Garner's Station
37 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 months ago - ★★★ - 2 ratingsGet to know Garner, NC, by getting to know its people. We talk with the folks who make Garner a great place to be.
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Episodes
Veterans' Stories: Welcome Home
November 10, 2023 16:00 - 2 minutes - 1.94 MBConversations with local Garner veterans. We complete our three part conversation with Vietnam veteran Phil Matthews as he shares what it was like for him coming home.
Veterans' Stories: Letters From Home
November 09, 2023 16:00 - 1 minute - 1.11 MBConversations with local Garner veterans. We continue our three part conversation with Vietnam veteran Phil Matthews, sharing what it was like to send and receive messages from home.
Veterans' Stories: Camaraderie
November 08, 2023 16:00 - 2 minutes - 1.94 MBConversations with local Garner Veterans. We sit down with Vietnam veteran, Phil Matthews, in the first of a three part series on his experiences while serving in the Army.
Amy Mattingly: The WakeTogether Tutoring Program
February 15, 2023 00:00 - 13 minutes - 9.58 MBWe talk with Amy Mattingly, director of K-12 programs with Helps Education Fund, about the WakeTogether volunteer tutoring program, which is offering a structured approach to reading tutoring for students in Wake County Public Schools. Listen, learn more about the program and find out how you can get involved.
An Interview with Dr. Dudley Flood
December 12, 2022 22:00 - 44 minutes - 30.3 MBWe talk with Dr. Dudley Flood, a retired educator and administrator with the NC Department of Public Instruction who helped bring communities together to integrate the state's public schools in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He received the state's highest civilian honor, the North Carolina Award, in 2021 from Gov. Roy Cooper.
Greg Richardson: Executive Director of N.C. Commission of Indian Affairs
December 02, 2022 18:00 - 43 minutes - 29.7 MBWe learn more about the North Carolina Commission of Indian Affairs and discuss other matters relating to the state's Native American populations with commission Executive Director Greg Richardson, who resides in Garner.
Towne Players Youth Summer Theater Camp
August 04, 2022 16:00 - 19 minutes - 13.5 MBWe talk with two cast members in the Towne Players' upcoming production of Moana Jr. as well as Gabe Yarborough, a Towne Players alum who is currently doing some professional acting work while pursuing his college degree.
Judy Bass and Karen Padgett: Garner History Museum at the Depot
July 22, 2022 19:00 - 36 minutes - 25.4 MBGarner Area Historical Society Board Members Judy Bass and Karen Padgett discuss Garner history and what's featured in the new Garner History Museum at the Depot in Downtown Garner.
Enslaved Persons Project: Tammy Brunner and Roxanne Buzille
June 04, 2022 11:00 - 26 minutes - 18.4 MBTammy Brunner and Roxanne Buzille discuss the Wake County Office of Deeds' work to transcribe and digitize records of enslaved persons in the county in the antebellum era.
Garner Economic Development Update-Spring 2022
May 27, 2022 18:00 - 26 minutes - 18.6 MBGarner Economic Development Director Joe Stallings sits down with John MacDonell and Grady Matthews to discuss the INQ 4300 and E-District projects in Garner.
Tim Stevens: The Wall That Heals
March 23, 2022 20:00 - 33 minutes - 23.4 MBRick Mercier is joined by Tim Stevens as they discuss The Wall That Heals as it makes its visit to Lake Benson Park March 31-April 3, 2022. For the full list of events during The Wall That Heals' visit to Garner, go to GarnerWall.com.
Rita Hines: Mid-day Rotary's Backpack Buddies
March 17, 2022 02:00 - 17 minutes - 12.1 MBGarner Mid-day Rotary member Rita Hines talks about the Backpack Buddies program, which helps combat food insecurity among the community's student population.
Rita Hines: Mid-day Rotary's Backpack Buddies
March 17, 2022 02:00 - 17 minutes - 12.1 MBGarner Mid-day Rotary member Rita Hines talks about the Backpack Buddies program, which helps combat food insecurity among the community's student population.
Chat with a Cop Edition: Chief Lorie Smith and Command Staff
March 08, 2022 16:00 - 29 minutes - 20.1 MBIn this special edition, Sgt. Mike Medlin chats with Garner Police Chief Lorie Smith as well as Capt. Mike Mciver and Lt. Paul Caldwell.
Early Education and Economic Development
February 25, 2022 20:00 - 28 minutes - 19.9 MBGarner Economic Development Director Joe Stallings sits down with Nikki Leonard and Cassandra Brooks to discuss the importance of early childhood education and its relevance to economic development.
2022 State of the Town: An Interview with Mayor Ken Marshburn
January 24, 2022 23:00 - 53 minutes - 37.1 MBIn this episode, Garner Mayor Ken Marshburn reviews the town's major milestones and accomplishments of 2021 and looks ahead to what we can expect this year.
Kentrell Perry: Downtown Garner Association board member and business owner
December 22, 2021 20:00 - 50 minutes - 34.7 MBIn this episode, we have a wide-ranging conversation with Downtown Garner Association board member Kentrell Perry about owning a small business, history, mindfulness and more.
Commercial Real Estate with Ed Brown and Jimmy Barnes
November 22, 2021 22:00 - 29 minutes - 20.5 MBGarner Economic Development Director Joe Stallings chats with local commercial real estate gurus Ed Brown and Jimmy Barnes.
Retired Garner Police Sgt. Sophia Sandlin
May 12, 2021 19:00 - 34 minutes - 24.3 MBSophia Sandlin chats about her career as a Garner police officer. She is the first female African American officer to retire with 30 years of creditable service with Garner PD.
Moving Garner Forward: Interview with Planning Director Jeff Triezenberg
March 31, 2021 17:00 - 52 minutes - 36.7 MBGarner is growing at a rapid rate. Learn what's on the horizon and what the Town is doing to plan for growth in this interview with Garner Planning Director Jeff Triezenberg.
Mary Williams: Performer and Educator
January 19, 2021 21:00 - 48 minutes - 33.5 MBGarner resident Mary Williams has traveled the country and other parts of the world performing and educating audiences about African American musical traditions. She is an adjunct professor at Duke University's Center for Documentary Studies. For more than a decade she has been team teaching a course with Timothy Tyson titled "The South in Black and White." She performed the soundtrack for and acted in the feature film adaptation of Tyson's book "Blood Done Sign My Name." She has also appear...
Art of the Amazon Deal
November 13, 2020 15:00 - 22 minutes - 16.1 MBGarner Economic Development Director Joe Stallings and Garner Chamber of Commerce President Matthew Coppedge break down how the Town landed the new Amazon fulfillment center.
Special Edition: Garner Veterans Memorial Audio Tour
November 10, 2020 21:00 - 11 minutes - 7.73 MBIn this special Veterans Day edition, local World War II and Vietnam War veteran Spencer Cardwell offers a tour of the Garner Veterans Memorial at Lake Benson Park. Additional commentary by memorial designer Mon Peng Yueh and memorial earthcasts sculptor Thomas Sayre. For more--including how to purchase a memorial brick--visit GarnerVeteransMemorial.org.
Drew Cook--WCPSS Assistant Superintendent for Academics
September 02, 2020 19:00 - 38 minutes - 26.7 MBGarner native Drew Cook, the assistant superintendent for academics for the Wake County Public School System, talks about how the school system is dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic and about what the future might hold. Cook was previously principal at Garner Magnet High School.
Amy White-Executive Director of Community of Hope Ministries
May 06, 2020 19:00 - 26 minutes - 18 MBWe chat with Amy White, executive director of Community of Hope Ministries in Garner. White is also a member of the State Board of Education.
David Forbes: Student Leader in the 1960s Civil Rights Movement
February 21, 2020 21:00 - 42 minutes - 29.3 MBWe talk with Garner resident David Forbes, a pastor, educator and civil rights activist. In February 1960, David was a student leader of sit-ins and protests in Cameron Village in downtown Raleigh. That spring, he was a founding member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, an organization that played a central role in the Civil Rights Movement.
Joe Giglio
December 03, 2019 17:00 - 38 minutes - 26.4 MBIn this episode, we talk with News & Observer sports journalist Joe Giglio about Garner, college sports and the journalism business. Follow Joe on Twitter at @JoeGiglioSports.
Joe Giglio of The News & Observer
December 03, 2019 17:00 - 38 minutes - 26.4 MBIn this episode, we talk with News & Observer sports journalist Joe Giglio about Garner, college sports and the journalism business. Follow Joe on Twitter at @JoeGiglioSports.
South Garner High Principal Roderic Brewington
October 30, 2019 19:00 - 38 minutes - 26.7 MBWe visit South Garner High School and talk with Principal Roderic Brewington about how his school is settling in to the community.
Roderic Brewington—Principal of South Garner High
October 30, 2019 19:00 - 38 minutes - 26.7 MBWe visit South Garner High School and talk with Principal Roderic Brewington about how his school is settling in to the community.
CJ and Nicholé Morgan of TheGifted Arts
October 18, 2019 15:00 - 53 minutes - 36.6 MBRick Mercier talks with TheGifted Arts co-founders CJ and Nicholé Morgan about their Garner-based non-profit that builds confidence, character and leadership skills in young people through the performing arts.
Arlie Kidd—performing artist, teacher, 2012 Miss North Carolina
October 04, 2019 15:00 - 33 minutes - 23 MBIn this episode, we catch up with Arlie Kidd (neé Honeycutt) and talk about why the performing arts matter so much to a community--in particular, to its young people.
A Conversation with Arlie Kidd
October 04, 2019 15:00 - 33 minutes - 23 MBIn this episode, we catch up with Arlie Kidd (neé Honeycutt) and talk about why the performing arts matter so much to a community--in particular, its young people. We also discuss The Towne Players of Garner's upcoming production of Disney's "The Little Mermaid." More about that show at https://www.etix.com/ticket/e/1009246/disneys-the-little-mermaid-garner-garner-performing-arts-center.
Regionalism and Economic Development
June 28, 2019 18:00 - 35 minutes - 24.1 MBGarner Economic Development Director Joe Stallings sits down with Michael Haley, executive director of Wake County Economic Development, and Timothy Downs, vice president of economic development for the Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce, to talk about the role of regionalism in economic development. * NOTE: We experienced some technical difficulties during the recording of this episode that partially affected sound quality.
Jeff Hicks, Retired Navy Commander
May 24, 2019 17:00 - 35 minutes - 16.3 MBSeason 1, Episode 3: In this episode, we talk with Jeff Hicks, a retired Navy Commander who has served on Garner's Veterans Advisory Committee and is active in efforts to help resettle refugees who come to our region. This interview is a great way to learn more about services available to veterans in the Garner area. Recorded at Brice’s Brewing Company in Garner.
Workforce Development
May 08, 2019 15:00 - 48 minutes - 22.4 MBSeason 1, Episode 2: In this episode, we mark Small Business and Economic Development Week by looking at workforce development in the area. Guests are Lisa Daughenbaugh, career development coordinator at Garner Magnet High; Bernita Nichols, senior director of customized training at Wake Tech; and Kimberly Wheeler, director of business engagement with the Capital Area Workforce Development Board.
Entrepreneur Stories
May 02, 2019 20:00 - 40 minutes - 18.7 MBSeason 1, Episode 1: In this episode, we talk with local entrepreneurs Kris Bengtson, Angie Mikus and Alaksha Surti. Recorded at Brice’s Brewing Company in Garner.