Due South

Jeff Tiberii hosts an hour-long conversation with a panel of experts, including WUNC's Jason deBruyn, Disability Rights NC's Holly Stiles and Dr. Paul Lanier, professor of social work at UNC Chapel Hill, about the state of youth mental health in North Carolina.

Sarah McCammon speaks with Leoneda Inge about her book The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church, which is already a New York Times' bestseller.

And, how white Evangelicals propelled Trump to the Republican nomination for President for a third time. 

Guests

Sarah McCammon is a National Political Correspondent for NPR and co-host of the NPR Politics Podcast. She is author of the new book 

Lilly Knoepp is Senior Regional Reporter for Blue Ridge Public Radio

Chris Cooper is a Political Science and Public Affairs professor at Western Carolina University

We learn more about the fight of Black families trying to retain ownership of their inherited land – which is sometimes not just a home on a half acre, but a forest. It’s in a new documentary titled – “Family Tree” at this week’s Full Frame Documentary Film Festival in Durham, NC. Then, the 1980s were an important — and too often overlooked — decade for Black worker resistance, according to NC State history professor Ajamu Dillahunt-Holloway, who recently wrote about the struggles faced by Schlage Lock workers in 1988. We talk with him about that history and he sticks around for a Southern Mixtape about protest songs spanning the decades. 

It’s been a long time since one of the most popular programs on PBS, "Antiques Roadshow," visited North Carolina's Triangle. A woman from eastern North Carolina set an appraisal record back in 2009 with a collection of 18th century Chinese items made of jade. Last summer, the show visited Raleigh to film, and those episodes begin airing tonight. Leoneda Inge gets a peek.

One of 2023’s "best podcasts" discusses something we often don’t: Weight. Ronald Young Jr. shares, “the nuanced thoughts of fat folks, and of all folks who think about their weight all the time,” in his podcast. He talks about that and more with Leoneda Inge.

Ronald Young Jr., host of the podcast ‘Weight For It’

Part One: Bill Ferris and Marcie Cohen Ferris on publishing the South
Marcie Cohen Ferris and Bill Ferris have dedicated their lives and careers to cataloging the folkways and foodways of the American South. The couple, both professor emeriti of UNC-Chapel Hill, have published a number of award-winning and noteworthy books about our diverse region. Now, they are the namesakes of a new imprint at UNC Press – Ferris & Ferris Books – which will publish books about the South.
Guests
Marcie Cohen Ferris, professor emerita of American studies at UNC-Chapel Hill and past president of the board of directors of the Southern Foodways Alliance.
Bill Ferris, professor emeritus of History at UNC-Chapel Hill, former associate director of the Center for the Study of the American South.

Part Two: The Surprising Story of Apples in the South
One of the books published under the new press Ferris & Ferris Books is an interesting look at southern apples. Host Jeff Tiberii sits down with Diane Flynt, author of “Wild, Tamed, Lost, Revived: The Surprising Story of Apples in the South,” to discuss the long and curious history of Southern apple growth and extinction.
Guest
Diane Flynt, author of “Wild, Tame, Lost, Revived” and founder of Foggy Ridge Cider in Dugspur, VA.

Part Three: Carolina Hurricanes Coach
The Carolina Hurricanes are on the doorstep of a championship. For the past five years the ‘Canes have been among the most talented, competitive, and feared teams in the National Hockey League. But injuries, and other factors, have thus far kept the Triangle’s only major professional sports team from winning its second-ever Stanley Cup. Hurricanes head coach Rod Brind’Amour is in his sixth season overseeing the team. He recently sat down with Due South to talk about the campaign, hockey’s growth in the south, and some of his proudest moments.
Guest
Rod Brind'Amour, coach of the Carolina Hurricanes

Editor's note: This show originally aired Nov. 21, 2023

The practice of tipping is rooted in racism and perpetuates sexual harassment, according to Saru Jayaraman. Jayaraman is the Director of the Food Labor Research Center at University of California and is President of One Fair Wage, an organization advocating for the full and fair minimum wage for all workers — including the millions of restaurant workers who are paid a tipped minimum wage. She talks with co-hosts Leoneda Inge and Jeff Tiberii about the history of tipping and her view of its future.

Guest

Saru Jayaraman, President and Co-Founder of One Fair Wage (OFW), Director of the Food Labor Research Center at University of California, Berkeley

Then, co-host Leoneda Inge continues the conversation about tipping with Lindsay Moriarty, owner of Monuts Donuts.

Moriarty is accustomed to taking risks out of necessity. After graduating with a dual master’s degree, Lindsay couldn’t find job — so, of course, she started selling donuts out of a tricycle cart. 

Monuts Donuts quickly became a success and Lindsay soon realized she could run her small business using the values that brought her to grad school in the first place: promoting equitable economic development and community health by offering a living wage, paid time off and health insurance to employees.

Three years ago, Monuts tried something risky, again — going “tip-free.” She talks with co-host Leoneda Inge about how she makes it work for the business and for employees.

Guest

Lindsay Moriarty, Owner and Chef, Monuts Donuts

How to balance justice, and redemption. Punishment, and opportunity. Those are just two of the ethics-balancing questions raised in a new book co-written by a man on death row in North Carolina.

It's called Rap and Redemption on Death Row.

A conversation with the author, about his life, his decisions, and his new rap album. And with his collaborator on how the two men became friends.

Guests

Alim Braxton is a writer, rapper, and activist living on North Carolina’s death row in Raleigh. He's been convicted of killing three people. Co-author of Rap and Redemption on Death Row: Seeking Justice and Finding Purpose behind Bars.

Mark Katz is the John P. Barker Distinguished Professor of Music at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the author of several books, including Rap and Redemption on Death Row: Seeking Justice and Finding Purpose behind Bars.

Due South co-host Leoneda Inge chats with chefs and cookbook authors Sandra A. Gutierrez, Nancie McDermott and Ryan Mitchell. 

Due South’s Jeff Tiberii and a panel of reporters break down the latest news in the state. From a fight for teacher pay in a municipal budget, to March Madness, and a bill that would take federal funding away from medical schools with “Diversity, Equity and Inclusion” programs.

Guests
-Colin Campbell is WUNC’s Capitol Bureau Chief.
- Monica Casey is the Durham reporter, WRAL
- Kyle Ingram is a politics reporter for the News & Observer
- Reuben Jones is the Washington Reporter covering North Carolina, Spectrum News

Co-host Leoneda Inge speaks with Monika Johnson-Hostler, vice chair of Wake County Public School board; Dr. Letisha E.C. Brown chats about the history of hair discrimination in sports; Duke professor Anthony Kelley talks about reviving jazz great Mary Lou Williams' last unfinished work.