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 on “Who’s Talking,” you’ll hear his conversations with guests practically guaranteed to provide some of the most interesting back-and-forth you’ll hear all weekend.
February 6, 2021
Patrick Wooten, Wayne Goodwin, and Karen Popp celebrate John Sanders, who has been a leading light in Chapel Hill since his arrival on campus more than 70 years ago, serving at study body president in 1950. He joined the staff of the Institute of Government beginning in 1951 and served as director for many years. He has been the go-to man when there was a problem or an opportunity in state government. He was also mentor to many young Carolina students and an inspiration to many others.
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January 30, 2021
Rufus Edmisten, Deputy Chief Counsel for the Senate Watergate Committee, NC Attorney General and Secretary of State, Democratic nominee for governor in 1984 and, many say, the most colorful politician in North Carolina’s last 50 years, talks about his book, “That’s Rufus: A Memoir of Tar Heel Politics, Watergate and Public Life”
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January 23, 2021
Charles Ludington, teaching associate professor of history at North Carolina State University, talks about his article in “The American Scholar,” “The War on Christmas: A brief history of the Yuletide in America.”
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January 16, 2021
On this program from several years ago, the late Dr. James Bryan, Beloved physician, medical school faculty member, mentor to other doctors, a N&O “Tar Heel of the Week” and a founder and long time advocate for Hospice in North Carolina about his retirement activities including his efforts to raise funds for a new UNC Hospice facility to serve Orange and Chatham Counties. shares some of his memories, his plans for retirement, his thoughts for staying healthy, and his enthusiasm for raising funds for the construction of construction of a new and much needed UNC Hospice Inpatient Facility.
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January 9, 2021
Charles Ludington, teaching associate professor of history at North Carolina State University, talks about his article in “The American Scholar,” “The War on Christmas: A brief history of the Yuletide in America.”
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December 26, 2020
Larry Miller, one of the greatest of the great Tar Heel basketball players of all time, and author with Stephen Demorest of “Larry Miller Time: The Story of the Lost Legend Who Sparked the Tar Heel Dynasty,” about how he got to Chapel Hill, his times playing for Coach Smith, and what happened afterward. Art Chansky and Stephen Demorest join the conversation.
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December 19, 2020
Retired UNC-Chapel Hill professor Thomas Warburton explaining the power of Handel’s Messiah. 2005-12-14
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December 12, 2020
UNC-Chapel Hill’s University Archivist Nicholas Graham and former University historian Cecelia Moore talk about their book, “UNC A to Z: What Every Tar Heel Needs to Know about the First State University.”
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December 5, 2020
Larry Miller, one of the greatest of the great Tar Heel basketball players of all time, and author with Stephen Demorest of “Larry Miller Time: The Story of the Lost Legend Who Sparked the Tar Heel Dynasty,” about how he got to Chapel Hill, his times playing for Coach Smith, and what happened afterward. Art Chansky and Stephen Demorest join the conversation.
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November 28, 2020
UNC-Chapel Hill’s University Archivist Nicholas Graham and former University historian Cecelia Moore talk about their book, “UNC A to Z: What Every Tar Heel Needs to Know about the First State University.”
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November 21, 2020
North Carolina governor and UNC president during the Civil War, David Swain, is the subject of a biography being written by Chapel Hill’s Willis Whichard. Whichard brings a lifetime of public service and experience to the task. He is the only person in the history of North Carolina who has served in both houses of the state legislature and on both of the state’s appellate courts. He will tell us about Swain’s service during the university’s most trying times.
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November 14, 2020
Chapel Hill’s William Leuchtenburg, Professor Emeritus at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, leading historian of the American Presidency and frequent guest on this program, talks the challenges elected but un-inaugurated presidents face.
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November 7, 2020
John LeBar and Allen Paul discuss their book, “MARCHING TOWARD MADNESS How to Save the Games You Always Loved,” and how runaway spending and rampant corruption, have threatened America’s much-beloved games of college basketball and football even more than the widespread cheating scandals in the early 1950s.
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October 24, 2020
Larry Miller, one of the greatest of the great Tar Heel basketball players of all time, and author with Stephen Demorest of “Larry Miller Time: The Story of the Lost Legend Who Sparked the Tar Heel Dynasty,” about how he got to Chapel Hill, his times playing for Coach Smith, and what happened afterward. Art Chansky and Stephen Demorest join the conversation.
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October 17, 2020
Chapel Hill’s William Leuchtenburg, Professor Emeritus at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, leading historian of the American Presidency and frequent guest on this program, talks about selecting vice presidenial candidates in history and today.
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October 10, 2020
Patrick Wooten, Wayne Goodwin, and Karen Popp celebrate John Sanders, who has been a leading light in Chapel Hill since his arrival on campus more than 70 years ago, serving at study body president in 1950. He joined the staff of the Institute of Government beginning in 1951 and served as director for many years. He has been the go-to man when there was a problem or an opportunity in state government. He was also mentor to many young Carolina students and an inspiration to many others.
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October 3, 2020
Chapel Hill’s Joseph Robinson, Principal Oboe of the New York Philharmonic for 27 years from June 1978 until September 2005, discusses performing concerts, orchestral, and chamber works in venues around the world to international critical acclaim. He joined D.G. to talk about his life and experiences in music as he records them for an upcoming memoir.
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September 26, 2020
Hillsborough’s Stephen Demorest , author of “Larry Miller Time: The Story of the Lost Legend Who Sparked the Tar Heel Dynasty,” about the new book and how he and his wife Nancy tracked down Larry Miller and came to write this book.
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September 19, 2020
Carter Wrenn, one of the nation’s most effective Republican political strategists, talks about this year’s state and national political races.
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September 12, 2020
Hillsborough’s Stephen Demorest , author of “Larry Miller Time: The Story of the Lost Legend Who Sparked the Tar Heel Dynasty,” about the new book and how he and his wife Nancy tracked down Larry Miller and came to write this book.
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September 12, 2020
The late Randall Kenan, winner of the North Carolina Award for Literature and author of “Walking on Water: Black American Lives at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century.”
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September 5, 2020
The late Randall Kenan, noted author, Professor at UNC-Chapel Hill, and editor of “The Cross of Redemption: Uncollected Writings by James Baldwin”, joins D.G. to talk about the new book and Baldwin as a writer and as an important historical figure.
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September 5, 2020
The late Randall Kenan, acclaimed author of “Walking on Water”, a book about what it means to be black, a UNC professor, and about the “Tarbaby” term.
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August 22, 2020
Chapel Hill’s William Leuchtenburg, Professor Emeritus at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, leading historian of the American Presidency and frequent guest on this program, talks about selecting vice presidential candidates in history and today.
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August 15, 2020
Chapel Hill’s James Peacock, Kenan Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at UNC-Chapel Hill and his wife, the lovely and much beloved Florence, talk about his new book, “A True Lucky Jim,” their travels, her music, and his teaching, service, and scholarship.
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August 8, 2020
Elaine Neil Orr, professor of English at North Carolina State University and the author of “Swimming Between Worlds”, talks about the new book and the two worlds on the American South in 1959 and the worlds of Nigeria.
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August 1, 2020
Rufus Edmisten, Deputy Chief Counsel for the Senate Watergate Committee, NC Attorney General and Secretary of State, Democratic nominee for governor in 1984 and, many say, the most colorful politician in North Carolina’s last 50 years, talks about his new book, “That’s Rufus: A Memoir of Tar Heel Politics, Watergate and Public Life”
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July 25, 2020
Elaine Neil Orr, professor of English at North Carolina State University and the author of “Swimming Between Worlds”, talks about the new book and the two worlds on the American South in 1959 and the worlds of Nigeria.
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July 18, 2020
Gene Nichol, Boyd Tinsley distinguished professor at the UNC Law School, director of the UNC Poverty Center (2008-2015) and author of “The Faces of Poverty in North Carolina: Stories from Our Invisible Citizens.” He talks about his new book and the consequences of rampant poverty in North Carolina.
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July 11, 2020
Tim Sullivan, a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill, a Morehead Scholar, and former president/CEO of Ancestry.Com, talks about his experiences at the top of an emerging company and the lessons he learned
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July 4, 2020
On June 29, 1905, Archibald Wright “Moonlight” Graham a Carolina grad and older brother of President Frank Graham appeared as a right fielder in a single major league game for the New York Giants and then became a beloved doctor in Minnesota. That story was popularized in the move, Field of Dreams. This weekend WCHL is remembering that game by re-airing a 2009 conversation with Brett Friedlander and Bob Reising, authors of “Chasing Moonlight: The True Story of Field of Dreams’ Doc Graham.”
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June 27, 2020
Patrick Wooten, Wayne Goodwin, and Karen Popp celebrate John Sanders, who has been a leading light in Chapel Hill since his arrival on campus more than 70 years ago, serving at study body president in 1950. He joined the staff of the Institute of Government beginning in 1951 and served as director for many years. He has been the go-to man when there was a problem or an opportunity in state government. He was also mentor to many young Carolina students and an inspiration to many others.
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June 20, 2020
Coach Lefty Driesell, the legendary and Hall of Fame basketball coach at four different colleges, Davidson, Maryland, James Madison, and Georgia State, all of which he took to the NCAA tournament. In a program from 2014 he shared some of those memories
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June 13, 2020
Howard Covington is the author of “Fire and Stone: The Making of the University of North Carolina under Presidents Edward Kidder Graham and Harry Woodburn Chase”. We discuss his new book and the University of North Carolina during the years between World War I and the Great Depression.
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June 6, 2020
Rufus Edmisten, Deputy Chief Counsel for the Senate Watergate Committee, NC Attorney General and Secretary of State, Democratic nominee for governor in 1984 and, many say, the most colorful politician in North Carolina’s last 50 years, talks about his new book, “That’s Rufus: A Memoir of Tar Heel Politics, Watergate and Public Life”
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May 30, 2020
Guest: Robert Morgan
North Carolina mountain native, admired author, and for more than 40 years professor at Cornell University, discusses the amazing story of how the American Revolution was won in the Carolinas in 1780-81.
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May 23, 2020
On May 20, North Carolina celebrated the 1775 Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence. This weekend we will re-air an earlier program with Scott Syfert, who discussed the lingering question of whether the Declaration is fact or fiction.
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May 9, 2020
Chapel Hill’s John May, a retired textile executive and author of “Poe and Fanny” and “The Poe Letters,” talks about his family history and his privately published new book, “The Mays of Alamanns’ Creek: A Family Odyssey,” in which he tells his family’s story–from the time of human origins in Africa to the textile town of Burlington.
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April 25, 2020
Guest: Chapel Hill’s Lennie Rosenbluth, hero of the 1957 championship victory over the University of Kansas and Wilt Chamberlain 54–53 in triple overtime, talks about his story of how and why he came to Carolina and what is was like to play for Coach Frank McGuire.
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April 18, 2020
Patrick Wooten, Wayne Goodwin, and Karen Popp celebrate John Sanders, who has been a leading light in Chapel Hill since his arrival on campus more than 70 years ago, serving at study body president in 1950. He joined the staff of the Institute of Government beginning in 1951 and served as director for many years. He has been the go-to man when there was a problem or an opportunity in state government. He was also mentor to many young Carolina students and an inspiration to many others.
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April 11, 2020
Tim Sullivan, a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill, a Morehead Scholar, and former president/CEO of Ancestry.Com, talks about his experiences at the top of an emerging company and the lessons he learned
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April 4, 2020
Guest: Duke Professor Orrin Pilkey on his book, “How to Read a North Carolina Beach: Bubble Holes, Barking Sands, and Rippled Runnels.” (Originally aired: September 15, 2004)
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March 28, 2020
Guest: Joe Flora
UNC-CH Emeritus Professor of English and for 30 years leader if the Christianity and Literature class at University Methodist Church discusses the stories of Hillsborough author, Lee Smith.
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March 21, 2020
Nelson Dollar on Civil War History and the last battles in on New Hope Creek at the eastern edge of Chapel Hill.
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March 14, 2020
Patrick Wooten, Wayne Goodwin, and Karen Popp celebrate John Sanders, who has been a leading light in Chapel Hill since his arrival on campus more than 70 years ago, serving at study body president in 1950. He joined the staff of the Institute of Government beginning in 1951 and served as director for many years. He has been the go-to man when there was a problem or an opportunity in state government. He was also mentor to many young Carolina students and an inspiration to many others.
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March 7, 2020
Tim Sullivan, a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill, a Morehead Scholar, and former president/CEO of Ancestry.Com, talks about his experiences at the top of an emerging company and the lessons he learned that might be useful for others.
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February 29, 2020
Getting to Carolina: Chapel Hill’s Lennie Rosenbluth, hero of the 1957 championship victory over the University of Kansas and Wilt Chamberlain 54–53 in triple overtime, talks about his story of how and why he came to Carolina and what is was like to play for Coach Frank McGuire.
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February 22, 2020
Jim Auchmutey, a journalist who wrote for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution for almost 30 years, specializing in stories about the South and its history and culture, talks about his new book, “Smokelore: A Short History of Barbecue in America,” and how the history of barbecue parallels the history of our country.
Guest host is John Shelton Reed coauthor of “Holy Smoke: The Big Book of North Carolina Barbecue”
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February 15, 2020
Bland Simpson and Jack Herrick, long time members of the Red Clay Ramblers came to WCHL several years ago to share some of their favorite music.
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February 8, 2020
Chapel Hill’s John May, a retired textile executive and author of “Poe and Fanny” and “The Poe Letters,” talks about his family history and his privately published new book, “The Mays of Alamanns’ Creek: A Family Odyssey,” in which he tells his family’s story–from the time of human origins in Africa to the textile town of Burlington.
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February 1, 2020
Robert Morgan, North Carolina mountain native, admired author, and for more than 40 years professor at Cornell University about amazing story of how the American Revolution was won in the Carolinas in 1780 and 81.
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January 25, 2020
Elaine Neil Orr, professor of English at North Carolina State University and the author of “Swimming Between Worlds”, talks about the new book and the two worlds on the American South in 1959 and the worlds of Nigeria.
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January 18, 2020
Etaf Rum, the author of “A Woman Is No Man”, talks about her new book, her life in Brooklyn in the Palestinian immigrant community, and how her new life in North Carolina led a book set in Brooklyn and Palestine.
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January 11, 2020
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January 11, 2020
Part 2:
Chapel Hill’s Lennie Rosenbluth, hero of the 1957 championship victory over the University of Kansas and Wilt Chamberlain 54–53 in triple overtime, talks about his story of how and why he came to Carolina and what is was like to play for Coach Frank McGuire
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January 4, 2020
Howard Covington, author of “Fire and Stone: The Making of the University of North Carolina under Presidents Edward Kidder Graham and Harry Woodburn Chase”, He talks about the new book and the University of North Carolina during the years between World War I and the Great Depression.
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December 28, 2019
Jodi Magness, Kenan Distinguished Professor for Teaching Excellence in Early Judaism in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, talks about the continuing work at the ancient village of Huqoq in Israel and about her new book, “Masada From Jewish Revolt to Modern Myth.” More info at http://huqoq.web.unc.edu/
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December 14, 2019
Retired UNC-Chapel Hill professor Thomas Warburton explaining the power of the Messiah.
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December 7, 2019
Chapel Hill’s William Leuchtenburg, William Rand Kenan, Jr., Professor Emeritus at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, leading historian of the American Presidency and frequent guest on this program, talks about the concept of impeachment in American presidential history.
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November 30, 2019
Bill Horner, Publisher and Editor the Chatham News and Record; veteran publisher and industry leader with five decades in newspapering, has knows abpit the future of newspapers along with the future of Chatham County
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November 23, 2019
Casey Cep, New York Times best selling author, talks about the incredible story of a Baptist minister accused of murdering five of his family members who was himself murdered at the funeral of his last victim, the lawyer who defended both the reverend and the vigilante who shot him, along with Pulitzer-Prize winner Harper Lee’s own attempt to write a book about the case.
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November 16, 2019
Jodi Magness, Kenan Distinguished Professor for Teaching Excellence in Early Judaism in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, talks about the continuing work at the ancient village of Huqoq in Israel and about her new book, “Masada From Jewish Revolt to Modern Myth.” More info at http://huqoq.web.unc.edu/
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November 9, 2019
Rufus Edmisten, Deputy Chief Counsel for the Senate Watergate Committee, NC Attorney General and Secretary of State, Democratic nominee for governor in 1984 and, many say, the most colorful politician in North Carolina’s last 50 years, talks about his new book, “That’s Rufus: A Memoir of Tar Heel Politics, Watergate and Public Life”
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November 2, 2019
Howard Covington, author of “Fire and Stone: The Making of the University of North Carolina under Presidents Edward Kidder Graham and Harry Woodburn Chase”. He talks about the new book and the University of North Carolina during the years between World War I and the Great Depression
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October 26, 2019
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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October 12, 2019
Joseph Robinson, former Principal Oboe of the New York Philharmonic shares and discusses the following six pieces of oboe music played by him: The first movement of the Sonata for Oboe and Piano by Camille Saint-Saens; The last movement of the Oboe Concerto by Josef Haydn (with the NYP conducted by Zubin Mehta in March 1987); The slow movement solo from the Violin Concerto by Johannes Brahms (with violinist Anne Sophie Mutter, Kurt Masur and the NYP); The slow movement solo from Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony (Leonard Bernstein and the NYP) ; The dove-descending glimmer of hope in Shostakovich’s cataclysmic Symphony #5 (Leonard Bernstein and the NYP; The last movement of Walter Piston’s Suite for Oboe and Piano.
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October 5, 2019
David Silkenat, a Duke grad with a PhD from UNC-Chapel Hill and now a senior lecturer of American History at the University of Edinburgh, talks about a new way to study the Civil War–through the lens of surrender at he describes in his new book,
“Raising the White Flag: How Surrender Defined the American Civil War”
Read D.G. Martin’s column about the new book at
https://chapelboro.com/town-square/one-on-one-a-new-way-to-look-at-the-civil-war
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September 27, 2019
Jim Auchmutey, a journalist who wrote for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution for almost 30 years, specializing in stories about the South and its history and culture, talks about his new book, “Smokelore: A Short History of Barbecue in America,” and how the history of barbecue parallels the history of our country.
Guest host is John Shelton Reed coauthor of “Holy Smoke: The Big Book of North Carolina Barbecue”
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September 21, 2019
Rufus Edmisten, Deputy Chief Counsel for the Senate Watergate Committee, NC Attorney General and Secretary of State, Democratic nominee for governor in 1984 and, many say, the most colorful politician in North Carolina’s last 50 years, talks about his new book, “That’s Rufus: A Memoir of Tar Heel Politics, Watergate and Public Life”
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September 14, 2019
Jim Auchmutey, a journalist who wrote for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution for almost 30 years, specializing in stories about the South and its history and culture, talks about his new book, “Smokelore: A Short History of Barbecue in America,” and how the history of barbecue parallels the history of our country.
Guest host is John Shelton Reed coauthor of “Holy Smoke: The Big Book of North Carolina Barbecue”
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September 7, 2019
Casey Cep, New York Times best selling author, talks about the incredible story of a Baptist minister accused of murdering five of his family members who was himself murdered at the funeral of his last victim, the lawyer who defended both the reverend and the vigilante who shot him, along with Pulitzer-Prize winner Harper Lee’s own attempt to write a book about the case.
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August 31, 2019
Rufus Edmisten, Deputy Chief Counsel for the Senate Watergate Committee, NC Attorney General and Secretary of State, Democratic nominee for governor in 1984 and, many say, the most colorful politician in North Carolina’s last 50 years, talks about his new book, “That’s Rufus: A Memoir of Tar Heel Politics, Watergate and Public Life”
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August 24, 2019
Casey Cep, New York Times best selling author, talks about the incredible story of a Baptist minister accused of murdering five of his family members who was himself murdered at the funeral of his last victim, the lawyer who defended both the reverend and the vigilante who shot him, along with Pulitzer-Prize winner Harper Lee’s own attempt to write a book about the case.
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August 24, 2019
Larry Tise, Wilbur and Orville Wright Distinguished Professor of History at East Carolina University from 2000 to 2015, talks about the history and culture of the region we call the “Outer Banks” his new book “Circa 1903: North Carolina’s Outer Banks at turn of the Dawn of Flight.”
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August 17, 2019
Elizabeth Marie Melchionna, rector at the Chapel of the Cross, talks about her experiences as leader of one of Chapel Hill’s oldest and most influential churches.
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August 10, 2019
Howard Covington, author of “Fire and Stone: The Making of the University of North Carolina under Presidents Edward Kidder Graham and Harry Woodburn Chase”, He talks about the new book and the University of North Carolina during the years between World War I and the Great Depression
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August 3, 2019
Jodi Magness, Kenan Distinguished Professor for Teaching Excellence in Early Judaism in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, talks about the continuing work at the ancient village of Huqoq in Israel and about her new book, “Masada From Jewish Revolt to Modern Myth.” More info at http://huqoq.web.unc.edu/
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July 27, 2019
Elaine Neil Orr, professor of English at North Carolina State University and the author of “Swimming Between Worlds”, talks about the new book and the two worlds on the American South in 1959 and the worlds of Nigeria.
She will be a guest on UNC-TV’s North Carolina Bookwatch at 11am on Sunday, July 28, and 5pm Tuesday, July 30.
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July 20, 2019
Etaf Rum, the author of “A Woman Is No Man”, talks about her new book, her life in Brooklyn in the Palestinian immigrant community, and how her new life in North Carolina led a book set in Brooklyn and Palestine.
She will be a guest on UNC-TV’s North Carolina Bookwatch at 11am on Sunday, July 21, and 5pm Tuesday, July 23.
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July 13, 2019
Gene Nichol, Boyd Tinsley distinguished professor at the UNC Law School, director of the UNC Poverty Center (2008-2015) and author of “The Faces of Poverty in North Carolina: Stories from Our Invisible Citizens.” He talks about the new book and the consequences of rampant poverty in North Carolina.
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July 6, 2019
David Silkenat, a Duke grad with a PhD from UNC-Chapel Hill and now a senior lecturer of American History at the University of Edinburgh, talks about a new way to study the Civil War–through the lens of surrender at he describes in his new book,
“Raising the White Flag: How Surrender Defined the American Civil War”
Read D.G. Martin’s column about the new book at
https://chapelboro.com/town-square/one-on-one-a-new-way-to-look-at-the-civil-war
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June 29, 2019
On June 29, 1905, Archibald Wright “Moonlight” Graham a Carolina grad and older brother of President Frank Graham appeared as a right fielder in a single major league game for the New York Giants and then became a beloved doctor in Minnesota. That story was popularized in the movie, Field of Dreams. This weekend WCHL is remembering that game by re-airing a 2009 conversation with Brett Friedlander and Bob Reising, authors of “Chasing Moonlight: The True Story of Field of Dreams’ Doc Graham.”
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June 22, 2019
A discussion with Robert Morgan, North Carolina mountain native, admired author, and for more than 40 years a professor at Cornell University, about an amazing story of how the American Revolution was won in the Carolina’s in 1780 and 81.
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June 15, 2019
Clark Church, former Chapel Hill-Carrboro restaurateur, talks about his book, “Tales of Moonshine and a Vanished Mountain Culture,” and his growing up years in the mountains of Ashe County North Carolina, including when hauling, selling, making and drinking illegal “Sugarhead” liquor was a way of life along with fighting chickens and going to church, sometimes all in the same day.
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June 6, 2019
Earl Swift, long-time Virginian-Pilot reporter, and author of “AUTO BIOGRAPHY: A Classic Car, an Outlaw Motorhead, and 57 Years of the American Dream” about a 1957 Chevy, its 13 different owners and how they related to ever-evolving American Dream. http://earlswift.com
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June 1, 2019
Gene Nichol, Boyd Tinsley distinguished professor at the UNC Law School, director of the UNC Poverty Center (2008-2015) and author of “The Faces of Poverty in North Carolina: Stories from Our Invisible Citizens.” He talks about the new book and the consequences of rampant poverty in North Carolina.
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May 25, 2019
Fred Kiger, Writer, Researcher, American Civil War Expert at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and WCHL’s trivia expert, talks about the Civil War in American life–looking back more than 150 years after the war’s end.
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May 18, 2019
Clark Church, former Chapel Hill-Carrboro restaurateur, talks about his book, “Tales of Moonshine and a Vanished Mountain Culture,” and his growing up years in the mountains of Ashe County North Carolina, including when hauling, selling, making and drinking illegal “Sugarhead” liquor was a way of life along with fighting chickens and going to church, sometimes all in the same day.
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May 11, 2019
David Silkenat, a Duke grad with a PhD from UNC-Chapel Hill and now a senior lecturer of American History at the University of Edinburgh, talks about a new way to study the Civil War–through the lens of surrender at he describes in his new book, “Raising the White Flag: How Surrender Defined the American Civil War”
Read D.G. Martin’s column about the new book at
https://chapelboro.com/town-square/one-on-one-a-new-way-to-look-at-the-civil-war
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May 4, 2019
Randi Emerman, Founder and CEO of Film Fest 919. Last October, that film festival brought to the Silver Spot theater films that became Oscar contenders. The films included ROMA, The Favourite, Green Book, Shoplifters and Capernaum. Emerman talks about plans for the 2019 Film Fest 919 coming in October.
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April 27, 2019
Etaf Rum, the author of “A Woman Is No Man”, talks about her new book, her life in Brooklyn in the Palestinian immigrant community, and how her new life in North Carolina leading to a book set in Brooklyn and Palestine.
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April 20, 2019
Charles Frazier, the acclaimed author of “Cold Mountain,” “Thirteen Moons,” and “Nightwoods,” talks about his latest book “Varina”, and the joys of talking to the world about it. A paperback version of Varina will be published shortly
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April 13, 2019
North Carolina State Treasurer Dale Folwell talks about his controversial proposal to adjust the payment reimbursement rates for the State Health Plan.
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April 6, 2019
Chapel Hill’s William Leuchtenburg, William Rand Kenan, Jr., Professor Emeritus at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, leading historian of the American Presidency and frequent guest on this program, talks about President Trump in the lingering shadows cast by President Franklin Roosevelt.
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March 30, 2019
Gene Nichol, Boyd Tinsley distinguished professor at the UNC Law School, director of the UNC Poverty Center (2008-2015) and author of “The Faces of Poverty in North Carolina: Stories from Our Invisible Citizens.” He talks about the new book and the consequences of rampant poverty in North Carolina.
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March 23, 2019
Our former Chapel Hill neighbor, Deirdre Haj is Director of the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. She talks about the Lineup of films for 22nd Annual Festival coming up in Durham on April 4 – 7, 2019. Big news in a new bargain pass, called the Rush Pass that for $30 provides entry for one person to all film screenings via the Last Minute Line.
More info at: https://www.fullframefest.org/
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March 16, 2019
Etaf Rum, the author of “A Woman Is No Man”, talks about her new book, her life in Brooklyn in the Palestinian immigrant community, and how her new life in North Carolina led a book set in Brooklyn and Palestine.
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March 9, 2019
Randi Emerman, Founder and CEO of Film Fest 919. Last October, that film festival brought to the Silver Spot theater films that became Oscar contenders. The films included ROMA, The Favourite, Green Book, Shoplifters and Capernaum. Emerman talks about plans for the 2019 Film Fest 919 coming in October.
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March 2, 2019
Chapel Hill’s William Leuchtenburg, William Rand Kenan, Jr., Professor Emeritus at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, leading historian of the American Presidency and frequent guest on this program, talks about President Trump in the lingering shadows cast by President Franklin Roosevelt.
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