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.
One on One: Meck Dec Time Again
Almost every year about this time, I remind my readers about North Carolina’s claim that Mecklenburg County declared independence from Great Britain on May 20, 1775, more than a year before the July 4, 1776, American Declaration.
May 11, 2024
This week, D.G. Martin is joined by UNC-Chapel Hill’s Jodi Magness, Kenan Distinguished Professor for Teaching Excellence in Early Judaism. They talk about her new book, “Jerusalem through the Ages: From Its Beginning to the Crusades”.
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One on One: Holden Thorp Shares His Diagnosis and More
Holden Thorp, former chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and one of the smartest people I have ever known, made a startling announcement last week.
May 4, 2024
Chapel Hill’s Elizabeth Engelhardt, Senior Associate Dean for Fine Arts & Humanities at UNC Chapel Hill, talks about her new book, “Boardinghouse Women: How Southern Keepers, Cooks, Nurses, Widows, and Runaways Shaped Modern America” (2024).
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One on One: Writing About Restaurants: NC or NYC
What is so hard about writing a book or a series of articles about great restaurants in a particular city, state, or region? I have been trying to explain these difficulties recently as I talked about the newly revised edition of my book, “North Carolina's Roadside...
April 27, 2024
Bill Kirwan, longtime head of the library at Western Carolina University, now retired in Chapel Hill, insists that that he is not an expert, but only a fan of thoroughbred horse racing. But he knows a lot and shares some of it with us on WCHL’s Who’s Talking.
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One on One: North Carolina’s Most Famous Person
Who is North Carolina’s most famous person? If you go by who got featured in a front-page article last week in The New York Times, the answer is easy. Virginia Foxx.
April 20, 2024
This week, 97.9 The Hill is airing conversations with the late Coach Lefty Driesell. Coach Driesell had a legendary career at four different colleges, Davidson, Maryland, James Madison, and Georgia State, all of which he took to the NCAA tournament. Coach Driesell and D.G. also talk about Maryland’s exit from the ACC and his memories of the great games against UNC and Duke.
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One on One: My Brother’s Mountain Cabin
A few days ago, my wife and family, I drove along I-77 up into Virginia and turned west on I-81 driving along side of large, luscious, spring green pastures towards historic Abingdon, home of the Barter Theater. From there we made our way to the Washington Springs...
April 13, 2024
WCHL is airing conversations with the late Coach Lefty Driesell. Coach Driesell was the legendary basketball coach at four different colleges, Davidson, Maryland, James Madison, and Georgia State, all of which he took to the NCAA tournament. They also discuss Maryland’s exit from the ACC and his memories of the great games against UNC and Duke.
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