97.9 The Hill WCHL and Chapelboro.com are your headquarters for local news and local voices in Chapel Hill-Carrboro. Every weekday morning, 97.9 The Hill’s Aaron Keck chats with government officials, UNC scholars, business and nonprofit leaders, area musicians, and others in our community as they share their thoughts, their experience, and their expertise on the central issues of today. Click here to listen back to all of Aaron’s conversations – and tune in to “This Morning with Aaron Keck” at 7:30 a.m. on 97.9 The Hill to hear those conversations live.

Every month, Aaron welcomes UNC’s Carolina Public Humanities to the studio for a regular feature called “Oh, the Humanities!” spotlighting humanities work and upcoming events on campus. Click here to listen back to all of those discussions.

April 19-20, Carolina Public Humanities is hosting their annual Adams Symposium at the Kenan Conference Center, with a focus on “building democracies in times of populism and polarization.”

Northwestern University philosopher Cristina Lafont is the keynote speaker; she’s the author of “Democracy Without Shortcuts” and her talk will focus on “Rescuing Democracy from Populism and Technocracy.” Her speech is Friday, April 19, at 5:30 p.m., free and open to everyone.

Click here for details about Lafont’s keynote speech.

Aaron spoke with Cristina Lafont as well as CPH director Lloyd Kramer, who shared details about the entire symposium.

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