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Our Road to Walk: Then and NowEpisode 39: Ferruccios’ Interview with WUNC NPR Radio Host Frank StasioSend us a textKen and Deborah begin this episode with an update on the status of the Warren County Environmental Action Team's proposal for a partnership with county officials to seek EPA Justice40 community grant funds for an environmental justice center in the county based on the PCB legacy. With EPA grant funding deadlines nearing and with no public engagement in the grant decision-making process, it seems that the Action Team may have decided to dismiss attempts to partner with the county.Deborah shares excerpts from an October 16, 2024 letter to the W...2024-11-0609 min
The State of Things on WUNCFrank Stasio’s Fondest Shows: Meet Little BrotherIn 2003, Frank Stasio spent time in North Carolina guest hosting The State of Things, and one of the conversations from his early days on the show is one of his most-memorable from his 15-year tenure as host: sitting down with hip-hop group Little Brother.2020-12-3131 minThe State of Things on WUNCFrank Stasio’s Fondest Shows: The Bucket Brothers Tune Their TalentsLogan Valleroy and Casey Valleroy might be teenagers, but their musical prowess makes them seem like professional musicians. The brothers have been playing music since they were young. Today, the pair play a myriad of instruments like the violin, keyboard, drums, saxophone and guitar, but started out as kids banging on pots and pans around the house.2020-12-3117 minThe State of Things on WUNCFrank Stasio's Fondest Shows: North Carolina's Unions And Organized Labor Saved Lives In 2020Union membership in the United States is at a record low. About 10% of workers nationwide are currently union members, and only 2.7% of workers in North Carolina are unionized , which places the state second-to-last in the nation.2020-12-2946 minThe State of Things on WUNCFrank Stasio’s Fondest Shows: Meet Cecilia Polanco, Who Runs 'So Good Pupusas'Cecilia Polanco’s parents did not dream of their daughter owning a food truck when they emigrated from El Salvador to the United States in the early 1980s. Their expectation was that she would get a respectable profession after college, or even better, a career, like her older sisters who work in law and insurance. So when she proposed the idea of a pupusa business, her mother naturally had some concerns — Polanco did not even know how to make the traditional Salvadoran fare.2020-12-2446 minThe State of Things on WUNCFrank Stasio's Fondest Shows: Meet Surf Philosopher And Educator Maia DeryFor Maia Dery, sitting still has never been much of an option. Her teacher had her sit out in the halls to not disturb other students, and as soon as she had her precious drivers license, Dery routinely skipped school to escape to Duke Forest.2020-12-2247 minThe State of Things on WUNCFrank Stasio's Fondest Shows: Meet Bree Newsome, Who Removed South Carolina’s Confederate FlagActivist Bree Newsome Bass gained national attention in the summer of 2015 when she was arrested for scaling the flagpole at the statehouse in Columbia, South Carolina, and removing the Confederate flag. The act of civil disobedience took place in the wake of the killing of nine African-American people at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C.2020-12-1747 minThe State of Things on WUNCFrank Stasio’s Fondest Shows: Meet Lumbee Scholar And Filmmaker Malinda Maynor LoweryMalinda Maynor Lowery is a Lumbee Indian whose family goes back more than 10 generations in Robeson County. Lowery was born in Lumberton, N.C. but raised in Durham, where from an early age, she often fielded the question, "what are you?" Although she grew up in a family with a strong sense of Native identity, this question stayed with her much of her life, and eventually became the subject of much of her academic and documentary work.2020-12-1546 minThe State of Things on WUNCFrank Stasio's Fondest Shows: Brazil And Branford And BeyondSaxophone master and Durham resident Branford Marsalis has never shied away from a challenge when it comes to tackling music. In 2008, the jazz legend incorporated his sax into the classical music traditions of South America in a show called "Marsalis Brasilianos: Villa Lobos, Milhaud and the New Worlds of Brazilian Modernism."2020-12-1030 minThe State of Things on WUNCFrank Stasio’s Fondest Shows: The Infamous Mickey Rooney InterviewMickey Rooney’s Hollywood acting career began in the 1930s. He starred as an all-American teenager in the Andy Hardy series. He was Judy Garland's partner in musicals from the 1940s, and a cautious old trainer in the 1979 classic “The Black Stallion.” He was married eight times, including a partnership with North Carolina’s own Ava Gardner.2020-12-1016 min
Jewelry Navigator™ PodcastWilliam Travis Kukovich - Innovative Jeweler and DesignerJewelry designer, William Travis Kukovich, of William Travis Jewelry is my guest on the Podcast today.
He’s earned over twenty industry awards for his designs using colored gemstones, unique design elements, and metal combinations.
His jewelry is unique on its own, and is difficult to pin down with a description, and appeals to both men and women alike.
From his studio in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Travis creates custom designs for clients looking to define their own style.
He also operates outside the or...2019-05-0938 min
Duke Chapel ConversationsBridge Panel: Preaching and the Public SquareThree deans of Duke University Chapel—one current and two former—hold a public conversation about the role of preaching in public discourse.
Fewer people are coming to church to hear sermons and yet religious language and elements of the sermonic style continue to be present in various types of public speech. In this context, are preachers being heard and heeded? What is the place of the pulpit in the public square? And, how are sermons changing? Three prolific preachers, with experience on two continents, address those questions and others in a Duke Chapel Bridge Panel conversation moderated by Frank Stas...2019-02-271h 14
Native Opinion an American Indian PerspectiveHelp The People of Puerto Rico!Native Opinion Episode 98Native Opinion Episode 98 “THE RIGHT IS FLEECED AT EVERY TURN AND NO COMPLAINTS” HELP THE PEOPLE OF PUERTO RICO How to Reach our show: How to Reach our show: Email: hosts@nativeopinion.com Twitter: @nativeopinion Facebook: facebook.com/nativeopinionpodcast/ Website: nativeopinion.com Youtube: https://www.Youtube.com/c/NativeOpinion Leave us a voicemail: Call us! (860) 381-0207 OUR GUEST: Recording Artist Jan Michael Lookingwolf Bio: "A modern master of the Native American Flute, a premier performer of the instrument of our time..."- - - Billboard Journal He is an enrolled Kalapuya member of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde...2017-10-012h 27