Fewer than one percent of North Carolinians are transgender, according to estimates by the UCLA School of Law. State legislators are considering bills on access to facilities like bathrooms, and to health care options for children.

With state and federal cuts growing more likely, General Manager David Crabtree says PBS North Carolina needs to prepare for the worst. The state’s emergency management communications network could pay the price.

The Venus flytrap is one of the most recognizable plants on the planet, but there are worries about the health of its wild population because the exotic plant only grows in a single place on the planet: a sliver of dirt in a small corner of the Carolinas (from WUNC's podcast The Broadside).

Guests

Nikolai Mather, Reporter at WHQR and author of the article “Nine Years After HB2, Trans North Carolinians Wonder Who Is Looking Out For Them” in May for The Assembly

David Crabtree, General Manager, PBS North Carolina