Due South

Leoneda Inge chats with Martin Woodard, as well as Vincent Johnson and his sons Tyler Johnson and Vinnie Johnson, and fatherhood and the 2024 North Carolina Fatherhood Conference. Jeff Tiberii talks to his father James Tiberii about their differing parenting styles. 

Atlantic hurricane season is expected to be above normal this year, with as many as seven major hurricanes. Plus, a Church bell ringer celebrates Pride Month for everyone who will hear (and millions on TikTok)

Guests:

Matthew Rosencrans, lead hurricane seasonal outlook forecaster, NOAA 

Ellen Shumaker, Director of Outreach, Safe Plates Program, NC State

Xilei Zhao, assistant professor, University of Florida in the College of Engineering 

Katelyn MacDonald, volunteer bell ringer at Duke Memorial United Methodist Church, and staff specialist at Duke Chapel

And, two special guests...
Recently-married couple Belinda and Isabelle Schenkel recognized MacDonald at the American Tobacco Campus, and have paid close attention to when the bells start so they can hear the covers from their home in Durham.

Co-host Leoneda Inge chats with Dr. Jonathan Klein about Swim for Charlie, a nonprofit organization that teaches swimming and water safety to second graders in NC. Flyleaf Books' Maggie Robe and The Bitter Southerner's Alison Law chat about their summer reading picks. Jodee Nimerichter, executive director of the American Dance Festival talks about this year's events and offerings.

Five years ago, North Carolina passed a law requiring public school students complete an economics and personal finance course to earn their high school diploma — as the class of 2024 graduates this spring, co-host Jeff Tiberii talks with a student, a teacher, and a panel of experts about financial education.

Sending more children to court as adults. A ruling that at-home abortion pills can be taken in North Carolina. And a candidate for Governor campaigns with anti-birth control group. Join co-host Jeff Tiberii and a roundtable of reporters for a review of the week’s news from around North Carolina.

Co-host Leoneda Inge discusses youth vaping numbers across the state, as well as prevention efforts with Kelly Kimple, Senior Medical Director for the Health Promotion Division of Public Health at the NC Department of Health and Human Services.

Also on today's Due South, co-host Jeff Tiberii is joined by Duke history professor Cecilia Márquez, author of the new book Making the Latino South: A History of Racial Formation.

Producer's note: Join Leoneda Inge and Jeff Tiberii for “Due South Live!” Friday, June 14, 7:30pm at Motorco Music Hall in Durham. We'll be talking about Southern food with Chef Ricky Moore from Saltbox Seafood Joint, Mike D of Mike D’s BBQ and Bill Smith, famed chef from Crook’s Corner. Tickets and details.

John T. Edge on Defining Southern Food
The Southern Foodways Alliance has tirelessly documented and explored the diverse food cultures of the American South. Founding director John T. Edge puts it this way – “I think food is as important to understanding the culture of the South as is literature, as is music.” He joins Leoneda Inge to talk Southern food.
John T. Edge, founding director of the Southern Foodways Alliance, author of “The Potlikker Papers – A Food History of the Modern South” and host of the television show “True South” 

Mama Dip’s Legacy
The late Mildred “Mama Dip” Council opened her restaurant Mama Dip’s Kitchen in the mid-1970s. Nearly 50 years later, the Council family has voted to sell the restaurant and the land where it sits, a big move for the town’s oldest Black-owned restaurant. Leoneda Inge takes us to Chapel Hill where a second and third generation of African American family cooks work to make sure “Mama Dip’s” legacy lives on. This story was produced for the Southern Foodways Alliance podcast “Gravy.”

‘Chamber Soul’ Artist Shana Tucker
Classically trained cellist Shana Tucker chats with Leoneda Inge about her inspirations, her activism, and her new album, “Hiding in the Light.”
Shana Tucker, singer-songwriter, cellist, and arts educator

As college tuition and student loan debt continue to soar, many high school graduates are taking a fresh look at alternatives to going straight from high school to 4-year college.

We talk with a panel of experts to explore the post-secondary enrollment trends in North Carolina in community colleges, technical and vocational schools, and apprenticeship programs, as well as the emotions, pressures, and stigmas (for teens and parents alike) wrapped up in these life decisions.

Roberts has been running the University since January. In this interview with Co-Host Leoneda Inge, he reflects on controversial decisions, policy changes, and campus protests. Plus, WUNC Higher Education reporter Brianna Atkinson and WRAL Sports Investigative reporter Brian Murphy add context.

Guests:

Lee Roberts, Interim Chancellor UNC-Chapel Hill

Brianna Atkinson, Higher Education reporter and Fletcher Fellow at North Carolina Public Radio WUNC

Brian Murphy, Sports Investigative Reporter at WRAL

WUNC is an associated entity of UNC Chapel Hill. Members of WUNC's board of directors are appointed by the UNC Chapel Hill Board of Trustees. WUNC maintains editorial independence in all news coverage, including stories involving UNC.

On the North Carolina News Roundup…

Local reaction to the Trump verdict. An update on the state budget, and why it was a quiet week at the legislature. A settlement has monumental implications for the future of college athletics.

Rising sea levels on the Outer Banks pull another home into the ocean. Plus, an update on Duke softball’s first game in the Women’s College World Series.

Jeff Tiberii and a panel of reporters provide context and analysis of the week’s news.