Due South

Due South’s post-election analysis features a team of reporters and political scientists to discuss races across the state. Co-hosts Jeff Tiberii and Leoneda Inge delve into the results for North Carolina Governor, Attorney General, and beyond. And, we explore our purple state’s role in the outcome of the presidential election.

Guests

Colin Campbell, Capitol Bureau Chief, WUNC

Lucille Sherman, Reporter, Axios Raleigh

Kerry L. Haynie, Dean of the Social Sciences, Professor, Department of Political Science and Department of African & African American Studies, Duke University

D. Sunshine Hillygus, Professor of Political Science and Public Policy, Director, Duke Initiative on Survey Methodology, Co-Director, Polarization Lab, Duke University

Mary C. Curtis, Columnist, Roll Call; Host, 'Equal Time' podcast

Steve Harrison, Political Reporter, WFAE Charlotte

Due South co-host Jeff Tiberii chats with WUNC's Rusty Jacobs and Mitchell Northam, as well as experts and reporters from across the state about Election Day tips and expectations.

Guests

Rusty Jacobs, WUNC Voting and Election Integrity Report; Mitchell Northam, WUNC Digital News Producer; Chris Cooper, Political Science Professor at Western Carolina University, Author of "Anatomy of a Purple State: A North Carolina Politics Primer;" Steve Harrison, politics reporter WFAE; Paul Garber, reporter WFDD; Liz Schlemmer, education reporter WUNC

Early voting in North Carolina was record-breaking. Two political science professors break down what that could mean for Election Day.

Then, we turn to our Election Special and synthesize the battleground, strategy, and stakes. Public radio reporters from Asheville, Charlotte, Wilmington and Winston-Salem share the issues, candidates, questions, and concerns across the state as we approach Election Day.

Guests

Kerry Haynie, Dean of the Social Sciences and Professor in the Department of Political Science and the Department of African & African American Studies, Duke University

Michael Bitzer, Politics Department Chair and Professor of Politics and History, Catawba College

Lilly Knoepp, senior regional reporter, Blue Ridge Public Radio (BPR)

Steve Harrison, political reporter, WFAE in Charlotte

Paul Garber, reporter, WFDD in Winston-Salem

Rachel Keith, reporter, WHQR in Wilmington

Colin Campbell, Capitol Bureau Chief, WUNC

On the North Carolina News Roundup…

The finish line is in sight. A final push from candidates across the ballot. On the horizon are winners, losers, as well as inevitable election denialism. The closing days are upon us. What’s in store. And what comes next? 

Plus, how Día De Los Muertos is being celebrated in one Raleigh neighborhood. 

Join Jeff Tiberii and a panel of reporters for context and analysis of the week's news.

Guests

Dawn Vaughan, Capitol Bureau Chief, The News & Observer

Bryan Anderson, freelance reporter, creator of the “Anderson Alerts” newsletter

Steve Harrison, political reporter, WFAE Charlotte

Benjamin Schachtman, news director, WHQR Wilmington

Aaron Sánchez-Guerra, race, class and communities reporter, WUNC

Storyteller Ray Christian shares the time he encountered something he still can’t explain… A longer version of this story aired on Due South on Halloween last year.

Hearing from Black Trump voters in the waning weeks of the 2024 campaign. 

The people who make elections happen in North Carolina are in the throes of another wild campaign season. Some are dealing with threats to their lives, others are just trying to make sure residents in hurricane-torn parts of the state can still vote.

Guests
Ray Christian, has told stories for the Moth Radio Hour, Snap Judgment, and Snap Judgment’s terrifying podcast, “Spooked.”

Garrison Hayes, video correspondent for Mother Jones

Rusty Jacobs, voting and election integrity reporter at WUNC

Emily Vespa, freelance reporter, and author of the recent story “Election Turmoil Comes to a Rural County” for The Assembly 

Co-hosts Jeff Tiberii and Leoneda Inge chat with local blues performer Pat "Mother Blues" Cohen and four chefs, Ricky Moore, Bill Smith, Mike De Los Santos and KC Hysmith at Motorco Music Hall.

Due South co-host Leoneda Inge chats with three notable HBCU graduates about their relationship with homecoming celebrations and efforts to engage young voters on campus. Jazmyne Abney, HBCU and Campus Program Manager at Common Cause North Carolina; Dr. Everett Ward, Chairman of the Alpha Political Action Committee, former president of St. Augustine's University and Shamieka Rhinehart, Durham Superior Court Judge are our guests. 

As a battleground state, North Carolina will be pivotal in the presidential election. But there are many other races in our state that don’t get nearly as much attention. Colin Campbell, WUNC Capitol Bureau Chief, talks with Due South's Jeff Tiberii about some NC Council of State races, and about the lone Congressional race in North Carolina that is expected to be competitive.

Then, ghost tours can be spooky and fun. But they can also perpetuate damaging narratives.

Historian and professor Tiya Miles researched ghost tours from Charleston to New Orleans for her book, Tales from the Haunted South: Dark Tourism and Memories of Slavery from the Civil War Era. 

Dr. Miles talks with co-host Jeff Tiberii about the ghost tour industry in the South and explores the ways many tours have peddled in racist and misogynistic tropes. She also says these tours have the power to reveal important and often untold Southern history, but only when the stories are told with nuance and care.

The NC legislature approved Helene recovery funds, but some lawmakers say it’s not nearly enough.

With a week and half left before November 5th, more than two million North Carolinians have already cast ballots.

In the state’s most populous county, two major bonds are on the ballot.

Join us as co-host Jeff Tiberii and a panel of reporters catch up on the latest news from across the state on the North Carolina News Roundup.

Guests

Colin Campbell, Capitol Bureau Chief, WUNC

Travis Long, photojournalist, The News & Observer

Lucille Sherman, reporter, Axios Raleigh

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

Laura Hackett, reporter, Blue Ridge Public Radio

Leoneda Inge sits down with CDC director Mandy Cohen to discuss the importance of updated vaccinations this flu season and Durham-based recording artist Shirlette Ammons discusses her latest work, Spectacles.