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 23, 2023
UNC-Chapel Hill’s Jodi Magness, Kenan Distinguished Professor for Teaching Excellence in Early Judaism at UNC Chapel Hill. She recently talked to the Chapel Hill Rotary Club talks about the latest in her work at Huqoq, in Israel including more about the stunning mosaics on an ancient synagogue’s floor, where last year’s team uncovered an unprecedented depiction of two female biblical heroes.
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One on One: 100 Years of History
What can we learn from our state’s history? Many of us learned the basics in the eighth grade. But that was a long time ago and it’s hard to remember after so many years. Don’t worry. There is help, in the form of The North Carolina Historical Review, which is...
September 16, 2023
Chapel Hill’s Daniel Wallace, the James Ross McDonald Distinguished Professor of English, at UNC-Chapel Hill, talks about his recent book, “THIS ISN’T GOING TO END WELL: The True Story of a Man I Thought I Knew.”
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One on One: Reading to the End
You are not going to finish reading this column. And it is not necessarily because the column is not all that interesting. There may be other reasons according to Will Blythe. Blythe, a native North Carolinian, is a well-known and highly respected writer and the...
One on One: Women Helping Turn Rotary Green
If you still think Rotary clubs are havens for established white businessmen, meet Liz Henke of the East Chapel Hill Rotary Club. Liz is a member of the club’s Green Team. She and the team are featured in the September issue of Rotary Magazine, which is sent to 1.4...
September 2, 2023
Chapel Hill’s Molly Worthen, an associate professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
and author or author of “Apostles of Reason,” talks about how religion intersects with American politics.
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One on One: A Blessing and a Curse
“The mosaics have been a blessing and a curse.” UNC-Chapel Hill professor Jody Magness was talking about the beautiful mosaics on the floor of an ancient synagogue in the Galilean region of Israel. Magness is a widely respected archaeologist and past president of the...
August 26, 2023
UNC-Chapel Hill’s Jodi Magness, Kenan Distinguished Professor for Teaching Excellence in Early Judaism at UNC Chapel Hill, talks about her more than 10 years work at Huqoq, in Israel including more about the stunning mosaics on an ancient synagogue’s floor and the lessons that have been learned and her upcoming book on Jerusalem.
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One on One: MecDec Lives!
A book about the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence published in April has raised again the question of whether on May 20, 1775, a group of county residents adopted such a resolution more than a year before the American Declaration. “Who's Your Founding Father?...
August 19, 2023
UNC-Chapel Hill’s Jodi Magness, Kenan Distinguished Professor for Teaching Excellence in Early Judaism at UNC Chapel Hill. She recently talked to the Chapel Hill Rotary Club talks about the latest in her work at Huqoq, in Israel including more about the stunning mosaics on an ancient synagogue’s floor, where last year’s team uncovered an unprecedented depiction of two female biblical heroes.
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