On the “Tying It Together with Tim Boyum” podcast this week, former Governor Pat McCrory takes us on a wild ride behind-the-scenes of his time as North Carolina governor. From blasting Beatles music to drown out protesters to the reason he didn’t spend his last night as governor inside the mansion, McCrory holds nothing back as we hear his version of events like never before. We also get an update on whether he might run for office again in 2020 or 2022.  

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Inside the Game of Politics with Pat McCrory

The Pat McCrory Show on WBT radio

On this week’s “Tying it Together with Tim Boyum,” Tim and Ben take on North Carolina’s unique alcohol laws, which date back to the Prohibition Era and even the 1700s! We tackle that history with North Carolina History Museum Curator Earl Ijames, who tells the story one of the country’s most famous moonshiners. We’ll also look at how the state is changing its relationship to alcohol and the effort to get the state out of selling it altogether—an initiative that has stirred up some fierce debate on both sides.

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On the episode of “Tying It Together with Tim Boyum,” House Speaker Tim Moore defends his strategic but controversial decision to override a Governor Roy Cooper veto as a fellow House member screamed at him from the floor. He also talks about recent death threats he and his sons have received and how it impacts his family. Later, Speaker Moore tells us what he wants to do for the working poor in terms of health insurance and he candidly talks about his political future as rumors swirl about other jobs. Earlier in the episode, you will learn how working in his dad’s country store helped shape his political career and life.

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On the episode of “Tying It Together with Tim Boyum,” North Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice Cheri Beasley talks about being one of only four female African-American Chief Justices in U.S. history and the first in North Carolina history. The response was worldwide and she talks about how it has impacted her personally. She also talks about growing up in Tennessee, her storied career, and having a birthday on Valentine’s Day. Later, she discusses getting ready for her first partisan election and facing off against a colleague from the state’s highest court.

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On the episode of “Tying It Together with Tim Boyum,” we tackle the much-maligned profession of lobbying in politics. It is ranked near the bottom of trusted professions, but what if we told you they were vital and most of them are actually trustworthy? This week, North Carolina lobbyists Joe Stewart and Brian Lewis pull back the curtain on an often misunderstood part of the political system. They share the best and worst of times from the money trail to demanding clients and the art of convincing lawmakers to support their position. 

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On the episode of “Tying It Together with Tim Boyum,” Rep. Deb Butler (D-New Hanover) gives us a behind-the-scenes look at the moments leading up to the moment she stood up and shouted at House Speaker Tim Moore on the House floor. Find out why she thought she was going to get arrested, why she wants the House Speaker to resign, and what her late wife would have thought about all of it. Later she talks about the worldwide attention and how she hopes to use this moment to create a movement.

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On this episode of “Tying It Together with Tim Boyum,” Tim talks with Sen. Phil Berger. He is considered one of the most powerful politicians in the state. He talks about how working through college on an assembly line, painting, and working at a grocery store shaped his political future. We also find out just how close he was to running for U.S. Senate in 2014. As the debate rages on over Medicaid expansion, Sen. Berger tells us why he thinks it’s a bad idea for the state, and his reasons go beyond well money.

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Lt. Governor Dan Forest talks about his run for governor, being the son of a congresswoman, and even defends the legislature’s architecture.

On this week’s episode of “Tying It Together with Tim Boyum,” Tim and Ben sit down with Lt. Governor Dan Forest in his office, which sits in an old house built in 1882. The architect-turned-politician talks about growing up going to a different school every year and why he turned to architecture as a career. Tim and Forest even debate the quality of the architecture of the North Carolina legislative building. Forest also opens up about his mom, who was a congresswoman and why he doesn’t bring her up much on the campaign trail. Forest discusses why he wants to be the state’s next governor and why he wants to be known as the innovation governor.

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On this week's episode of "Tying It Together with Tim Boyum," we ask whether North Carolina is ready for another big hurricane. With parts of Eastern North Carolina still rebuilding roughly a year after Hurricane Florence, Hurricane Dorian is lurking off the coast. Weather On the One's Meteorologist Lee Ringer talks about the challenges of forecasting an ever-changing weather phenomenon. North Carolina Department of Transportation Secretary Jim Trogdon and N.C. Department of Environmental Quality Secretary Michael Regan tell us their lasting memories from Hurricane Florence, what they learned from that storm, and how the state is better prepared for future storms.

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If there was a Mount Rushmore of North Carolina politics, former Governor Jim Hunt would sit front and center. Find out how the paving of a road let him to politics and changed North Carolina history. He also gives some love advice after more than six decades of marriage through his personal story of hitchhiking to Iowa to make sure he spent holidays with the love of his life. He also talks candidly about his 1984 loss to Jesse Helms and whether or not the two time, two-term governor could win an election in today’s political climate.

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