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Pew research found that overall young adults tend to be less religious than older adults.

One research study found that the percentage of adults who identify as Christian has declined since 2007. However, the same study showed that between 2014 and 2019 the decline stabilized.

Another study conducted from 2023-2024 found that 57% of people surveyed who were born in or before the 1940s are members of a religious congregation, whereas only 27% of people born in 2000 to 2006 are.

Sam Scroggins talked with  Dr. Jeffrey Vickery, a philosophy and religion professor at WCU and Pastor at Cullowhee Baptist Church, to talk about his experience as a pastor and professor.

She also talked to two students at WCU and their religious journeys.

The month of March is dedicated to women’s history month, a time to recognize the contributions women have made throughout history. 

Women’s history month traces its roots back to March 8, 1857, when women working in factories in New York City protested poor working conditions.

In 169 years since then women in U.S. have gain and lost recognition, power, rights…

Hear more on the history of women history month, what it means to women today and what women continue to fight for. We spoke with WCU students Jessica Acosta- Gaspar, Ximena Medina Mendez and Jannah Hightower to get their perspective. 

You will hear a about Southern women role in human rights fight and regulating history textbooks that is not flattering – something we don’t often hear about. Elizabeth McRae, an associate professor of History at WCU, focuses on race, gender and politics in the modern South.

McRae discussed the ways women have progressed equality while reinforcing systems of racial and social inequality.

Our sports editor and reports Owen Flemming and Alex Pickard review the coverage from SOCON tournament at the start of March and how the spring season is going with the WCU softball coach, Jim Clift, tennis coach Bret Beaver, and track coach Jesse Norman.

WCU is on break but we worked hard to bring you information on what students and doing and going; some are taking a work break helping veterans in Asheville and much more.  

Hear who won the primaries in Jackson County on March 3 and will be on the ballot in November. Also find out what issues were important for voters, candidates, students and student leaders. 

This week we are talking about the primary elections – early voting and the upcoming  election day on March 3rd.

Listen to hear more about key voter information, resources, early voting and dates. We have political science professor Dr. Chris Cooper on why primaries matter and can you buy the elections. The director of the Jackson County Board of Elections, Amanda Allen shares some important information and dates regarding voting. 

This is the last episode in the Fall 2025 season. 

 This week we are talking science. Here from the North Carolina Forest Service public information office, Philip Jackson, on the dangers of forest fires post Helene and how we can all help in preventing them. We also have our ayes to the sky and talked to professor Enrique Gomez about new comet who is not alien space ship, Aurora Borealis and meteor showers you can see.