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Exploring Your Creative Genius: Opportunity, Advantage and a Brighter Future

Posted by Carl Nordgren | Nov 12, 2026 | Columns, Exploring Your Creative Genius, Town Square

A question for the victorious Democrats: Are you going to treat your defeated opponents the way the Allied powers did after World War 1 or World War 2?

Chansky’s Notebook: Style of Play

Posted by Art Chansky | Nov 12, 2026 | Basketball, Sports Notebook, UNC Sports

Is Michael Malone’s NBA style of play going to work in college? Through three games, it’s hard to say whether the UNC roster can pull it off.

On the Porch: Steve Maynor and Community Policing in Chatham

Posted by Staff | Nov 8, 2026 | On The Porch, Town Square

Chatham County Sheriff Steve Maynor has worked in law enforcement in here for over 20 years. As leader of the Chatham County Sheriff’s Office, he is focused on 1) keeping Chatham safe as the community grows; 2) recruitment, retention, and support of qualified professional staff; and 3) strengthening the community trust and partnerships. School safety, traffic concerns and crime prevention are his priorities.

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Chansky’s Notebook: Season of Change

Posted by Art Chansky | Nov 5, 2026 | Sports Notebook, UNC Sports

Many are celebrating a season of change for U.S. Congress. UNC fans want to celebrate Michael Malone’s first season too — but there’s concern.

Exploring Your Creative Genius: Eat The Wind

Posted by Carl Nordgren | Nov 4, 2026 | Columns, Exploring Your Creative Genius, Town Square

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.

On the Porch: Adele McLean: A Plan to Beat Poverty

Posted by Staff | Nov 1, 2026 | On The Porch, Town Square

This Week:

A native of Hickory NC, Adele McLean is a business executive and consultant who has spent more than three decades helping Fortune 500 companies, healthcare organizations, and nonprofits solve complex operational challenges. With a business degree and Master of Accounting from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill she has built a career leading organizational change, improving performance, and helping teams tackle difficult problems. Today, Adele is applying that same business mindset to exploring how communities can use data, measurement, and collaboration to create greater economic opportunity for everyone. Adele served on the BOD of the United Way of Chatham County and as consultative counsel to the former Director of United Way to support the development of the Bold Goal. Adele is an active volunteer with the Salvation Army, where she provides financial mentoring and budgeting workshops to community members. In partnership with others, she is helping develop the strategic business case for a Chatham County Community Resource Center to improve access to coordinated community services.

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Chansky’s Notebook: Fork In The Road

Posted by Art Chansky | Oct 30, 2026 | Sports, Sports Notebook

Art Chansky looks back at the head coaching butterfly effect caused by UNC football’s upset win against No. 4 Miami at Kenan Stadium in 2004.

Exploring Your Creative Genius: Convergence and Divergence

Posted by Carl Nordgren | Oct 28, 2026 | Columns, Exploring Your Creative Genius, Town Square

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.

On the Porch: Talking News with Dan Kane

Posted by Staff | Oct 25, 2026 | On The Porch, Town Square

This Week:

Dan Kane is an award-winning investigative journalist for the Raleigh, NC newspaper The News & Observer. Kane, with whistleblower Mary Willingham, is credited for unearthing substantive academic fraud regarding student-athletes who were directed towards phony classes, according to allegations. Kane also covered NCSU, legislative corruption, and the formation of the state lottery. His reporting on NC’s secretive personnel law exposed how the state kept much information about state employees from public scrutiny, which led to a new state law to expedite information-gathering about the pay and performance of state employees. He is a 1983 graduate of Saint John Fisher College in Rochester, NY.