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: The ‘Scots-Irish’ and the ‘Savage South’
“The Savage South” is an image that retired UNC-Chapel Hill Lineberger Professor of the Humanities at Fred Hobson thinks and writes about. He tried to explain to me why, over the years from colonial times until today, so many observers characterize our region as being...
May 31, 2025
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: Language and Life on Ocracoke
Are you a dingbatter? This word is used by local people in Ocracoke, referring to the crowds of tourists and other visitors. It is better on Ocracoke Island to be an Ocracoker, with long-standing connections to the island, its people and its special dialect, known as...
May 24, 2025
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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One on One: Censoring Books About Race
Do you remember what a “segregation scholarship” is – or was? “A Forgotten Migration: Black Southerners, Segregation Scholarships, and the Debt Owed to Public HBCUs” by Crystal R. Sanders explains. Sanders shows that these so-called “segregation scholarships” were an...
May 17, 2025
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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One on One: Belichick’s Book
In Chapel Hill, the past few days have been mostly not about graduation, but about Bill Belichik, the new Carolina football coach, his multi-million-dollar contract, his success as coach of the New England Patriots football team, and his new book,
May 10, 2025
Hillsborough’s Lee Smith, author of Silver Alert, talks about the book and the quirky characters that fill her books.
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One on One: Curry’s Joy
In their article in the April 28 New York Times and in The Athletic, the writers Elise Devlin, Doug Haller, and Jayson Jenks ask “What makes Stephen Curry a leader?
May 3, 2025
Willis Whichard, lawyer, legislator, Supreme Court justice, and lawschool 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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