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2 days ago | 
wunc.org | Jeff Tiberii |Leoneda Inge |Stacia M. Brown
0:01:00As temperatures reach record highs, Duke Energy is asking customers to reduce their power usage to avoid exhausting limited power reserves. We talk to a Duke Energy representative about ways to stay cool and conserve energy during this prolonged period of extreme heat.
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2 days ago | 
wunc.org | Jeff Tiberii |Leoneda Inge |Stacia M. Brown
As temperatures reach record highs, Duke Energy is asking customers to reduce their power usage between 3-8pm to avoid exhausting limited power reserves. We talk to a Duke Energy representative about ways to stay cool and conserve energy during this prolonged period of extreme heat.
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3 days ago | 
wunc.org | Leoneda Inge |Jeff Tiberii |Stacia M. Brown |Rachel McCarthy
0:01:00A consistent practice of recycling and reusing materials maintains the state’s recycling infrastructure and stimulates a circular economy. We talk to Matt James of the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality about ways to strengthen individual and community recycling practices across the state.
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1 week ago | 
wunc.org | Leoneda Inge |Stacia M. Brown
For twenty years, Juneteenth celebrations have been held across the state of North Carolina. The tradition dates back to long before Juneteenth became a federal holiday in 2021. Leoneda Inge sits down with the North Carolina Juneteenth State Director to discuss how commemorations have evolved over the years and what’s in store for the state’s 20th anniversary of Juneteenth celebrations.
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1 week ago | 
wunc.org | Jeff Tiberii |Stacia M. Brown
During the 2024-25 school year, Ashe County Schools students missed 33 days following Hurricane Helene. This compounded the districts usual, frequent school closings for inclement weather, to result in only 99 days of in-person school attendance this year. Ashe is one of 31 Western NC public school districts affected by Helene's devastation.
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2 weeks ago | 
wunc.org | Leoneda Inge |Stacia M. Brown
Kathleen DuVal’s latest book has been called a “magisterial overview of a thousand years of Native American history.” DuVal’s scholarship on the history of indigenous peoples in America has earned the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for History. GuestKathleen DuVal, professor of history, UNC Chapel Hill and author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Native Nations: A Millennium in North America
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3 weeks ago | 
wunc.org | Leoneda Inge |Stacia M. Brown
J. Harrison Ghee is a 2023 Tony Award and 2024 Grammy Award winner for their work in the Broadway musical, Some Like It Hot. But they got their start on much humbler, local stages in Fayetteville, NC, where they began their career in musical theater as a student at E.E. Smith High School. They returned to NC for this year’s 2025 DPAC Rising Star Awards, honoring the state’s top high school theater performers. Guest J.
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3 weeks ago | 
wunc.org | Jeff Tiberii |Stacia M. Brown
NPR investigative correspondent Laura Sullivan shares her reporting the new PBS documentary, Hurricane Helene’s Deadly Warning, and what the fateful storm revealed about America’s lack of preparedness for future natural disasters. Guest Laura Sullivan, NPR investigative correspondent
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3 weeks ago | 
wunc.org | Leoneda Inge |Stacia M. Brown
The recent announcement of a new Michelin guide dedicated to the American South has sent a ripple of excitement through several Southern states, including North Carolina. We’ll talk to a member of one of the tourism boards who help to finance the Michelin guide and learn more about the restaurant selection process.
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1 month ago | 
wunc.org | Jeff Tiberii |Stacia M. Brown
Jeff Tiberii is the co-host of WUNC's "Due South." Jeff joined WUNC in 2011. During his 20 years in public radio, he was Morning Edition Host at WFDD and WUNC’s Greensboro Bureau Chief and later, the Capitol Bureau Chief. Jeff has covered state and federal politics, produced the radio documentary “Right Turn,” launched a podcast, and was named North Carolina Radio Reporter of the Year four times. Stacia L.
