Etaf Rum, the author of “A Woman Is No Man”, talks about her new book, her life in Brooklyn in the Palestinian immigrant community, and how her new life in North Carolina led a book set in Brooklyn and Palestine.

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Randi Emerman, Founder and CEO of Film Fest 919. Last October, that film festival brought to the Silver Spot theater films that became Oscar contenders. The films included ROMA, The Favourite, Green Book, Shoplifters and Capernaum. Emerman talks about plans for the 2019 Film Fest 919 coming in October.

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Chapel Hill’s William Leuchtenburg, William Rand Kenan, Jr., Professor Emeritus at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, leading historian of the American Presidency and frequent guest on this program, talks about President Trump in the lingering shadows cast by President Franklin Roosevelt.

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Chapel Hill’s Vivienne Benesch, Producing Artistic Director of PlayMakers Repertory Company director of Bertolt Brecht’s “Life of Galileo” talks about the play, the playwright, and the conflict between long held “truths” and the findings of science.

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Guest: Lenny Rosenbluth, Parts 1 and 2

Part 1 Getting to Carolina: Chapel Hill’s Lennie Rosenbluth, hero of the 1957 championship victory over the University of Kansas and Wilt Chamberlain 54–53 in triple overtime, talks about his story of how and why he came to Carolina and what is was like to play for Coach Frank McGuire.

Part 2 His Carolina experience: Chapel Hill’s Lennie Rosenbluth, hero of the 1957 championship victory over the University of Kansas and Wilt Chamberlain 54–53 in triple overtime, talks about his story of how and why he came to Carolina and what is was like to play for Coach Frank McGuire

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John Feinstein, author of 35 books about basketball and other sports, including “The Legends Club: Dean Smith, Mike Krzyzewski, Jim Valvano, and an Epic College Basketball Rivalry,”

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During this time of challenge and change at UNC-Chapel Hill and the UNC-System, Holden Thorp’s and Buck Goldstein’s recent book, “Our Higher Calling: Rebuilding the Partnership between America and Its Colleges and Universities,” provides useful insights and lessons for all who care about higher education.

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