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A longtime journalist in North Carolina who's written for CBS Sports, Charlotte magazine, Our State magazine, SB Nation, Politico, and more.
Politics
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Nov 1, 2026
In this edition of Other People's Rabbit Holes, a shooting that nobody can actually find? Plus a death metal lover who snuck up on folks, and what to do when a bear comes to watch your soccer game.
Antarctica
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Oct 22, 2026
How did a former truck driver from the Asheville area end up on the bottom of the world? And how hard is it to cast a ballot from a remote, frozen outpost that's 9,000 miles away?
Oct 14, 2026
A man from Charlotte found out what it was it like to go viral in an age before social media. Thirty years later, it turns out he's been hiding in plain sight all along.
NC State
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Oct 4, 2026
A world-traveling dancer from China is entering contests across the globe and wears Wolfpack headgear when she hits the floor. Why? We found the answer.
Raleigh
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Oct 2, 2026
Mark your calendars for a big night in Raleigh on November 21.
Music
Sep 20, 2026
The story behind a litter cleanup program in the Purple one's name is proof of why we can't have nice things.
Tiny Rabbit Holes
Sep 13, 2026
This week, some 9/11 observations, a proper look back at a batshit crazy movie, and some free fruit-flavored Heineken that's only missing one thing: alcohol.
Food Lion
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Sep 3, 2026
It's been a meme for years. But one man actually ran the numbers and found proof that the correlation is very real in North Carolina. So, in this Rabbit Hole investigation, we enlisted others to help us answer a bigger question: Why?
Reading List
Aug 28, 2026
Her Imagination Library sent free books every month to any kid under five whose parents signed up. In North Carolina, the impact has been wide, but some parts of its program had to pause new signups last year. Why? Blame the budget process.
History
Aug 21, 2026
Every so often, a picture of an old bag of potato chips rockets around the internet. But how do we know it’s real? How did it get the name? And did the people who came up with it actually know what they were doing? We got answers from the last person who knew the man behind the meme.
Aug 14, 2026
Plus: What happens when you eat Bojangles before an NBA game, and repossessing a cool old car that doesn't work.
Aug 6, 2026
The picture of a tackle in the fourth quarter of an exhibition game 31 years ago got onto the cover of a legendary video game. One of the players in the photo had no idea until years later.
Jul 31, 2026
That's it. That's the task.
Craven County
Jul 28, 2026
It's in Craven County, and its founder didn't exactly put a lot of thought into the name.
Crime
Jul 23, 2026
Jeff Postell was just 10 months into his first patrol job in the small town of Murphy. Then one night, he caught the man behind the bombing at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and everything changed.
Asheville
Jul 14, 2026
Back in the day, pet crime was treated equally. That all changed in 1989, thanks to a spat between lawmakers that turned a seemingly harmless bill into a legislative dogfight.
Jul 1, 2026
Just after the Civil War, a soldier casually took North Carolina's copy of a priceless founding document. A century later, the feds set up a sting operation to recover it. Here's a true story involving a fake tech millionaire, the Antiques Roadshow, and vanilla milkshakes from Cook Out.
Real Estate
Jun 25, 2026
A historic modernist bank building in Uptown was converted into condos occupied, largely, by rich, single men. Then the city's greatest athletes moved in. So did Michael Jordan and an American Idol.
Jun 20, 2026
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.
Neese's Country Sausage
Jun 14, 2026
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?
Business
Jun 9, 2026
An update from behind the scenes of the company that makes the blue flappy things that you see on every beach in North Carolina.
Barbecue
Jun 5, 2026
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.
Jun 2, 2026
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?
May 29, 2026
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.
Podcasts
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May 25, 2026
A roundup of North Carolina things that you may have missed.
