Weekend Shows

The legendary UNC President William Friday died IN 2012. In this program Friday reviewed 40 years of his hosting UNC-TV’s North Carolina People and he talks about some of the “unsung North Carolina heroes” who appeared on his program.

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Willis Whichard, lawyer, legislator, Supreme Court justice, and law school dean, is the author of “A Consequential Life: David Lowry Swain, Nineteenth-Century North Carolina, and Their University.” He talks about his new book and Swain, who was a lawyer, judge, governor, and university president.” Whichard, who himself has been a legislator, judge, supreme court justice, and law school dean explains Swain’s contributions to the university and the state.

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Chapel Hill’s and Carolina Meadow’s Dr. Vince Tollers, retired Distinguished Service Professor of English at SUNY College at Brockport NY, talks about humor in the Bible.

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Daniel Wallace about his book, “THIS ISN’T GOING TO END WELL: The True Story of a Man I Thought I Knew”.

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Larry Miller, one of the greatest of the great Tar Heel basketball players of all time died a few day ago. On Who’s Talking in 2020, Larry talked about how he got to Chapel Hill, his times playing for Coach Smith, and what happened afterwards. He discussed his work with author Stephen Demorest, author of the book, “Larry Miller Time: The Story of the Lost Legend Who Sparked the Tar Heel Dynasty.”

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Hillsborough’s Lee Smith, author of Silver Alert, talks about the book and the quirky characters that fill her books.

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