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Sinopsis
The WUNCPolitics Podcast is a free-flowing discussion of what we're hearing in the back hallways of the General Assembly and on the campaign trail across North Carolina.
Episodios
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Voting Rights And Criminal Justice Reform Top The Week In State Politics
27/08/2021 Duración: 19minCriminal justice legislation and a significant expansion of voting rights, for the time being. Those are just two of the topics that come up as host Jeff Tiberii is joined by Becki Gray from the conservative John Locke Foundation and Rob Schofield with the progressive NC Policy Watch.
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A Victory For Voting Rights And Black Enfranchisement
24/08/2021 Duración: 19minHost Jeff Tiberii speaks with Jordan Wilkie, a reporter with Carolina Public Press who covers election integrity, open government, and civil liberties, about the legal ruling in the CSI v. Moore lawsuit that enfranchises tens of thousands of North Carolina citizens.
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Masks, Wagers, And Reconciliation
20/08/2021 Duración: 20minHost Jeff Tiberii looks at the week in North Carolina politics with Rob Schofield and Becki Gray.
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Bipartisanship Is Back, Along With COVID Concerns
13/08/2021 Duración: 25minLawmakers came together to pass major spending proposals at the state and federal levels this week. New U.S. Census numbers confirm North Carolina's growing urban and suburban populations. And school districts around the state continue to waver on mandating masks in the classroom. Guest host Anita Rao gets analysis from Clark Reimer and Aisha Dew on some of the big political stories of the week.
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The Swine Spread: Meet The Feral Hogs Finding Themselves At Home In The South
06/08/2021 Duración: 28minSample an episode of WUNC's new podcast CREEP, all about the creatures invading our state and region. Learn more at wunc.org/creep.
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NC Governor: It's Irresponsible To Not Be Vaccinated
30/07/2021 Duración: 14minNorth Carolina's vaccination rate ticked up last week, but millions of the state's residents are still not vaccinated. WUNC's Dave DeWitt talks to Rose Hoban from North Carolina Health News about the doubts, the data and the Delta variant.
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It's Redistricting Season
23/07/2021 Duración: 22minNorth Carolina's Republican-led legislature will soon start the decennial redistricting process. WUNC's politics reporter Rusty Jacobs looks at lessons learned from the past decade's legal battles over North Carolina's voting maps.
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An Unprecedented Investment In America’s Youth
16/07/2021 Duración: 22minParents across the country began receiving monthly payments from the federal government this week. Meanwhile, the North Carolina legislature considers legislation about critical race theory and medical marijuana. Host Jeff Tiberii reviews the week in politics with Mitch Kokai of the John Locke Foundation and Rob Schofield from NC Policy Watch.
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Black Scholars Scorned: The Echoes Of Pauli Murray's Battle With UNC In Nikole Hannah-Jones' Tenure Saga
09/07/2021 Duración: 28minNikole Hannah-Jones' bombshell decision to reject UNC's offer of tenure makes it easy to draw some parallels between the journalist's very public fight with the university and another Black scholar who took the school to task for equitable treatment decades ago.
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Disagreeing On What Makes A "Fair, Free & Secure" Election
02/07/2021 Duración: 24minReporter Rusty Jacobs speaks with two North Carolina lawmakers about controversial GOP-backed voting legislation.
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The Elusive State Budget
25/06/2021 Duración: 18minReporter Will Michaels interviews Jeff Tiberii about the state Senate's budget proposal and explains the many steps left in the budget reconciliation process.
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Election & Energy Bills, Juneteenth & Vaccines
18/06/2021 Duración: 23minRepublican state senators passed three new measures along party lines that aim to change North Carolina election law. Meanwhile in the state house, a long-awaited 47-page energy bill made a controversial debut, and municipalities around the state celebrate Juneteenth for the first time against the backdrop of ongoing conversations about how to teach history in public schools.
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Unpacking A Proposal To Double Jail Cells In Haywood County
11/06/2021 Duración: 13minHost Charlie-Shelton Ormond explores how a 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.
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A Cooper Cabinet Pick Declined And Still No Budget
04/06/2021 Duración: 19minIt is a busy week in North Carolina Politics. Former President Donald Trump headlines the NCGOP Convention in Greenville; there are new revelations in the Nikole Hannah-Jones saga; and at the General Assembly: the governor’s pick to oversee environmental issues was turned away as budget talks remain stalled. Host Jeff Tiberii talks with Rob Schofield of NC Policy Watch and Becki Gray of the John Locke Foundation about the state political stories of the week.
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The Politics Of Nikole Hannah-Jones' Tenure Appointment
28/05/2021 Duración: 15minHost Dave DeWitt speaks with WUNC education reporter Liz Schlemmer about the ongoing tenure controversy involving Nikole Hannah-Jones and UNC-Chapel Hill.
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Safety Measure Or Scare Tactic? NC's Anti-Riot Legislation Explained
21/05/2021 Duración: 14minAfter a year of protests in the name of racial justice, North Carolina legislators are considering bills that could significantly increase the penalty for engaging in riots. In this episode, WUNC's Rusty Jacobs reports on how pending legislation could affect both the future of demonstrations and relations between protesters and police.
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How A Deadly NC Fire Catalyzed National Change
14/05/2021 Duración: 19minWUNC's Will Michaels examines how an early morning fire in Chapel Hill on May 12, 1996 changed the trajectory of dozens of lives and became a catalyst for change in fire safety ordinances across the country.
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Unaffiliated: Meet North Carolina's New Growing Voter Demographic
07/05/2021 Duración: 07minWUNC's Rusty Jacobs looks at what voters changing their Republican and Democratic party affiliations means for future elections in North Carolina and the South.
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The Political Debate Behind Calls To "Release The Tape"
30/04/2021 Duración: 18minGuest host Will Michaels returns from a reporting trip to Elizabeth City, NC where a community is contending with the recent police killing of Andrew Brown Jr. There is body camera footage of the incident, but who gets to see the tape and how much of it is made available is up to a controversial state law. | Support this show with a donation at wunc.org/give.
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The Renewed Debate Over Voter ID
23/04/2021 Duración: 20minA voter ID law is on trial again in North Carolina. Is it in line with the Constitution this time? Or is it once again targeting Black voters? Guest host Will Michaels talks to reporter Rusty Jacobs about the history of voter ID in the state and what arguments activists, lawyers and lawmakers have made before the court in the past two weeks. | Support this show with a donation to wunc.org/give.