, former Secretary of the Carolina Alumni Association died on March 24, 2024. Two years ago, on Who’s Talking, he talked about his memories of Chapel Hill and played his famous harmonica.
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Michael Joseph Roberto is a musician, historian, writer and retired NCA&T associate professor in contemporary world history. His first book, “The Coming of The American Behemoth: The Origins of Fascism in the United States, 1920-1940” was published in 2018. He at work on a sequel about the increasing peril of American fascism since Donald Trump won the White House in 2016.
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