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Sports Notebook

Clean Joke of The Day

Hometown Hero Awards

The Commentators

Word of the Day

Freddie Kiger's Trivia Quiz

Conversations with the Mayors

What We're Thinking

June 14, 2018: Good Vs Evil

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Good-versus-evil all around: Tom discusses a new national poll on the 2018 and 2020 elections, and we preview the UNC/Oregon State matchup at the College World Series. (Also, the age-old question: LeBron or MJ?)

History Matters

June 14, 2018: Flag Day

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It's Flag Day! Also: landmark Supreme Court decisions, an historic birthday we eventually remember - and Scott previews an event next week to commemorate the Regulators who were executed in Hillsborough in 1771.

If You Only Knew

Forward Together

June 19, 2018: Juneteenth

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It's Juneteenth, an important day in U.S. history - but Anna's more concerned about critical civil rights issues in the present, including numerous election-law bills in the General Assembly.

The Week In News

PLAYERSNEXT

Inside Carolina

The Downtown Rundown

May 29, 2018: Goodbyeee

Meg's moving on to a new position (don't worry, still in Chapel Hill!), so this is her final Downtown Rundown. (We still have fun.)

Talking Books with Susan Brown

June 13, 2018: Grants, Nerds, And Lies

The library receives a pair of grants; upcoming events include Nerd Nite and book trivia; and Aaron recommends a book Susan's actually interested in.

Sports Focus

Who's Talking

June 16, 2018

Leonard Rogoff’s new book “Gertrude Weil: Jewish Progressive in the New South” feature a North Carolina woman, American Jewish activist involved in a wide range of progressive/leftist and often controversial causes, including women’s suffrage, labor reform and civil rights.

Non-Profit Showcase

Tar Heel Talk

Stroman On Sports

June 6, 2018: Jaelene Hinkle

A women's soccer star turns down a chance to play for the US national team - because she doesn't want to support LGBT Pride Month. 

WCHL Community Forum

Today's Business

June 16, 2018

Tune in to hear Holly Lindsay-Miller and Brianna Bennett discuss the amazing support provided by the Women's Birth and Wellness Center Boutique. 

Weekend Watercooler

KidsQ

June 15th – A House of Spaghetti – Click to Listen

"If you had to build a house out of foods, what materials would you use?" (with special guests, Elizabeth Cheek  and Philip Jones, representing the Carolina Club, and discussing their 'Pasta with a Purpose' and 'Tar Heel Thanksgiving' Initiatives.)

Your Health

The Other Side

June 19, 2018: “Empty Holster”

Ashley and Aaron are joined by Daniel Johnson, who's working with Ashley to organize a pro-gun rights rally in Hillsborough. (Saturday, July 21, 10 am to noon on the old courthouse lawn.)