We all love to tell and hear stories about ourselves and other people. Storytelling makes us more fully human because we use stories to describe ourselves and to connect with everyone who tells us about themselves, their memories, and their communities. Stories shape our personal and national identities.
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Here are some bigger picture thoughts I have about North Carolina’s place in national politics after Tuesday. I think we will look back and see, this past election ushered in a new era.
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This Just In — We’re not going back. We may stray in how we go forward, but America is not going back.
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Jesus famously told a parable about talents. He probably didn’t have in mind playing “Peace Like a River” on a dulcimer or dribbling a basketball between the legs.
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One of the more prescient observations about North Carolina football over the summer was that the Tar Heels could be much-improved from their 4-8 debacle last season, yet that improvement would not necessarily guarantee a better record against a tougher 2026 schedule.
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In this week’s show we meet Dan Wake and learn about his amazing new book, ‘Eat the Wind: Travels with Dictators, Mercenaries, and Queens.’ And as I say in the show, that’s the coolest title for a book I’ve come across in years.
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If (and only IF) you have already voted and done everything your body and your wallet allows to help the candidates of your choice, please dress up for Trick or Treating on Saturday and enjoy the extra hour of sleep on Sunday.
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“All the world’s a stage,” claimed the Bard. We are actors, but we rarely have the opportunity to write the script. Witness the past two years when our country has headed in a direction that, as a person of faith, I find morally reprehensible.
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One win. Forty-six losses. One tie. Since the launch of the Associated Press college football poll in 1936, that’s North Carolina’s all-time record against top-five AP opponents: 1-46-1.
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In this week’s show our guest, Kevin Qian, spoke at one point about how he helps his clients ‘converge’ on the right actionable idea.
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