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On the Porch: A Conversation with Colin Campbell

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Colin Campbell is the capitol bureau chief, leading politics coverage for North Carolina Public Radio – WUNC. He has covered North Carolina politics and state government since 2014, starting as a reporter for The News & Observer in Raleigh. He later led the NC Insider state government news service before moving to Business North Carolina magazine to launch its daily political newsletter, the North Carolina Tribune. Prior to entering the wild world of state politics, Colin covered Raleigh city government and Johnston County for the N&O. He’s a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill’s journalism school who started his media career at age 14, working as a news reader, classical music host and alternative rock DJ for Charlottesville, Va., radio stations WNRN and WTJU.

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On the Porch: A Conversation with Dr. Gregory Goins

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Dr. Gregory D. Goins is the Associate Dean for Agricultural Research and a Professor of Crop Science at North Carolina A&T State University. He is the co-author of the 2010 USDA 4-H National Youth Science Experiment (the first-ever and only 4-H National Science Experiment to originate from an 1890 Land-Grant University). In 2020 he led the creation of the Small Farms Resource and Innovation Center (SFRIC) in the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences (CAES).  He is currently leading a team of researchers across the state on a Phase I NSF Regional Innovation Engine Project.  The Innovation Engine is developing a 42-county Agricultural Tech Innovation Corridor purposed to benefit underserved areas of the state.

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August 24, 2024

Chapel Hill’s John May, a successful business-person who is also an admired writer, talks about writing a new non-fiction book about the connections between the Lost Colony and the later settlement at Jamestown in Virginia.

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On the Porch: A Conversation with Lisa Sorg

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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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August 17, 2024

Chapel 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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On the Porch: A Conversation with Greg O’Connor

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Greg O’Connor spent 24yrs on the fixed income trading floor specializing in U.S Treasury and Agency Securities, concluding his career as a Managing Director. In his second career, O’Connor founded and ran one of the country’s top youth athletic training facilities in Cornelius NC. With the  founding of REAL Economics, he returns to his passion of economic analysis and political messaging, attempting to elevate Democratic Economic Fluency.

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On the Porch: A Conversation with Ryan Jenkins

This Week: Ryan Jenkins was born to 2 career US Army Officers in Landstuhl, Germany, and moved to Fayetteville, NC, at a young age where he spent most of his childhood. He attended UNC Chapel Hill for a BA in Peace, War & Defense and History and King’s College London (University College London) for an MA in War.  He has been active in the Democratic Party for 25 years, serving in roles from precinct secretary to President of the Progressive Caucus of North Carolina.

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July 27, 2024

Chapel Hill’s Elizabeth Engelhardt, Senior Associate Dean for Fine Arts & Humanities at UNC Chapel Hill, talks about her new book, “Boardinghouse Women: How Southern Keepers, Cooks, Nurses, Widows, and Runaways Shaped Modern America” (2024)

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