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American Aquarium
Friday, May 09 2008
by Frank Stasio and Katie Macpherson
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Meet Holden Thorp
Friday, May 09 2008
by Frank Stasio and Katy Barron
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Photo: UNC-Chapel Hill
Yesterday, Holden Thorp was named the next chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Thorp currently is dean of the school’s College of Arts & Sciences and has been a faculty member in the chemistry department since 1993. He’s also a research scientist who is considered a pioneer in DNA chip technology. He joins host Frank Stasio to talk about what a lab rat can bring to the top administrative post of a major university.
Lessons from the Drought
Thursday, May 08 2008
by Frank Stasio and Olympia Stone
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The drought is officially over and there are signs that, this time around, Triangle residents have learned from the experience. Mary Brice, co-chair of Raleigh’s Water Conservation Task Force, and Ed Buchan, water conservation specialist with Raleigh’s Public Utilities Department, join host Frank Stasio to talk about the future of water conservation in the Triangle.
On Account of Conspicuous Women
Thursday, May 08 2008
by Frank Stasio and Olympia Stone
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Dawn Shamp was a wandering soul with a resume full of unfulfilling jobs. But after she took a creative writing class, Dawn found her calling as a novelist. Her debut novel, “On Account of Conspicuous Women” (Thomas Dunne Books/2008) was just published. It’s a historical novel set in Roxboro in 1919 about four young women and their fight for the right to vote. She joins host Frank Stasio to talk about her book, her circuitous writing career and what inspires her to write.
WebComic Coffee Clatch
Thursday, May 08 2008
by Frank Stasio and Katie Macpherson
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Comics aren't just for the Sunday paper funnies anymore. Comic strips are moving from the newspaper to the net-- and one North Carolina group is helping make the transition a little bit smoother. The North Carolina Web Comic Coffee Clatch is a group of comic artists, writers and publishers who are all about taking their sequential art digital. Founder Larry Holderfield and comic strip artists Ursula Vernon and Stephanie Freese join host Frank Stasio in the studio to have their own comic klatch.
Primary Night Recap
Wednesday, May 07 2008
by Frank Stasio and Katy Barron
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Last night North Carolina voters turned out in droves to vote in the Democratic presidential primary. Barack Obama was the night’s big winner, but the turnout impacted primary races much lower down on the ballot. WUNC Capitol Reporter Laura Leslie joins host Frank Stasio in the studio to recap the results, parse the primary numbers and look ahead to the looming November battles.
More Election 2008 stories from WUNC News and The State of Things are available here
The Black Church
Wednesday, May 07 2008
by Frank Stasio and Lindsay Thomas
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Barack Obama won handily in yesterday's North Carolina presidential primary, despite fears that his ties to Reverend Jeremiah Wright threatened his lead. Wright has called recent media criticism of his fervent sermons an "attack on the black church." There’s no such thing as a monolithic black church, but the phrase is widely used to describe predominately black congregations. Host Frank Stasio explores the history, philosophies and influence of the so-called black church with historian Laurie Maffly-Kipp; pastors Reginald Van Stephens and Carl Kenney; and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, author of "Free to be Bound: Race Beyond the Color Line" (NavPress Publishing Group/2008).
More Election 2008 stories from WUNC News and The State of Things are available here
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