This episode features journalist Michael Graff, founder of The Charlotte Optimist. Graff shares his unconventional career path, which began with the ambition to get free admission to Orioles games as a sportswriter. He details his shift from sportswriting to becoming a defining feature writer for Our State magazine, where he traveled North Carolina's 100 counties. Graff discusses how his work is fundamentally driven by learning and finding the "universal truth" in every story, aiming to connect with readers on a deeper, human level.

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