Tying It Together with Tim Boyum

With the primary election just around the corner, host Tim Boyum is engaging with the two leading Democratic candidates for governor in North Carolina.

Attorney General Josh Stein and recently retired Supreme Court Justice Mike Morgan delve into a discussion on their respective agendas and various subjects, including education, abortion, the economy and the Democrats' top priorities.

Tim will receive updates from the top Republican contenders next week.

As March Madness arrives, this week host Tim Boyum takes a slight detour from politics to talk tobacco and basketball. The North Carolina rivalries developed on "Tobacco Road" are in peril as conference realignment threatens to dramatically change college sports. Raleigh News & Observer's Andrew Carter recently wrote a piece exploring the actual history of the real tobacco road and the sports version as well. It inspired a lot of powerful stories and reminded Tim about the sense of community and larger human stories that often emerge from sports.

As the election season ramps up, Democratic Senate leader Dan Blue joins host Tim Boyum to talk about his plans to break up the Republican's current supermajority in the general assembly. It will be a tall task with new maps written by Republicans, but Sen. Blue mentions he believes hard work and a focus on the right issues could give Democrats a chance. Sen. Blue goes into a lot of detail about growing up in a cramped four-room house, his math degree (because of the space race), and his son-in-law who's also an ACC head coach.

As the issues surrounding college sports continue to explode, the intersection of sports, law and politics has created no shortage of controversial conversations.

This week, longtime sports journalist and lawyer David Glenn joins host Tim Boyum to consider the legal battle to save the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The two also look at what happens if politicians get involved in any N.C. school leaving the ACC, and the implications on the entire state.

Tim delves into Glenn's impressive career, conducting interviews with everyone from Barack Obama to Mike Tyson, and nearly every significant sports figure in North Carolina.

Homeowners recently got some major sticker shock in Wake County. Officials are underway with the home revaluation process. 

Revaluation determines your home value. County commissioners then change the tax rate and that affects how much you pay each year. With significant growth in the past half decade, nearly everyone's rates will go up and some argue too much. This process, required by law, happens in every county across the state at least every eight years, but typically every four years.

Real estate attorney and revaluation expert Larry Shaheen joins host Tim Boyum to share what North Carolina homeowners should know and how to handle it. 

Nine years ago, Charlotte City Councilman Malcolm Graham’s sister, Cynthia Hurd, was murdered as part of a mass shooting at AME Emanuel Church in Charleston, South Carolina.

Last week, President Biden visited the church and met with families, including Councilman Graham.

Graham recently met with host Tim Boyum to discuss her death now nearly a decade later, meeting with President Biden. They also talk about how Charlotte’s city council is responding after a Charlotte mass shooting on New Year’s Eve.

Last fall, the journalism and political world was shocked when longtime journalist Travis Fain said he was not only leaving his job, but political journalism behind.

In this episode, host Tim Boyum talks to Fain about his decision, the challenges for journalism in today’s age, North Carolina politics and what he hopes to in his next chapter.

As a new year begins, host Tim Boyum continues a tradition with two of the state’s premiere economists. The group tries to answer some big questions facing the state’s economy in the upcoming year.   What will North Carolina’s economy look like? How will the economy impact next year’s elections? UNC Charlotte’s Dr. John Connaughton and NC State’s Dr. Mike Walden help break it down.

An annual Tying It Together tradition, Billy Warden and Brian Lewis join Tim to break down the biggest stories of the year, what we can expect in 2024, and their own holiday traditions and resolutions.   We’ll tackle political party changes, Medicaid expansion, casinos, retirements and so much more!

As 2023 wraps up, host Tim Boyum sits down with North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper. Gov. Cooper gives us behind-the-scenes insight on finally getting Medicaid expansion past the finish line.

He also talks about his push next year to get past school vouchers, his plans for 2024 without having his own campaign for the first time in decades, and his future after 2024.

They also discuss the recent death of UNC legend Eric Montross, and Gov. Cooper gives a glimpse of how he finds ways to unwind from the stress of leading a state.