All Known Rabbit Holes, In Descending Order

Browse all of the newsletters, stories, podcasts, and otherwise that we’ve published here, from newest to oldest.

Mar 16, 2023

Smoke 'em if you got 'em

How, exactly, did a cigarette company get involved with NASCAR in the first place? And what happens to all of all of that old Winston Cup memorabilia now? A lawsuit might decide.

Jeremy Markovich

Mar 8, 2023

The Yellowman concert in Raleigh that changed Bomani Jones's career

The ESPN and HBO commentator spent a decade of his life in the Triangle. The whole experience shaped his unique voice, but one nearly empty reggae show at the Lincoln Theatre brought him clarity.

Jeremy Markovich

Mar 5, 2023

Some thoughts on the death of Jerry Richardson

The Carolina Panthers' founder died Wednesday evening at age 86. He was once revered as a great man. He turned out to be terrifically and terribly human.

Jeremy Markovich

Mar 2, 2023

A North Carolina highway exit that doesn't actually exist

Another big-time television show played hard and fast with geography, and depicts a place that couldn't possibly be real. The actual location? An economically cursed place with exploding shrimp.

Jeremy Markovich

Feb 21, 2023

The love story that lifted off

The old overlook at Charlotte's airport was an underappreciated place. It was also a spot where Bill and Annette Grier fell in love, and came to work on their marriage.

Jeremy Markovich

Feb 7, 2023

I, too, have flown a giant balloon over North Carolina

China says it lost control of a huge, sensor-filled balloon, which then drifted across our state "by mistake." I know what that feels like. Ten years ago, the same thing happened to me.

Jeremy Markovich

What it's like to watch a Carolina Hurricanes game with Roy Cooper

Politics

Feb 2, 2023

What it's like to watch a Carolina Hurricanes game with Roy Cooper

Cooper has been this state's chief executive for six years. He's been a Caniac for much longer. I watched a game with him to find out what he and his fandom are all about.

Jeremy Markovich

Jan 26, 2023

An obituary for the man who saved North Carolina from nuclear disaster

Dr. Jack ReVelle disarmed two hydrogen bombs that accidentally fell near Goldsboro during the Cold War. But a military career of cleaning up nuclear accidents may have cut his life short.

Jeremy Markovich

Jan 19, 2023

An interview with the police chief whose officers chased a John Deere farm tractor

Andy LeBeau of the Boone Police Department has been an officer for three decades. But he'd never prepared for what happened this week: An hour-long, 20 m.p.h. pursuit of a dude on a large tractor.

Jeremy Markovich

All Known Rabbit Holes, In Descending Order

Smoke 'em if you got 'em

The Yellowman concert in Raleigh that changed Bomani Jones's career

Some thoughts on the death of Jerry Richardson

A North Carolina highway exit that doesn't actually exist

The love story that lifted off

I, too, have flown a giant balloon over North Carolina

What it's like to watch a Carolina Hurricanes game with Roy Cooper

An obituary for the man who saved North Carolina from nuclear disaster

An interview with the police chief whose officers chased a John Deere farm tractor

North Carolina Rabbit Hole