Latest Pauli murray Podcast Episodes
Elizabeth City One Year After Andrew Brown's Death: Part 1
Tested - April 12, 2022 10:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsIt was one year ago that sheriff’s deputies in Pasquotank County shot and killed Andrew Brown, Jr. The deputies were trying to serve arrest warrants on drug charges. They repeatedly fired into Brown’s car as he tried to steer it away from his home in Elizabeth City, N.C. Over the next t...
How Does NC Fit In To Offshore Wind Development?
Tested - April 07, 2022 18:36 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsAnyone who’s been to the Outer Banks knows that it’s windy out there. Like, really windy. That wind might be rough for beachgoers or kayakers, but it's great for producing electricity through offshore wind farms.
Rohingya Muslims welcome the U.S. declaration of genocide, but violence continues
Tested - April 05, 2022 18:15 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsThe Rohingya, a Muslim minority group native to Myanmar, have suffered decades of ethnic cleansing by the country's government. Five years after a deadly peak in violence, the United Stated has finally declared it genocide. But what will this mean for the Rohingya, often called the most...
Dar He! The Artistic Advocacy of Mike Wiley
Tested - March 24, 2022 10:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsThrough a one-person play, North Carolina actor and playwright Mike Wiley has taken the story of Emmett Till across the world. Now, his play carries an even deeper resonance in the wake of the recent Emmett Till Antilynching Act.
Artist who hoped for "Tarred Healing" felt censored instead
Tested - March 17, 2022 10:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsEducation reporter Liz Schlemmer joins host Anisa Khalifa to discuss what happened when a Black cultural center at UNC-Chapel Hill canceled the exhibition of a Black artist. Cornell Watson, who created a photo series about Black life at UNC-CH for the Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black...
Testing the Candidacy of NC Congressman Madison Cawthorn
Tested - March 15, 2022 10:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsRepublican Congressman Madison Cawthorn has garnered a lot of attention for himself, mostly as a full-throated supporter of Donald Trump and a rabble rouser at hard-right political rallies. But a group of voters recently sought to prevent him from running again.
Why Fayetteville’s Market House is a divisive symbol for the city
Tested - March 08, 2022 11:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsThe Market House in Fayetteville has been a pillar of public discussion for generations. Today, the city continues to grapple with the presence and purpose of the historical landmark.
The Ethics of Wearing a Mask
Tested - March 03, 2022 11:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsDepending on where you live, your community may have ended its mandate to wear a mask in public. But the pandemic isn't over and vulnerable people can still get sick or die. So what is our responsibility to the greater good?
'We didn't have to ride in the back:' The story of Winston-Salem's Black-owned Safe Bus
Tested - March 01, 2022 11:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsA century or so ago, in Winston-Salem, racial segregation was in full force. Black people in the city were not allowed to live in certain areas, eat in certain places, and the city's trolley system did not extend into Black neighborhoods. That last reality sparked a vital solution: Safe...
Black Carolinians tell their pandemic stories
Tested - February 24, 2022 11:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsLeoneda Inge reports on the new Black Carolinians Speak project from the African American Heritage Commission and the State Archives, which documents the pandemic stories of African Americans in North Carolina.
Eva Clayton is still pushing for a better North Carolina
Tested - February 22, 2022 11:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsIn 1992, Eva Clayton became the first Black woman from North Carolina elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. Now, at 87 years old, Clayton is keeping her finger on the pulse of North Carolina politics.
Eva Clayton is still pushing for a better North Carolina
Tested - February 22, 2022 11:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsIn 1992, Eva Clayton became the first Black woman from North Carolina elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. Now, at 87 years old, Clayton is keeping her finger on the pulse of North Carolina politics.
Marcus Smith’s life mattered
Tested - February 17, 2022 11:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsIt’s been more than three years since Marcus Smith died at the hands of police officers in Greensboro. Now, his family is coming to the end of a long and arduous road after a settlement with the City of Greensboro.
Diving With A Purpose
Tested - February 15, 2022 11:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsMore than 150 years after the emancipation of slavery in America, a team of dedicated scuba divers is busy excavating and restoring wreckage from slave ships that sank across the Middle Passage.
Reducing the harm of fentanyl
Tested - February 10, 2022 11:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsExtremely potent substances like fentanyl and xylazine have flooded the illegal drug market, causing a major increase in overdose ER visits and deaths. Harm reduction policies could help reverse that trend.
Who's Going To Win The Super Bowl? Want To Bet?
Tested - February 08, 2022 11:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsIn the South, sports betting is largely illegal, but since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a nationwide ban, more states are joining the pool. North Carolina could be next.
Big, Bad André Leon Talley
Tested - February 03, 2022 11:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsThe “Pharaoh of Fabulosity” was an unstoppable force of fashion. André Leon Talley’s influence branched across the globe during his illustrious career – one that began in his hometown of Durham, N.C.
Who bans books — and why?
Tested - February 01, 2022 11:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsAcross the nation, we've seen a spike in book challenges and bans in both school and public libraries in the last six months, mostly targeting books that center race and LGBT identity. At the end of 2021, Wake County had its own high-profile censorship controversy.
Who bans books — and why?
Tested - February 01, 2022 11:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsAcross the nation, we've seen a spike in book challenges and bans in both school and public libraries in the last six months, mostly targeting books that center race and LGBT identity. At the end of 2021, Wake County had its own high-profile censorship controversy.
How Health Care Workers Soldier On
Tested - January 27, 2022 11:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsAt this point in the pandemic, health care workers across the country are arguably under more pressure than ever. Some are getting sick themselves or burning out and leaving. But there are signs that COVID trends could turn for the better soon.
To Recuse Or Not To Recuse
Tested - January 25, 2022 11:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsAs a major redistricting cases lands before the North Carolina supreme court, calls are growing louder for some justices to recuse themselves. Today on Tested, we are highlighting an episode of the WUNC Politics Podcast in which three former state judges talk about the issue of recusal ...
Electric vehicles are all the rage. Why aren't there more in North Carolina?
Tested - January 20, 2022 11:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsElectric vehicles are getting more popular, but North Carolina is still well short of Gov. Roy Cooper's goal of having 1.25 million EVs on the road by 2030. What would it take to get there?
‘Only thing I had to fight with was the truth’
Tested - January 18, 2022 11:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsHoward Dudley spent nearly 24 years incarcerated for a crime he did not commit. Now his long journey toward justice has reached new heights
DHHS Secretary Kody Kinsley on Omicron, testing, and avoiding burnout
Tested - January 13, 2022 11:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsHost Will Michaels gets an update on the Omicron surge from WUNC reporter Jason deBruyn, and then explores how the state is responding with Kody Kinsley, the new secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.
Did we hear the calls for 'No Justice, No Peace' in 2021?
Tested - January 11, 2022 11:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsThe last year continued to bring deep-seated issues of systemic racism and inequality to the surface. Oh, and there was also a pandemic. But despite its challenges, 2021 still had cause for celebration.
The Children Left Behind By COVID-19
Tested - January 06, 2022 11:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsNearly 20,000 North Carolinians have died of complications from COVID-19. Among them are caregivers; people whom others - including their children - depended on for their own health and safety, but who were fatally sickened by a relentless virus.
Looking Back On 2021: Military Stories Of The Year
Tested - January 03, 2022 11:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsTested takes a look back at the year in military stories from North Carolina, including the end of the nation's longest war.
Looking Back On 2021: Environmental Stories From NC
Tested - December 29, 2021 11:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsTested takes a look back at what happened this year in environmental news in North Carolina.
The Year In Sports: Septuagenarians on the move
Tested - December 27, 2021 11:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsA year-end-sports review typically revolves around remembering the highs and lows of what happened on a field, or a court, or a pitch, but this year, the most compelling and noteworthy sports events in North Carolina happened when two men in their 70s decided to make some life changes. ...
Looking Back On 2021: Education In NC
Tested - December 22, 2021 11:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsTested takes a look back at the year in education in North Carolina.