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INDYcast episodes

  • Episode 28: Grow Up, Raleigh Council
    This week, Editor in Chief Jeffrey Billman discusses why he wrote a column telling certain members of the Raleigh City Council to grow up. Later, Andrea Rice dives into the weird world of artisan ice as showcased at a new North Hills restaurant.
    26 min
  • Episode 25: Tomorrow's Affordable Housing
    INDY Week, the Triangle's alternative weekly newspaper, has started this podcast to give our readers another way to enjoy the latest news and culture from Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill.
    This week, host Leigh Tauss chats with Raleigh city council candidate David Knight on why he's taking on Stef Mendell for the District E seat and why he had to quit his job to do it. Later, staff writer Sarah Willets chats with Durham planning director Pat Young on how Durham is looking to diversify the city's affordable housing stock. We also say goodbye to Sarah, who has left the INDY to work with the city of Durham as a communication's specialist in the district attorney's office.
    57 min
  • Episode 24: Can Caroline Sullivan Fix Raleigh Politics?
    INDY Week, the Triangle's alternative weekly newspaper, has started this podcast to give our readers another way to enjoy the latest news and culture from Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill.
    This week, Raleigh mayoral candidate Caroline Sullivan joins host Leigh Tauss to discuss her vision for Raleigh's future and how to heal the city's toxic political divisions.
    1 hr 3 min
  • Episode 23: North Carolina Teachers Seeing Red
    INDY Week, the Triangle's alternative weekly newspaper, has started this podcast to give our readers another way to enjoy the latest news and culture from Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill.
    This week, staff writer Leigh Tauss takes you inside the teachers march May 1, which drew thousands of educators to downtown Raleigh to demand higher pay and more support staff. Listen to interviews with teachers and elected officials at the rally, including a stirring speech by Rev. William Barber.
    12 min
  • Episode 22: What the Heck is Moogfest?
    INDY Week, the Triangle's alternative weekly newspaper, has started this podcast to give our readers another way to enjoy the latest news and culture from Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill.
    This week, Arts and Culture Editor Brian Howe tells you everything you need to know about Moogfest, an electronic music festival coming to Durham this weekend. Later, Staff Writer Sarah Willets explains the flurry of criminal justice legislation this session and we premiere a new track from AXNT as part of our Triangle First series.
    34 min
  • Episode 21: Zainab Baloch Wants to be Raleigh's Youngest Mayor
    INDY Week, the Triangle's alternative weekly newspaper, has started this podcast to give our readers another way to enjoy the latest news and culture from Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill.
    This week, Raleigh mayoral candidate Zainab Baloch joins host Leigh Tauss to discuss why she's running for mayor of Raleigh (which would make her the city's youngest mayor to date). We dig into affordable housing and the need for innovative solutions to tackle old problems facing Raleigh.
    29 min
  • Episode 20: The Notorious MAB Runs for Raleigh Mayor
    This here podcast gets to break some news! Former Raleigh City Council member Mary-Ann Baldwin announces she’s running for mayor, then, in a long conversation with INDY editor in chief Jeffrey Billman and staff writer Leigh Tauss, talks to us about why. We discuss the fractured state of the city council, delve into Baldwin’s history, and ask what she thinks needs to happen for Raleigh to become a more inclusive city as it grows,
    1 hr 30 min
  • Episode 19: Millennials & Methodists Fight Back
    INDY Week, the Triangle's alternative weekly newspaper, has started this podcast to give our readers another way to enjoy the latest news and culture from Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill.
    This week, Raleigh City Council at-large candidate Zainab Baloch joins us to discuss why millennials are stepping up to challenge the council's incumbent, sixty-plus-year-old majority. Staff writer Sarah Willets discusses a heated debate in Durham over a plan to increase density critics say will fuel gentrification and writer Leigh Tauss talks about how Raleigh churches are fighting a global ban on gay marriage within the United Methodist Church. We also premiere a new track from Ellis Dyson & The Shambles as part of our Triangle First series.
    25 min

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INDY Week's podcast gives you another way to dig into news and culture from Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill.