Apr 15, 2019 • 32M

S3 E1: Symbolism

 
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Jeremy Markovich
A podcast that goes the distance to reveal hard-to-find stories across North Carolina. Join journalist Jeremy Markovich as he travels across the state to uncover remote places, lost artifacts, overlooked people, and forgotten stories.
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In 2001, some state lawmakers were engaged in a less-than-sweet debate: Which berry should be named the official berry of North Carolina? We tracked down the teacher and fourth-graders who started it all with a class project and got a lot more than they bargained for. Plus, meet the former state senator who voted against EVERY new state symbol. His reasoning says a lot about the things we pick to represent us.

Hosted and mixed by: Jeremy Markovich

Produced by: James Mieczkowski and Jeremy Markovich

Editor-in-chief: Elizabeth Hudson

Music by: Blue Dot Sessions

Closing Song: Carolina's The Place I Gotta Be, by Charlie Albertson

Special Thanks: Gerry Cohen, Lauren Horsch