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May 4, 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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On the Porch: A Conversation with Martin Johnson

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Martin Johnson is a co-founder of Shameful Nuisance, a non-profit that aims to make Orange County more vibrant, accessible, fun, and sustainable. Among other things, Shameful Nuisance runs Triangle Blog Blog, a daily group blog covering civics and news in Chapel Hill and Carrboro that reaches thousands of people across our region. He is also a member of the Orange County Affordable Housing Coalition and the Chapel Hill Bicycle Alliance.

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April 27, 2024

Bill Kirwan, longtime head of the library at Western Carolina University, now retired in Chapel Hill, insists that that he is not an 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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On The Porch: A Conversation with State Senator Graig Meyer, Part 2

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Sen. Graig Meyer served in the NC State House of Representatives from 2013 to 2022. In 2023 he became the State Senator for Orange, Person, and Caswell Counties. Meyer approaches his public service through the desire to connect people to the resources they need. His priorities include ensuring every child receives a good education, families have access to good jobs and health care, addressing the climate crisis, and ensuring everyone their full rights to justice and representation.

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April 20, 2024

This week, 97.9 The Hill is airing conversations with the late Coach Lefty Driesell. Coach Driesell had a legendary career at four different colleges, Davidson, Maryland, James Madison, and Georgia State, all of which he took to the NCAA tournament. Coach Driesell and D.G. also talk 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: A Conversation with State Senator Graig Meyer, Part 1

Sen. Graig Meyer served in the NC State House of Representatives from 2013 to 2022. In 2023 he became the State Senator for Orange, Person, and Caswell Counties. Meyer approaches his public service through the desire to connect people to the resources they need. His priorities include ensuring every child receives a good education, families have access to good jobs and health care, addressing the climate crisis, and ensuring everyone their full rights to justice and representation.

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