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On the North Carolina News Roundup… Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson is denying a report that he made racist and sexual comments on a porn website. The flooding effects of a so-called 1,000 year storm on the coast. Some down-ballot races are kicking into high gear. And our public schools still have a high number of vacancies. Join Jeff Tiberii and a panel of reporters for context and analysis of the week's news.

Guests
Colin Campbell, Capitol Bureau Chief, WUNC
Liz Schlemmer, education reporter, WUNC
Gary Robertson, statehouse reporter, Associated Press
Benjamin Schachtman, news director, WHQR
Ely Portillo, executive editor, WFAE

Jeff Tiberii talks to News & Observer reporter Dan Kane about state lawmakers' investment in seldom-used science-based games in public schools. Jeff Tiberii chats with author David Daley about the history of the U.S. Supreme Court on the issue of voting rights. Leoneda Inge sits down with actress and educator Jasminn Johnson to discuss her role in the Playmakers Repertory Company production of Crumbs from the Table of Joy.

In the latest installment of our ongoing series “Golden Leaf” — about tobacco’s deep roots in North Carolina — we turn to the impact of smoking in our state.

How many North Carolinians are dying from disease caused by tobacco use? And what kinds of programs are proven to be successful at helping people quit? Co-host Leoneda Inge talks with Dr. Adam Goldstein about tobacco use prevention and cessation.

Then, co-host Jeff Tiberii is joined by a panel of experts to discuss how and why some Black and Native communities are disproportionately impacted by tobacco, the history behind these health disparities, and about potential ways forward.

Guests

Adam Goldstein, Betty and Oscar Goodwin Distinguished Professor in the Department of Family Medicine, and Director of Tobacco Intervention Programs, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Lu McCraw, American Indian Tribal Consultant, NC DHHS Division of Public Health, Tobacco Prevention & Control Branch

Delmonte Jefferson, Executive Director, The Center for Black Health & Equity

Ronny Bell, Fred Eshelman Distinguished Professor and Chair, Division of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy at the Eshelman School of Pharmacy, and Associate Director of Cancer Care Access and Excellence, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Part One: How NC Latino communities could be impacted by immigration enforcement bill
We get some analysis on a piece of legislation that went to the Governor last week. It’s a bill that mandates local sheriffs comply with federal deportation efforts, so called ICE detainers. WUNC reporter Aaron Sánchez-Guerra fills us in.
Aaron Sánchez-Guerra, race, class and communities reporter, WUNC

Part Two: A Conversation with Mickey Michaux
Editor's note: This conversation originally aired August 6, 2024.
Due South co-host Jeff Tiberii sits down with former state Rep. Mickey Michaux, the longest-serving member of the NC General Assembly, to discuss his groundbreaking career and his hopes for the outcome of the 2024 presidential election.
Mickey Michaux, longtime state legislator

As a public radio listener, you’ve no doubt heard The Washington Post personal finance columnist Michelle Singletary give sage advice about money matters. In 2024, many of us need her know-how now more than ever before, especially when it comes to housing. *encore edition*

Bull Durham, A New Musical takes the stage in the city of Durham for the first time. It’s an adaptation of the classic 1988 movie.

Guests

Michelle Singletary, finance columnist, The Washington Post

Ron Shelton, is the writer and director of ‘Bull Durham’ the movie, and he adapted the screenplay for the musical with music and lyrics by Susan Werner.

Lauren Kennedy Brady, actress and singer who’s performed on Broadway, executive director of Theatre Raleigh, producer on ‘Bull Durham - A new Musical.’

On the North Carolina News Roundup… 

State lawmakers appropriate millions more for private school vouchers – and mandate local sheriffs to cooperate with federal agents. Both bills are headed to the governor’s desk.

We review the latest and get a fact check on that widely watched presidential debate. 

Join Due South co-host Jeff Tiberii and a panel of reporters for context and analysis of the week's news.

Guests

Paul Specht, politics/PolitiFact reporter, WRAL

Katie Peralta Soloff, editor, Axios Local

Kyle Ingram, politics reporter, The News & Observer

Danielle Battaglia, Capitol Hill Correspondent, The News & Observer/The Charlotte Observer/McClatchy

The only two swing states in the South may have something in common – the Democratic Party is working hard to turn them blue. Millions of dollars are pouring into battleground states that could decide the presidency – including North Carolina and Georgia.

Plus, Bryan Tucker, a senior writer on SNL, has worked with the show since 2005. He got his start in comedy as a student at UNC and he returns to campus this weekend for ‘Live from Chapel Hill! A Night of Sketch and Improv Comedy.’ 

Guests
Colin Campbell, Capitol Bureau Chief at WUNC 

Maya King, politics reporter at The New York Times  

Sam Gringlas, politics reporter at WABE in Atlanta 

Bryan Tucker, senior writer for Saturday Night Live 

A look at the State Treasurer’s race in North Carolina. WUNC's Colin Campbell joins Jeff Tiberii to discuss the race and candidates. Leoneda Inge chats with Durham-based poet and scholar Alexis Pauline Gumbs about her latest work, Survival is a Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde. Leoneda Inge chats with Dr. David Washington about his debut graphic novel, Black Defender: The Awakening.

North Carolina State University historian Ajamu Dillahunt-Holloway joins co-host Leoneda Inge to talk labor movements in North Carolina and the South. He connects the past to the struggles—and accomplishments—of organizing today, and discusses the presidential campaigns efforts to court union voters.

Blair LM Kelley is a historian who knows the power of storytelling, weaving her own family's history into her award-winning book Black Folk: The Roots of the Black Working Class, which recently came out in paperback. Kelley recounts individual stories of Black workers, including her great-grandfather, in the post-war South who had no recourse when white landowners withheld their pay—and risked violence or death if they complained.

In a wide-ranging conversation with co-host Leoneda Inge, Kelley also explains how many disenfranchised Black workers — from washerwomen across the South to Pullman porters across the country — used the power of collective action, community connection, and eventually unions to improve conditions for themselves, and everyone.

In this back-to-school installment of "HBCU 101," Due South co-host Leoneda Inge talks to NCCU's director of undergraduate admissions, the author of a new book the influence of HBCUs on Black political engagement and NCCU's director of university bands.