DG Martin

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: Candidates Who Help the Other Side

by D.G. Martin | Apr 8, 2024 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square

What did the Democrats in Ohio do in the recent Republican U.S. Senate primary that North Carolina Democrats did not have to do? Answer: It is complicated, but in simple terms the Ohio Democrats gave a boost to one Republican candidate, Bernie Moreno, a former car...

April 6, 2024

by Aaron Johnson | Apr 6, 2024 | Who's Talking

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.

(A Celebration of Clarence’s Life will be held April 21, 2024, at Carolina Meadows Auditorium in Chapel Hill.)

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One on One: Old Memories, New Challenges

by D.G. Martin | Apr 1, 2024 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square

The news last week came as a surprise to me: “Gov. Cooper’s office announced on Thursday that Walter Gaskin, a retired three-star Marine Corps general who became secretary of the North Carolina Department of Military and Veterans Affairs in 2021, is retiring from state government.”

March 30, 2024

by Aaron Johnson | Mar 30, 2024 | Who's Talking

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: Telling It True in 1964 and Today

by D.G. Martin | Mar 25, 2024 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square

“Tell It True” is a book that takes you back in time to 1964 during the election season in Georgia. Think Lester Maddox. The story opens as Jarvis Pendry, a Black World War II veteran and Army reserve lieutenant colonel is returning to his home in Baltimore where he...

March 23, 2024

by Aaron Johnson | Mar 23, 2024 | Who's Talking

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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One on One: Why No Poole’s in ‘Roadside Eateries’?

by D.G. Martin | Mar 18, 2024 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square

Earlier this month, Southern Living named Poole’s Diner the best diner in North Carolina and praised it as follows: “Diners often feel frozen in time, and while Poole’s has the retro chrome edging, and red artificial leather stools and booths, you won’t find anyone in old-school waitress uniforms.”

March 16, 2024

by Aaron Johnson | Mar 16, 2024 | Who's Talking

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: Mighty Mecklenburg

by D.G. Martin | Mar 11, 2024 | Columns, D.G. Martin, Town Square

“Why do you Mecklenburgers always act so high and mighty?” I still get this question every now and then even though I moved away years ago. Last week, I remembered the best answer to that question.