Due South co-host Leoneda Inge talks with WUNC's higher education reporter Brianna Atkinson about how North Carolina's public universities are complying with a ban on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.

Then, Leoneda Inge talks to a local agronomist about this year's flash drought and the damage it's caused to various crops. 

And, Chris Liloia of the North Carolina Botanical Garden joins co-host Jeff Tiberii for a conversation about native plants, grasses, and wildflowers, and their climate resilience.

Sign up for WUNC's new Politics Newsletter here.