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.

Neese's Country Sausage

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

Business

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

Barbecue

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

Drinking Sun Drop out of the Stanley Cup

Politics

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

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

Politics

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

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

Podcasts

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

The North Carolina Musician with a Billion Streams and No Fans

Cornelius

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

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

Fast Food

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

Andy Griffith

May 10, 2026

Here's a Chart: Dale vs. Andy vs. Chuck

The myth of Dale Earnhardt lives on. But is he really more popular today than he was when he on the track?

Jeremy Markovich

All Known Rabbit Holes, In Descending Order

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

Do Not Wait for the Shibumi Shade IPO

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

Drinking Sun Drop out of the Stanley Cup

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

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

The North Carolina Musician with a Billion Streams and No Fans

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

Here's a Chart: Dale vs. Andy vs. Chuck

North Carolina Rabbit Hole