On this week's episode of Tying it Together, State Senator Michael Garrett (D-Guilford) joins host Tim Boyum to talk about a whirlwind of a couple weeks where he visited Minnesota and sat in on legislative hearings about ICE operations in Minnesota.

Then, the night of the Super Bowl, a post he made about Bad Bunny went very viral!

North Carolina Democratic Party Chair Anderson Clayton joins host Tim Boyum this week to talk about her pitch to make North Carolina the first primary state for the 2028 presidential election.

What are the state's chances and what would it mean?

Crucially, what's her strategy for persuading Republican legislative leaders to permit it?

On this week's episode, host Tim Boyum talks with Greg Barnes from Inside Carolina about perhaps the most controversial and hot topic of the future of UNC basketball.

To many, it appeared the Tar Heels were poised to announce a new arena on a future campus site. But then a legendary coach released a video pleading to renovate the current arena.

It's a fascinating and emotional debate for the country's oldest public university, which enjoys one of college basketball's most storied programs.

Spectrum News meteorologist Lee Ringer joins Tim to talk in depth about the modeling meteorologists use to try and predict the weather. This recent winter weather showed the delicate nature when some people shared early models with significant snow, but days later the forecast completely changed and disappointed snow lovers.

On this week's episode of Tying it Together, Dr. Bruce Jentleson joins host Tim Boyum to explain the story behind all the foreign policy battles garnering the attention of President Trump — from Iran, Venezuela, Ukraine, to Greenland.

Jentleson is a professor at the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University.

He's a former senior adviser at the State Department under the Obama and Clinton administrations. He also served as a senior foreign policy advisor to the Al Gore presidential campaign and lectures around the world on foreign policy.

This week, State Senator DeAndrea Salvador (D-Mecklenburg) joins host Tim Boyum to tell the unbelievable story of a 2018 TED Talk she gave that was altered by artificial intelligence to make her say things she never said during the speech.

That AI material was then used in an ad by Whirlpool and even won an award, and she's now filed suit.

Tim sits down with a Colombian native and U.S. citizen with his unique perspective on the November immigration raids by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol.

Manolo Betancur owns a bakery but shut it down when the raids began.

On this week's episode, we take a deep dive into the fascinating history of North Carolina's state capitol.

Kara Deadmon, the site administrator, will share the building's story, from its fiery destruction to its relocation.

She talks about the enslaved who helped build it, and even etchings on a window dating back to the 1800s.

On this week's episode of Tying it Together, it's our annual holiday extravaganza. Host Tim Boyum and political insiders Billy Warden and Brian Lewis look back at 2025.

They will honor longtime Gov. Jim Hunt, who died in December, and review another wild year in politics in North Carolina and beyond.

Warden is a marketing and communications expert with RLF Communications. Lewis is a lobbyist with New Frame.

Political prognosticator Kyle Kondik joins host Tim Boyum to talk about early expectations for the 2026 midterm elections.

They will talk about the nation's most watched Senate race in North Carolina, how redistricting could impact the power in Congress, and whether affordability will dominate voter's intentions.