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Steve Roberts We'll talk with journalist, educator and author Steve Roberts. You may know Steve as a frequent guest host of The Diane Rehm Show on NPR, but Steve Roberts is also a teacher, a columnist (with his wife, Cokie), and has recently published ...

The King of Infomercials Known as the king of the infomercial, AJ Khubani is on his way to Charlotte but first he visits with us to talk about why certain products catch the market's imagination. AJ Khubani is the man behind the Ped Egg, Ambervision ...

Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Cold and flu season is here. H1N1 is a primary topic of conversation. Are you taking the right precautions? We'll revisit our conversation with the late Dr. Michael Hudson, one of the world's experts on why increasing ...

Explorer Helen Thayer Adventurer and explorer, Helen Thayer joined us last year to talk about her treks in the arctic, across deserts and among animals like polar bears and wolves - all after the age of 50. This time she shares her experiences from her ...

Chris Gardner & The Pursuit of Happyness Chris Gardner is best-known as the author of the book The Pursuit of Happyness, and the subject of the major motion picture of the same name. Gardner spent months caring for his son while homeless but he ...

Western North Carolina Environmental Movement Author and North Carolina native Thomas Rain Crowe has lived in, and written about, the Blue Ridge Mountains for much of his career. His concern for the preservation of the mountains and mountain life led him ...

Meditation and Health New research conducted in the Charlotte region suggests that with just minor training, you can manage pain through meditation. We'll meet the chief researcher of a study just completed at UNC Charlotte about pain management and ...

Meditation and Health New research conducted in the Charlotte region suggests that with just minor training, you can manage pain through meditation. We'll meet the chief researcher of a study just completed at UNC Charlotte about pain management and ...

North Carolina Nature Conservancy Today we go where the wild things are. We'll visit a vast maritime forest, a swamp filled with carnivorous plants, and learn about the oldest trees in Eastern North America. Each year the North Carolina Nature ...

North Carolina Nature Conservancy Today we go where the wild things are. We'll visit a vast maritime forest, a swamp filled with carnivorous plants, and learn about the oldest trees in Eastern North America. Each year the North Carolina Nature ...

What White People Want to Know About Black People but Are Afraid to Ask Perry Tuttle enjoyed a long career as a college and pro football player. His years in the close-knit fraternity of competitive sports gave Mr. Tuttle a unique glimpse at ...

Part One: Elizabeth Strout Local author of this year's Pulitzer Prize for Fiction joins us today. Based in New York, Elizabeth Strout is a member of the faculty of Queens University of Charlotte, and comes to Charlotte to teach a few times a year. While ...

World Trade and Globalization We'll talk about globalization and its effect on the American economy with Daniel Griswold from the Cato Institute. Griswold believes that globalization is misunderstood and is wrongly blamed for many of the economic woes ...

U.S. Military, Diversity & the Muslim Community Today, we'll look at how the military and other large organizations manage diversity. A representative from Fort Bragg will share the Army's policies regarding religious and cultural diversity. We'll ...

Education: Meaning, Method and Morality An educator with strong North Carolina ties comes back to the area to talk about his experiences in his 50 years as an educator and his thoughts on raising a generation that cares. Bruce Stewart is a founder of the ...

Anthony Foxx Earlier this week we said goodbye to Mayor Pat McCrory and his era of leadership in Charlotte. Today we welcome incoming Mayor Anthony Foxx to the program. We'll talk to him about his campaign, his new job and his vision for the future of ...

Charlotte Teachers Institute CMS Superintendent Peter Gorman believes that "teachers are the most important school-based factor in academic success." To help that chance of success in the Charlotte region, area educators are embarking on a new ...

Part One: South Pacific On this Veteran's Day, we take a closer look at a Pulitzer Prize winning Broadway musical based on James Michner's writing about World War II in the South Pacific. The first revival of Rogers and Hammerstein's South Pacific ...

Mayor Pat McCrory On Election Day last week, for the first time in 14 years, Pat McCrory was not on the ballot as a candidate for Mayor of Charlotte. Anthony Foxx, the winner of that election, is now gearing up for his term as Mayor of the Queen City. As ...