Latest Pauli murray Podcast Episodes
Looking Back On 2021: Health Care In NC
Tested - December 20, 2021 11:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsTested takes a look back at the year in health care in North Carolina.
Looking Back On 2021: Politics In NC, Part 2
Tested - December 17, 2021 11:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsTested takes another look back at the year in Politics in North Carolina. On this episode: redistricting.
Looking Back On 2021: Politics In NC, Part 1
Tested - December 15, 2021 11:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsTested takes a look back at the year in politics in North Carolina.
The Past, Present, And Future Of Wood Pellets In NC
Tested - December 13, 2021 11:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsHost Dave DeWitt talks to Celeste Gracia, WUNC's environment reporter, and David Boraks, climate reporter at WFAE, about the wood pellet industry in North Carolina.
The Big Move
Tested - December 10, 2021 11:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsPeople moving from one residence to another is up nationwide by about 3 percent. But in hot markets, like many across North Carolina, moving rates are up well into the double digits.
Is a new youth detention center what Durham County needs?
Tested - December 06, 2021 11:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsDurham County plans to build a new youth detention center for an estimated 30 million dollars. But people in the community are skeptical about more dollars being put toward detainment for juveniles.
As Cohen Announces Her Exit, A New Variant Arrives
Tested - December 01, 2021 11:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsHost Dave DeWitt looks back at Dr. Mandy Cohen's legacy as North Carolina's DHHS Secretary - and what's next in the pandemic - with WUNC Health Reporter Jason deBruyn.
How special education vacancies are depriving students with disabilities
Tested - November 29, 2021 11:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsAs teacher vacancies continue to create problems, public schools in North Carolina are having a particularly hard time filling positions for special education.
Me And My Muslim Friends: MENA, Whiteness & The U.S. Census
Tested - November 26, 2021 11:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsToday on Tested, we introduce to our listeners the fantastic new podcast from WUNC: Me & My Muslim Friends
Give Sarah Keys her flowers now
Tested - November 24, 2021 11:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsNearly seven decades after a Black Army private named Sarah Keys helped end discrimination on interstate buses, North Carolina is recognizing her nearly-forgotten civil rights case.
Eye-popping endowment gains give universities unprecedented 'opportunity'
Tested - November 22, 2021 11:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsAnnual reports for university endowments are starting to come in and, in many cases, are indicating impressive gains in the last year. So what are universities' responsibility and parameters for using this money after a year of budget cuts?
The State Budget: What's in it for education and health care?
Tested - November 19, 2021 11:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsHost Will Michaels digs deep into the North Carolina state budget to unpack what's really in it for education and health care with WUNC reporters Liz Schlemmer and Jason deBruyn.
A state budget is about to pass, finally
Tested - November 17, 2021 11:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsWUNC's Jeff Tiberii, Rusty Jacobs, and Will Michaels dissect the proposed North Carolina state budget.
Building More Bars: Pulling back the curtain on jail construction in North Carolina
Tested - November 15, 2021 11:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsWhen counties consider building or expanding a jail, are they adequately weighing the potential benefits with the long term costs?
One, two, or three shots?
Tested - November 12, 2021 11:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsCOVID-19 booster shots and starting to become widely available in North Carolina. Meanwhile, doses for young children have been released, and about 40 percent of the state's population remains unvaccinated.
How should NC schools spend their COVID relief money?
Tested - November 10, 2021 12:12 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsThe $5.5 billion North Carolina schools got in COVID relief funds is the single highest boost to K-12 funding in state history. But there are rules on how they can spend it and challenges in getting some projects off the ground.
Counted While Incarcerated: How prisons inflate political representation
Tested - November 08, 2021 11:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsIn early November, lawmakers at the General Assembly passed the latest version of congressional and state legislative voting maps. But as legislators deliberated over district lines, they used data that included a group who are counted, despite being barred from the ballot box.
Get to know Peter Hans, who may be the UNC System president for a long, long time
Tested - November 05, 2021 10:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsHost Dave DeWitt speaks with Kyle Villemain, the Editor In Chief of The Assembly, about his profile of UNC System President Peter Hans.
Six months after the shooting of Andrew Brown Jr., has anything changed?
Tested - November 03, 2021 11:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsOn April 21, 2021, deputies with the Pasquotank County Sheriff’s Office shot and killed 42-year old Andrew Brown, Jr., an unarmed Black man, in Elizabeth City, N.C. Six months later, have any law enforcement policies changed?
"Fair" maps, gerrymandering, and another lawsuit
Tested - November 01, 2021 10:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsHost Dave DeWitt checks in on the very latest in North Carolina redistricting with WUNC political reporter Rusty Jacobs
Ouch! Animals get COVID vaccines at the NC Zoo
Tested - October 29, 2021 11:48 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsThe North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro has administered first doses of a COVID-19 vaccine to 33 of its animals.
Behind The Lines, Part Four: A Fraught Past, An Uncertain Future
Tested - October 26, 2021 21:14 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsPart four in a four-part series that examines redistricting in North Carolina
Squeaky Clean: What It Takes To Eradicate Rats
Tested - October 22, 2021 09:23 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsMost people want nothing to do with rats. They're pests, vermin with voracious appetites. But they're also clever, adaptable and so pervasive around the world, it's easy to forget that, in most places, rats are an invasive species.
Behind The Lines, Part Three: Reckoning With Reform
Tested - October 20, 2021 10:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsPart three in a four-part series that examines redistricting in North Carolina
Around The Clock Childcare Blurs Lines Between Family And Caregivers...In A Good Way
Tested - October 18, 2021 09:18 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsMost childcare facilities operate around parents and guardians who work some version of a 9-5 job. But not all. With help from our friends at the podcast Embodied, we learn about 24-hour childcare providers who answer the call, and the diversity of needs, for parents who travel or clock...
"I Thought I Was The Only One In The World": Latina Converts To Islam
Tested - October 15, 2021 09:13 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsMeet the newest podcast in WUNC's on-demand portfolio: Me & My Muslim Friends. The show explores nuances of identity within Muslim communities across the nation and the world. In this episode, host Yasmin Bendaas discusses a population of Muslims that is underrepresented in mainstream p...
Behind The Lines, Part Two: The Pen vs. The Gavel
Tested - October 12, 2021 22:09 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsPart two in a four-part series that examines redistricting in North Carolina
Behind The Lines, Part Two: The Pen vs. The Gavel
Tested - October 12, 2021 22:09 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsPart two in a four-part series that examines redistricting in North Carolina
Zoned In: Where Does Raleigh Go From Here?
Tested - October 11, 2021 10:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsWUNC's Kamaya Truitt talks with Mitchell Silver, former city planner for Raleigh, about the city's growth in the last decade, and how policies like zoning laws influence that community growth.
Protecting North Carolina's Students From COVID-19
Tested - October 08, 2021 10:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsThe North Carolina Watchdog Reporting Network examined COVID-19 policies in North Carolina’s school districts as we approach two months into this new year. And they found wide disparities in the way that districts across the state are choosing to protect their students.