Chapel Hill’s Molly Worthen, an associate professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and author of “Apostles of Reason,” talks about how religion intersects with American politics.

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Lennie Rosenbluth, who died recently, was the 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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Clarence Whitefield, former Secretary of the Carolina Alumni Association who recently celebrated his 100th birthday, talks about his memories of Chapel Hill and plays his famous harmonica.

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Rufus Edmisten, Deputy Chief Counsel for the Senate Watergate Committee, NC Attorney General and Secretary of State, Democratic nominee for governor in 1984 and, many say, the most colorful politician in North Carolina’s last 50 years, talks about his new book, “That’s Rufus: A Memoir of Tar Heel Politics, Watergate and Public Life”

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Richard Hendel, a revered book designer and the author of “Aspects of Contemporary Book Design” and “On Book Design,” talks about the art and science of book design.

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Howard Covington, author of “Fire and Stone: The Making of the University of North Carolina under Presidents Edward Kidder Graham and Harry Woodburn Chase”, He talks about the new book and the University of North Carolina during the years between World War I and the Great Depression

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On May 20, North Carolina celebrates the 1775 Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence. This weekend we will re-air earlier programs with Scott Syfert and Marion Redd who discussed the lingering question of whether the Declaration is fact or fiction.

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Chapel Hill newcomer Frank Bruni, contributing opinion writer for The New York Times and a professor of public policy at Duke University, talks about his new book, “The Beauty of Dusk”, about the new book talks about dealing with his diminished vision and the possibility of going totally blind.