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Hometown Hero Awards
This week's Hometown Hero: Marin Lissy
Column: Making #MeToo Count
“Making #MeToo Count” By Rachel Valentine These past few days have been heavy for...
Word of the Day – 10/23/19
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Chapel Hill: 45 Years of Chapel Hill Transit
Chapel Hill Transit is marking its 45th anniversary in operation! Brian Litchfield of CHT fills in for Mayor Hemminger.
October 17, 2019: Between A Rock And Impeachment
Tom has new numbers from four battleground states - including Maine, where Sen. Susan Collins is in trouble regardless of where she stands on impeachment.
Heroic Animals
Cornwallis' surrender at Yorktown has nothing on the first cat in space or a pigeon who saved a thousand lives in World War II.
August 31, 2019
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September 16, 2019: Bree Newsome
Aaron speaks with Bree Newsome, the activist who's best known for pulling down a Confederate flag outside the South Carolina State House in 2015.
October 18, 2019: Cummings, Ukraine, Syria
There's so much extremely important stuff happening, it's hard to identify anything that's not a Thing - but Jean and Aaron give it a shot.
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Right as Rain: Our Closest Community
This theme of this year’s Right as Rain column has been “Connecting with Your Community.” Well the...
October 2, 2019: Fore!
Susan and Aaron are joined by Tom Wiltberger of the Chapel Hill Public Library Foundation, which is holding a mini-golf fundraiser called "Birdies Fore Books" at the library this weekend.
October 19, 2019
Charles Frazier, the acclaimed author of “Cold Mountain,” “Thirteen Moons,” and “Nightwoods,” talks about the new book “Varina”, and the joys of talking to the world about it.
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Right as Rain: Our Closest Community
This theme of this year’s Right as Rain column has been “Connecting with Your Community.” Well the...
March 1, 2018
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October 18, 2019: NBA/China
Debby and Aaron try to get to the bottom of an extremely complex controversy: Daryl Morey, LeBron James, Adam Silver, the NBA, China, democracy, freedom, and cash. Good luck.
February 2018 Community Forum: Tackling Climate Change at the Local Level
Climate change has been a political topic for years, but what has been or can be done at the local level to make an impact? Members of governing bodies in Orange County are working on a joint committee now to work on that answer.
Weekend Water Cooler: October 19, 2019
Guest: Quinton Harper
September 27th – My Life: The Movie – Click to Listen
Today, Aaron Keck was joined by Jean Bolduc, Host of the Weekend Watercooler! Today’s KidsQ: What event in your life would make a good movie?
September 11, 2019: Firearm Safety
Ashley and Aaron talk firearm safety after an Orange County Commissioners meeting - but not before forging common ground on two big issues.
