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Some Pig: The Story of Struttin' Stormy and the Stanley Cup

NC State

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Jun 20, 2026

Some Pig: The Story of Struttin' Stormy and the Stanley Cup

The Carolina Hurricanes just became NHL champions for the first time in 20 years, and during that run a lot of people noticed something unusual on their road uniforms: A cartoony, college-style pig on the shoulder. Today, we take a closer look at the long journey of a logo from the mind of an art teacher in South Dakota all the way to the Stanley Cup champions.

Jeremy Markovich
Jeremy Markovich
Neese's Country Sausage Got Sold To Someone Who's Not a Neese

Neese's Country Sausage

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Jun 14, 2026

Neese's Country Sausage Got Sold To Someone Who's Not a Neese

First, it had a listeria outbreak. Then its products disappeared from North Carolina grocery stores. There was no explanation, until now. A new owner has taken over Neese's, a family-owned business that's made bricks of sausage, liver pudding, scrapple, and more for more than a century. So what happens next?

Jeremy Markovich
Jeremy Markovich
Do Not Wait for the Shibumi Shade IPO

Business

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Jun 9, 2026

Do Not Wait for the Shibumi Shade IPO

An update from behind the scenes of the company that makes the blue flappy things that you see on every beach in North Carolina.

Jeremy Markovich
Jeremy Markovich
Meet a man who built a barbecue smoker out of a file cabinet

Barbecue

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Jun 5, 2026

Meet a man who built a barbecue smoker out of a file cabinet

Is it real? Does it work? Is it safe? Was it hard to make? Why would anyone build one? Why is he selling it and trying to get a broken chainsaw in return? And, is this a singular piece of American ingenuity or is there an underground community of file cabinet smokers that I had never heard of before now? The seller, and an expert, tell us everything.

Jeremy Markovich
Jeremy Markovich
Drinking Sun Drop out of the Stanley Cup

Politics

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Jun 2, 2026

Drinking Sun Drop out of the Stanley Cup

Revisiting the fandom of former Caniac in Chief Roy Cooper on the doorstep of the Carolina Hurricanes first trip to the Stanley Cup Final since 2006. Plus! Can you somehow avoid the $95 parking at the arena?

Jeremy Markovich
Jeremy Markovich
Thom Tillis called something "stupid on stilts." Where the hell did that come from?

Politics

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May 29, 2026

Thom Tillis called something "stupid on stilts." Where the hell did that come from?

North Carolina's senior senator uttered the expression to show his displeasure with President Trump. Even people who don't like Tillis now like to say it. Think it's a Southern phrase? Bless your heart.

Jeremy Markovich
Jeremy Markovich
Here's Some Stuff: Cajun EV Charging, an Enormous Water Bill, and Dave Doeren Catching Strays

Podcasts

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May 25, 2026

Here's Some Stuff: Cajun EV Charging, an Enormous Water Bill, and Dave Doeren Catching Strays

A roundup of North Carolina things that you may have missed.

Jeremy Markovich
Jeremy Markovich
The North Carolina Musician with a Billion Streams and No Fans

Cornelius

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May 22, 2026

The North Carolina Musician with a Billion Streams and No Fans

Mike Smith's journey took him from a string of medical clinics to the music industry and, then, to a federal crime.

Jeremy Markovich
Jeremy Markovich
West Virginia's most legendary biscuit place was actually conceived in North Carolina

Fast Food

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May 17, 2026

West Virginia's most legendary biscuit place was actually conceived in North Carolina

How did a long-dead pizza restaurant give birth to not one but two beloved breakfast chains? Here's the overlap between Biscuitville and Tudor's Biscuit World, with a possible connection to Mayberry.

Jeremy Markovich
Jeremy Markovich
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