John Shelton Reed, Cofounder of the Campaign for Real Barbecue, coauthor with his late wife, Dale Volberg Reed and William McKinney of “Holy Smoke: The Big Book of North Carolina Barbecue,” and author of “Barbecue: a SAVOR THE SOUTH® cookbook”, talks about the death of Wilber Shirley and the future of North Carolina’s traditional Pit cooked barbecue

John May, a retired textile executive and author of “Poe and Fanny” and “The Poe Letters,” talks about his family history and his privately published new book, “The Mays of Alamanns’ Creek: A Family Odyssey,” in which he tells his family’s story--from the time of human origins in Africa to the textile town of Burlington.

Larry Miller, one of the greatest of the great Tar Heel basketball players of all time, and author with Stephen Demorest  of “Larry Miller Time: The Story of the Lost Legend Who Sparked the Tar Heel Dynasty,”  about how he got to Chapel Hill, his times playing for Coach Smith, and what happened afterward. Art Chansky and Stephen Demorest join the conversation.

Congressman David Price talks about the new edition of his book, “The Congressional Experience.”

Chapel Hill’s Aruna Gurumurthy, a published poet, author of “Down the Grassy Aisles,” talks about her book and the place of poetry in our lives.

Bob Epting, Chapel Hill lawyer and resident, pilot, former town Council member, OWASA attorney and former book salesman for the Southwestern Company, joins D.G. to talk about the lessons learned working door to door selling dictionaries one long ago summer.

John Hart, New York Times No. 1 Best Selling author, talks about his latest book, “The Unwilling,” and the challenges of writing, after the great successes of his six prior books.

Maj. Gen. Arthur W. Clark, USAF (Ret), a resident of The Cedars and author of “Eyes of the Tiger: China 1944-1945”, talks about his new book and his service around the world as an Air Force intelligence officer during World War Two..

Republican political campaign consultant Carter Wren explains his party’s challenges post Trump and post Limbaugh.

Congressman David Price talks about the new edition of his book, “The Congressional Experience.”