Elaine Neil Orr, professor of English at North Carolina State University and the author of “Swimming Between Worlds”, talks about the new book and the two worlds on the American South in 1959 and the worlds of Nigeria.

Etaf Rum, the author of “A Woman Is No Man”, talks about her new book, her life in Brooklyn in the Palestinian immigrant community, and how her new life in North Carolina led a book set in Brooklyn and Palestine.

Part 1: Chapel Hill’s Lennie Rosenbluth, hero of the 1957 championship victory over the University of Kansas and Wilt Chamberlain 54–53 in triple overtime, talks about his story of how and why he came to Carolina and what is was like to play for Coach Frank McGuire.

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Chapel Hill’s Lennie Rosenbluth, hero of the 1957 championship victory over the University of Kansas and Wilt Chamberlain 54–53 in triple overtime, talks about his story of how and why he came to Carolina and what is was like to play for Coach Frank McGuire

Howard Covington, author of “Fire and Stone: The Making of the University of North Carolina under Presidents Edward Kidder Graham and Harry Woodburn Chase”, He talks about the new book and the University of North Carolina during the years between World War I and the Great Depression.

Jodi Magness, Kenan Distinguished Professor for Teaching Excellence in Early Judaism in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, talks about the continuing work at the ancient village of Huqoq in Israel and about her new book, “Masada From Jewish Revolt to Modern Myth.” More info at http://huqoq.web.unc.edu/

Retired UNC-Chapel Hill professor Thomas Warburton explaining the power of the Messiah.

Chapel Hill’s William Leuchtenburg, William Rand Kenan, Jr., Professor Emeritus at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, leading historian of the American Presidency and frequent guest on this program, talks about the concept of impeachment in American presidential history.

Bill Horner, Publisher and Editor the Chatham News and Record; veteran publisher and industry leader with five decades in newspapering, has knows abpit the future of newspapers along with the future of Chatham County

Casey Cep, New York Times best selling author, talks about the incredible story of a Baptist minister accused of murdering five of his family members who was himself murdered at the funeral of his last victim, the lawyer who defended both the reverend and the vigilante who shot him, along with Pulitzer-Prize winner Harper Lee's own attempt to write a book about the case.