Tying It Together with Tim Boyum

With 2024 just days away, this week host Tim Boyum takes a look at the state of polling in this country, and how pollsters are tackling what will be a wild and consequential year in elections.

The group will look at how polling works, accuracy and their biggest pet peeves. Finally, they look at the current state of affairs in the presidential race, and how North Carolina’s are shaping up, as well.

A day after announcing he would not run for re-election, Rep. Patrick McHenry joins Tim to talk about why he’s retiring and what’s next. 

He also goes in depth on his time temporarily leading the U.S. House as Republicans battled to pick a new speaker to replace Kevin McCarthy who was ousted. 

We’ll learn whether he ever considered long term or short term becoming actual House Speaker, and hear the impact the stress had on his own life.

This week we dive into the precarious situation of insuring homes along the coast and the impact on every homeowner in North Carolina.

As more storms and stronger storms impact our state, it’s having and will continue to have profound impacts on the future of insurance and how much you pay. What are state, insurance industry and other leaders doing to ensure we call all afford our homes and insurance? Do people across the state help subsidize the high cost of coastal insurance?

Industry expert Joe Stewart, a long time well-known name in North Carolina politics, joins host Tim Boyum to break it all down.

As the Israel-Hamas war continues, many people are still left with questions and confusion over the region and what’s behind the war. To help explain, on this week's episode we are talking with someone who has actually tried to negotiate peace in the Middle East.

Dr. Bruce Jentleson is a professor at Duke University, but he’s had two stints in the U.S. State Department under former presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama. During our discussion, we'll focus on the backstory, why Americans should care and where it might go from here.

This week, Tim talks to two of North Carolina’s sharpest political minds, as state lawmakers vote on the final congressional and state maps for 2024 and beyond. The controversial map drawing will certainly draw more lawsuits as North Carolina continues its trend in the spotlight as one of the most controversial redistricting states in the country.  Joining us this week, Democratic Strategist Morgan Jackson who has clients including Gov. Roy Cooper and Attorney General Josh Stein. Jim Blaine, with the Differentiators, is a former chief of staff for Senate leader Phil Berger.