Tested

Tested

By Dave DeWitt, Leoneda Inge, Will Michaels, Charlie Shelton-Ormond, Jason deBruyn, Rusty Jacobs, Naomi Prioleau, Celeste Gracia, Kamaya Truitt, Anisa KhalifaSociety & Culture
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Tested episodes

  • Talking Science

    There's perhaps never been a time where effective and accurate science communication has been more crucial. It's become, quite frankly, life and death for tens of thousands of people.

    15 min
  • Talking Science
    There's perhaps never been a time where effective and accurate science communication has been more crucial. It's become, quite frankly, life and death for tens of thousands of people. We talk with Holden Thorp, the editor-in-chief of Science , one of the leading scientific journals in the world. Before taking that role, he was a chemist, the provost at Washington University in St Louis, and the chancellor at UNC-Chapel Hill.
    15 min
  • Paying for the Pandemic

    It's been another busy day in Raleigh as state lawmakers try to shape and support North Carolina's recovery from COVID-19, and decide how much money they will have and where to spend it.

    13 min
  • Paying for the Pandemic
    It's been another busy day in Raleigh as state lawmakers try to shape and support North Carolina's recovery from COVID-19, and decide how much money they will have and where to spend it. There's some evidence that Medicaid expansion might have bipartisan support, at least during the pandemic. We speak with WUNC's Capitol Bureau Chief Jeff Tiberii about the competing budget proposals, and what differences might need to be reconciled before the state can get financial relief.
    13 min
  • Here And There

    As they did last week, several hundred protestors marched in Raleigh today, calling for the state to be "re-opened" immediately.

    12 min
  • Here And There
    As they did last week, several hundred protestors marched in Raleigh today, calling for the state to be "re-opened" immediately. At about the same time, the General Assembly began its short session, looking to allocate about $1.5 billion, and Governor Roy Cooper gave his latest update. But instead of what's going on in the city, it's the rural and suburban nature of North Carolina that might be helping protect us from the worst of the pandemic. We talk to Keith Debbage, a professor of geography
    12 min
  • Learning Interrupted

    Our state's educational institutions have been turned upside down by the pandemic. School buildings are empty, and resources are evaporating.

    14 min
  • Learning Interrupted
    Our state's educational institutions have been turned upside down by the pandemic. School buildings are empty, and resources are evaporating. The upheaval is being felt by the more than 1.5 million public-school students, and the 1 million students in public, private, and community colleges, as well as tens of thousands of teachers, faculty members, principals, food-service employees, bus drivers, etc. We talk to WUNC education reporters Liz Schlemmer and Cole del Charco about the many changes
    14 min
  • School's Out

    Governor Roy Cooper today announced that public school facilities in North Carolina would stay closed through the end of the academic year. It came a day after he announced a three-stage plan to re-open the state, when specific benchmarks are reached.

    16 min
  • School's Out
    Governor Roy Cooper today announced that public school facilities in North Carolina would stay closed through the end of the academic year. It came a day after he announced a three-stage plan to re-open the state, when specific benchmarks are reached. Republican leaders pushed back against his stay-at-home order, even as the two parties have worked in a more bipartisan fashion behind the scenes in legislative committees. We speak with Rose Hoban, the editor of North Carolina Health News, about
    16 min

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Tested is a hard look at how North Carolina and its neighbors face the day's challenges. Hosted by journalists Dave DeWitt and Leoneda Inge.