When you’re talking with DG Martin, you’re talking to a veteran, lawyer, politician, administrator and author. DG’s been around the block a few times and you’ll hear his conversations with guests practically guaranteed to provide some of the most interesting back-and-forth you’ll hear all weekend.
September 7, 2024
Jodi Magness, Kenan Distinguished Professor for Teaching Excellence in Early Judaism at UNC Chapel Hill, discussing her latest book, “JERUSALEM THROUGH THE AGES-FROM ITS BEGINNINGS TO THE CRUSADES.”
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One on One: Leuchtenburg’s 102nd Birthday Gift to Us
UNC-Chapel Hill Professor Emeritus William Leuchtenburg is celebrating his 102nd birthday this month. He was born on September 28, 1922. A few weeks ago, Oxford University Press released his latest book, “Patriot Presidents: From George Washington to John Quincy...
One on One: Small Towns and Farms, Our People Estuaries
"That couldn't happen if you moved every three years." Reynolds Price, the late novelist and Duke professor, was talking to a group at a Southern Writers Conference in Chapel Hill about memories. Our memories are our treasures. They are who we are. Looking backwards...
August 24, 2024
Chapel Hill’s John May, a successful business-person who is also an admired writer, talks about writing a new non-fiction book about the connections between the Lost Colony and the later settlement at Jamestown in Virginia.
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One on One: Books for Bookwatch
Although North Carolina Bookwatch in no longer airing on PBS-NC people still ask what books are being featured. When I explain, they ask, “Well, what books would you be discussing. Here are three of my answers. “Charlotte, the Slugger, and Me: Coming-of-Age Story of a...
August 17, 2024
Chapel Hill’s Clarence Whitefield, 101, former Secretary of the Carolina Alumni Association died on March 24, 2024. Two years ago, on Who’s Talking, he talked about his memories of Chapel Hill and played his famous harmonica.
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One on One: Election To-Do List
Have you decided how you are going to vote in the upcoming election? Even if you have decided between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, there is more to do before you can do your duty on Election Day. There are more offices that will need your vote: secretary of state,...
August 10, 2024
Hillsborough’s popular author Jill McCorkle talks about her latest book of short stories, “Old Crimes and Other Stories.”
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One on One: The Desi Diaspora and American Presidential Politics
If you want to understand what has been happening in this year’s presidential contest, it will help if you know the term “Desi.” Desi is a term used to describe or identify immigrants and other people connected to the Indian subcontinent. Desi is not a word you would...
One on One: Summertime North Carolina Peaches
One of the great joys of summertime for many North Carolina families is a drive to the Sandhills to visit one of the roadside peach stands that dot the region.
