Latest Pauli murray Podcast Episodes
Seeking Justice And Commemorating Juneteenth
Tested - June 18, 2021 10:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsHost Leoneda Inge marks Juneteenth with two guests: Joseph McGill, the founder of the Slave Dwelling Project and the history and culture coordinator at Magnolia Plantation and Gardens in Charleston; and Kevin Jones, a master barber in Wendell, about the importance of Black fatherhood. ...
Welcome Back: NC Music Venues Emerge From The Pandemic
Tested - June 16, 2021 11:06 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsLike many businesses, independent live music venues in North Carolina and across the country are emerging from restrictions imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic. But they're still waiting on much needed federal assistance.
Navigating North Carolina's Medicaid Overhaul
Tested - June 14, 2021 10:57 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsThe major health care program that serves low-income and disabled North Carolinians is getting a major overhaul on July 1. But some Medicaid beneficiaries are frustrated and confused about what their care will look like after the transformation.
The Gateway To Hatteras
Tested - June 11, 2021 11:01 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsThe bridge over the Oregon Inlet on North Carolina's Outer Banks is vital to the residents of Hatteras Island, so it's hard to imagine there was a time when there were serious disagreements about building the bridge in the first place.
Fewer Cells, More Solutions
Tested - June 09, 2021 10:54 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsA multimillion dollar jail expansion proposal in Haywood County is causing a rift within the community and raising questions about the importance of rehabilitation and the effectiveness of incarceration.
Cops In The Classroom: Why Students Are Protesting School Resource Officers
Tested - June 07, 2021 10:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsHost Kamaya Truitt examines the ongoing push to rethink the role of school resource officers in North Carolina’s public schools.
Thanks, Dr. Kizzy
Tested - June 04, 2021 10:58 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsTrevon Logan, distinguished Professor of Economics and Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at The Ohio State University, talks about some of the origins of contemporary Black names in the United States.
A Refugee Family Reacts To Biden's Plan: Will It Help Reunite Their Family?
Tested - June 02, 2021 10:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsHost Naomi Prioleau checks in with Prince and Laurette Mushunju about their experience emigrating from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and how they are trying to bring family members to the U.S. We also hear from Megan Shepard, the director of Church World Service in Greensboro, a...
An In-Depth Look At Why Nikole Hannah-Jones Didn't Get Tenure, And The Outrage That Followed
Tested - May 28, 2021 10:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsHost Dave DeWitt speaks with WUNC education reporter Liz Schlemmer about the ongoing tenure controversy involving Nikole Hannah-Jones and UNC-Chapel Hill.
Discovering And Excavating Racist Housing Covenants
Tested - May 26, 2021 10:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsHost Rebecca Martinez explores the history and impact of racist housing covenants, and spotlights a new effort to uncover them.
Mask Confusion
Tested - May 24, 2021 10:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says fully vaccinated people can ditch their facemasks, for the most part. But some are still uneasy about taking it off in public and others are confused about exceptions to the rules.
Anti-Riot Law in NC
Tested - May 21, 2021 10:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsHost Rusty Jacobs discusses proposed changes to North Carolina's anti-riot statute with activists, lawmakers, business owners and a civil liberties advocate.
DA: Deputies Who Shot Andrew Brown Jr. Will Not Be Prosecuted
Tested - May 19, 2021 10:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsHost Dave DeWitt speaks with WUNC's Will Michaels, who is in Elizabeth City, about District Attorney Andrew Womble's rationale for not prosecuting the deputies who shot and killed Andrew Brown Jr.
A Durham Biotech Is Growing Replacement Human Arteries
Tested - May 17, 2021 10:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsA company with roots in a Duke University lab is developing implantable human tissue right here in Research Triangle Park. Humacyte is led by co-founder and chief executive Dr. Laura Niklason, who says this is a first-of-its kind breakthrough that could save thousands of limbs from ampu...
Beginning To Right The Financial Wrongs Of Funding HBCUs
Tested - May 14, 2021 10:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsFor decades, states and the federal government have funded Historically Black Colleges and Universities at rates much lower than historically white schools. Those funders – public and private – are just beginning to see the systemic racism built into how we pay for colleges, and small s...
Remembering Chapel Hill's Worst Fire
Tested - May 12, 2021 12:03 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsMay 12, 1996, was Graduation Day and Mothers' Day at UNC-Chapel Hill. It was tragically disrupted by an early morning fire that killed five students at the Phi Gamma Delta house on Cameron Avenue.Host Will Michaels talks with Dan Jones, the former Chapel Hill Fire Chief who had been pus...
#BlackVanLife
Tested - May 10, 2021 10:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsHost Rebecca Martinez speaks with Durham artist Marcella Zibguo Camara about her decision to get in on the #BlackVanlife movement.
Degrees Of Justice
Tested - May 07, 2021 11:43 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsHost Leoneda Inge talks with Professor Elan Hope of NC State University about her research of youth activism, and how racism has prompted young people to act.
The Rise of Unaffiliated Voters
Tested - May 05, 2021 10:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsHost Rusty Jacobs looks at what voters changing their Republican and Democratic party affiliations means for future elections in North Carolina and the South.
Are U.S. Marshals Getting Away With Murder?
Tested - May 03, 2021 10:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsHost Charlie Shelton-Ormond examines the protocols of U.S. Marshals and how the federal agency is able to sidestep transparency.
Singing The Pandemic Blues
Tested - April 30, 2021 21:41 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsAfter a year when it was hard not to get the blues, something to sing about: Host Leoneda Inge checks in on some older musicians whose health and income struggled with venues closed and gatherings prohibited. She talks with Tim Duffy and Brittany Anderson of The Music Maker Relief Found...
For Those Of Us Who Are Still Here
Tested - April 27, 2021 22:02 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsThe global pandemic gave us so many reasons to feel like giving up. So, when Charlotte-based journalist Sarah Delia went to work telling the story of COVID-19 in her community, she decided to focus on tales of resilience. Guest host Rebecca Martinez talks to Delia about her podcast Stil...
COVID Vaccination Hesitation
Tested - April 23, 2021 21:24 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsHost Leoneda Inge discusses the Johnson & Johnson vaccine pause and its influence on vaccine messaging within communities of color in North Carolina. | Support this show with a donation to wunc.org/give.
Racial Injustice And Law Enforcement
Tested - April 20, 2021 19:55 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsHost Dave DeWitt talks to WUNC reporter Jason deBruyn about the recommendations from the governor's Task Force on Racial Equity in Criminal Justice — and the criticisms of them.
The Persisting Legacy Of Pauli Murray
Tested - April 16, 2021 20:30 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsAn episode from WUNC's special audio series, Pauli, which explores chapters in the fascinating life of social justice activist Pauli Murray. | Learn more at wunc.org/pauli.
Social Studies Meets Social Justice
Tested - April 13, 2021 23:49 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsHost Dave DeWitt shares an episode of the WUNC Politics Podcast that explores the controversy over K-12 social studies curriculum in North Carolina. | Follow the show on Twitter @wunc.
The ARC Of Justice
Tested - April 09, 2021 21:03 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsHost Leoneda Inge introduces listeners to The ARC of Justice, a special audio series from WUNC and the podcast Ways & Means, which examines the role of the U.S. government in creating the racial wealth gap between white and Black Americans. | Follow Leoneda on Twitter @leonedainge.
Leaving It All On The Court
Tested - April 06, 2021 20:06 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsHost Dave DeWitt talks to Touro College’s Dean of Health Sciences Louis Primavera about the identity issues that come with retirement.
Changing The Game
Tested - April 02, 2021 14:35 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsLunch counters were some of the most well-known settings for desegregation efforts during the Civil Rights era. But in Asheville, that battle also played out on a municipal golf course. Host Leoneda Inge talks with golfer Billy Gardenhight, and Paul Bonesteel, director of a new document...
The Lives Lost
Tested - March 30, 2021 19:27 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsHost Dave DeWitt talks to three reporters about the people they profiled as part of the pandemic obituary series The Lives Lost.