Talk Like A Pirate

It may be surprising to you how many college students do not have enough of or healthy food to eat. In the Season 2 finale of Talk Like a Pirate, we look at how ECU's Purple Pantry is helping food insecure students. You will also hear from a student who has benefitted from this program. 

Eastern North Carolina restauranteur and ECU Hospitality Leadership Advisory Board member Inez Ribustello discusses why we are so attracted to dining out and traveling.

The hospitality industry took a hit in the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak and is now working to get back. In Season 2, Episode 17 of Talk Like a Pirate, our some ECU experts highlight the opportunities that have developed due to mask wearing and social distancing. 

ECU graduate Dr. Chris Curran is the Texas Rangers first biomechanist and he recently sat down with Talk Like a Pirate.

The route leading to Major League Baseball or the "Big Leagues" takes many roads. In Season 2, Episode 16 of Talk Like a Pirate, Dr. Chris Curran talks about being the Texas Rangers first biomechanist – what it entails and how ECU played a role in his development.   

As we continue to make progress in the battle against COVID-19, more and more is opening up. But as we try to get back to normalcy, a lot has changed. In Season 2, Episode 15 of Talk Like a Pirate, ECU mental health therapist Crissa Jewel Allen and ECU registered dietician Tara Wind talk about what kind of challenges we may face as as we try to get back to our old lives.

The United States is opening up again as COVID-19 enters its second summer. ECU mental health therapist Crissa Jewel Allen and ECU registered dietician Tara Wind discuss how people are wading back to a more normal life in this teaser for Season 2, Episode 15 of Talk Like a Pirate.

As more people get COVID-19 vaccines, many wonder when mask-wearing will come to an end. In this preview of Season 2, Episode 14 of Talk Like a Pirate, chair of Internal Medicine at ECU's Brody School of Medicine Dr. Paul Bolin explains why mask wearing is here to stay – for now anyway.

When it comes to the COVID-19 vaccines, there is a lot of misinformation out there. So, to help you wade through it all, we brought in the chair of Internal Medicine at ECU's Brody School of Medicine. In Season 2, Episode 14 of Talk Like a Pirate, Dr. Paul Bolin breaks it down for you from the front lines in the fight against COVID-19.

While people of color are disproportionately affected in severe coronavirus disease, many remain hesitant regarding whether or not to be vaccinated. As a Black physician, the Brody School of Medicine's Dr. Cedric Bright — who has received the vaccine — fact-checks common myths and advocates for people of color to get the vaccine in Season 2, Episode 13 of Talk Like a Pirate.