Welcome to Business North Carolina's weekly podcast, serving up interviews with some of the Tar Heel State's most interesting people.

On today’s episode, Colin Campbell speaks with N.C. Senate Minority Leader Dan Blue, who has been among the state's most powerful lawmakers during his more than 20 years in the General Assembly. The graduate of N.C. Central University and Duke University School of Law is a former chair of Duke's Board of Trustees. He previews likely issues in the legislature's short session that begins later this month, and he talks about Democrats' chances in this year's election.