Episodes
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The Porch: Growing older in the mountains
In this special episode of The Porch, we hear from rural retirees about what their lives are like in the mountains.
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The Porch: Snakecharmer
On this episode of The Porch, a production of the BPR news team, we hear from -
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The growing GOP schism, and will it matter at the polls
The nation's political eyes are on North Carolina. First, for the gerrymandering lawsuit that the state supreme court is expected to rule that will determine lines for U.S. House and General Assembly elections this year, but also for the U.S. Senate election which could determine which party...
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Waiting on the NC Supreme Court
Bob Orr has had a long career in the public eye. His latest career move actually falls in line with what he first went to UNC Chapel Hill to study.The radio student is now hosting a podcast focusing on Western North Carolina's Congressional district, and all the candidates running to represent…
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The Porch: Pulling The Pin
On this episode of The Porch, a production of the BPR news team, we hear from -
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Green burials: How to combat climate change from the grave
A lot contributes to climate change. A Warren Wilson College professor decided to examine one factor that many might find uncomfortable to talk about but is something we will all face - our death.Mallory McDuff is the author of 'Our Last Best Act: Planning For The End Of Our Lives To Protect The...
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Closing out 2021 into 2022's uncertainty
2021 in North Carolina politics saw a lot of what marked the state's politics in the prior decade - lawsuits and court rulings that left just as many questions as answers.Just as candidate filing for the 2022 primary election got underway this month, it was stopped by the North Carolina Supreme...
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The Porch: We Have All The Time In The World
In this episode of The Porch, a production of the BPR news team, we hear from -
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It's not even 2022 yet
New maps made new lines. Those inspired Western North Carolina's Congressman to run somewhere else, meaning the region will have a member of Congress come 2023. Maybe.Republican Madison Cawthorn announced November 11th he would run in the newly-drawn 13th Congressional district in North Carolina,...
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Section 8 program in the South reinforcing segregation
A federal government housing voucher program is making the problems it was designed to alleviate only worse in the South. That's according to a six-month investigation done by the USA Today Network.Fred Clasen-Kelly is the reporter behind the investigation into Section 8 housing vouchers. He…
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Reparations - and the pace and need for them in Asheville - headline annual conference
Just one month after the protests following the police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Asheville City Council approved a resolution calling for reparations for the city's black community. 16 months later, most of the details are still being worked out.That pace has frustrated many local...
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'It got worse': UNC Asheville faculty release annual Political Terror Scale
For almost 40 years, faculty at UNC Asheville have helped in the creation of the annual global Political Terror Scale. The report measures and codes human rights violations by countries across the globe.Mark Gibney is a professor at UNC Asheville and one of the principal researchers for the…
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The Porch: The River
In this episode of The Porch, a production of the BPR news team, we hear from -
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2021 Haywood County Floods, One Month Later: An Audio Postcard
On August 17th, historic flooding caused by the remnants of Tropical Storm Fred devastated Western North Carolina. Haywood County was hit hardest, as six people were killed in the Cruso, Canton, and Bethel areas.To mark the one-month anniversary of the floods, the BPR news team put together an...
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What Will It Take To Take It Seriously
On August 17th, flash floods caused by the remnants of Tropical Storm Fred left six people dead in Haywood County, and devastated homes and businesses there and in neighboring Buncombe and Transylvania Counties. While the analysis is ongoing of what caused such rapid and destructive flooding in...
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'Embrace The Complexity' - North Carolina's New State Historian On His Approach
Dr. Darin Waters will take over next month as North Carolina's Deputy Secretary for Archives and History. The job in the state department of Natural and Cultural Resources comes with many responsibilities, including being North Carolina's state historian.Since 2017, Dr. Waters has co-hosted The...
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The Porch: Summer Sun
In this episode of The Porch, a production of the BPR news team, we hear from:
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How WNC Bucked The National Trend In The 2020 U.S. Census
The 2020 U.S. Census figures arrived last week eagerly anticipated - and late (for a variety of reasons). One of the big early takeaways from the initial Census data that was released was that rural areas all around the United States lost population. One region where that wasn't true was Western...
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The Porch: Viral Humor
Since BPR launched "The Porch" last summer, the news team has produced episodes centered on racial justice movements, policing, the insurrection on the US Capitol, all of this and more, while also navigating an unprecedented global pandemic.
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The Porch: One Year Later, How Closer Are We To Racial Justice?
One year after the racial justice protests following the police murder of George Floyd, how much closer are we to the goals stated by the marchers in Asheville and Western North Carolina?That's the topic of this episode of The Porch, a production of the BPR news team. Our guests include -
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BPR News Presents: The Porch Episode 008
In this episode of The Porch, from BPR News, we explore this question: If communities benefit from the work and presence of artists, what is our collective responsibility to publicly pay for the arts? This episode includes: Interviews with Nate McGaha of Arts NC and Sheila Smith, recently retired...
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BPR News Presents: The Porch Episode 007
In this episode of The Porch, a production of the BPR news team, we hear from - BPR's Lilly Knoepp about her reporting on the independent monitor tasked with ensuring HCA holds to the promises it made when it purchased Mission Health Joel Burgess of the Asheville Citizen-Times about Asheville…
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BPR News Presents: The Porch Episode 006
In this episode of BPR News Presents: The Porch, we talk with-- Musician, poet and writer Chelsea Labate Mike Martinez of the ska-rock band Natural Born Leaders Autobiographical storyteller and actress Barbie Angell Melissa Hyman of the folk duo The Moon & You Psychologist and researcher Dr....
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BPR News Presents: The Porch Episode 005
In this episode of BPR News Presents: The Porch, we talk with - Emma Johnson, the climate science fellow for The Pulitzer Center On Crisis Reporting. She's been examining how climate change is hurting Western North Carolina's famed trout fishing, and whether the pandemic has slowed or continued…
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BPR News Presents: The Porch Episode 004
In this episode of BPR News Presents: The Porch - We feature an episode of WUNC's podcast Tested titled 'An American Coup' which looks at the only violent overthrow of a government in U.S. history, which occurred in 1898 in Wilmington, North Carolina Western Carolina University political…
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BPR News Presents: The Porch Episode 003
In this episode, we talk with - - Dr. David Ellis, the chief medical officer for Pardee Hospital in Hendersonville, where the first COVID-19 vaccines were administered in Western North Carolina this week. - Irene Smoker-Jackson, a Cherokee language translator for New Kituwah Academy Elementary in...
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BPR News Presents: The Porch Episode 002
In this episode, we talk with - - Dr. Chris Cooper of Western Carolina University, about why partisanship was the biggest winner in this week's elections in North Carolina - Raul Saldana, the founding director of the new PEAK Academy charter school in Asheville - Peter Lewis, reporter for AVL...
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How The Sale Of Mission Health Went Down
The sale of Mission Health to HCA made be concluded as a financial transaction, but the details of how it was reached are few and far between. Peter Lewis of AVL Watchdog wrote two stories last month ( here and here ) examining what details about how Mission reached its agreement with HCA, and...
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BPR News Presents: Curtain Call
What is the future of live performance in Asheville? BPR's Matt Peiken checks in with local performers working in contemporary and classical music, along with managers of the venues that stage them, about how they're strategizing and meeting challenges about performing in front of in-person...
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BPR News Presents: 2020 Local Election Special
BPR News Presents: 2020 Local Election Special, is a production of the Blue Ridge Public Radio news team. It's three segments include an interview with Buncombe County elections director Corinne Duncan , and portions of two candidate forums done on the BPR Facebook page - for Asheville City…
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2020 WNC Early Voting Guide: Locations, Dates, & Times
Early voting in North Carolina runs from Thursday October 15th to Saturday October 31st ahead of the November 3rd general election.
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BPR News Presents: #NC11 Congressional Candidate Forum
On September 4 th and 5 th Blue Ridge Public Radio in partnership with Smoky Mountain News and Mountain Xpress held two forums with the major party candidates for the currently vacant seat in North Carolina's 11th Congressional district. Republican Madison Cawthorn and Democrat Moe Davis faced…
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Superintendent Leads 'Hikes for Healing' In Great Smoky Mountains National Park
For the superintendent of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the killing of George Floyd over the summer hit especially hard.
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BPR News Presents: The Porch Episode 001
At this particular moment in history, we think it's vital that we give ourselves more time to listen to what's happening in Western North Carolina and Southern Appalachia. To do that, Blue Ridge Public Radio is launching a new program from its news department - BPR News Presents: The Porch . In…
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North Carolina Is The First To Mail Out Mail-In Ballots
North Carolina will be one of the state's that decides this fall's presidential election, plus which party controls the U.S. Senate. It also has one of the most watched gubernatorial elections in the U.S. this fall, plus every seat in the North Carolina General Assembly is on the ballot, all of…
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Macon County's First Black Principal Talks Integration, Racism And COVID-19
Students started back to school last month amidst the uncertain world of COVID-19 and a racial justice movement across America. Franklin resident Shirley Parks remembers her own uncertain days as a student during integration in Macon County and much later in 2011 as the first Black principal in…
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BPR News Presents: A Conversation About Policing In Asheville
On Thursday July 23rd, Blue Ridge Public Radio hosted a live Zoom panel to discuss police funding in Asheville. BPR News Presents: A Conversation On Policing In Asheville, is hosted by BPR's Matt Peiken. His guests discussing the call to defund the Asheville police department include Robert…
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BPR Candidate Forum For Democratic Primary For North Carolina 11th Congressional District
On February 6th, Blue Ridge Public Radio held a forum with four candidates running for the Democratic nomination for North Carolina's 11th Congressional District, which encompasses all of Western North Carolina. The forum includes Moe Davis, Gina Collias, Michael O'Shea, and Phillip Price. Steve...
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BPR Candidate Forum For GOP Primary In North Carolina 11th Congressional District (#2)
On February 7th, Blue Ridge Public Radio held a forum with two candidates running for the Republican nomination for North Carolina's 11th Congressional District, which encompasses all of Western North Carolina. All told, 11 candidates are running in the GOP primary. Each were invited to…
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BPR Candidate Forum For GOP Primary In North Carolina 11th Congressional District (#1)
On February 7 th Blue Ridge Public Radio held a forum with three candidates running for the Republican nomination for North Carolina's 11 th Congressional District, which encompasses all of Western North Carolina. All told, 11 candidates are running in the GOP primary. Each were invited to...
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BPR Candidate Forum For Democratic Primary In NC State Senate District 49
On February 5 th, Blue Ridge Public Radio held a forum in its studios with the candidates running for the Democratic nomination for the North Carolina state senate seat for district 49, which covers central and western Buncombe County. Democrat Terry Van Duyn currently holds the seat, but is...
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WNC Politics Roundup: How Do All The Candidates In The 11th Distinguish Themselves?
Early voting is underway in North Carolina for the March 3 rd primary. Voters in Western North Carolina will have plenty of candidates from the major parties to choose from for the 11 th Congressional District seat - 16 of them to be exact, 11 Republicans and 5 Democrats.
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BPR Early Voting Guide For Western North Carolina
Early voting in North Carolina starts on February 13th and runs until Feburary 29th. Same day voter registration is available each day of early voting. Photo ID is not required to vote during the primary election. The deadline to register to vote in order to cast a ballot on primary day March 3rd...
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"It's Not Just About Climate Change" - AVL Councilman Keith Young Talks Local Green New Deal
Asheville city council members meet for the final time in 2019 Tuesday evening, and lawmakers will take up a resolution that calls for a climate emergency to be declared by the city. While the resolution calls for action but offers no policy, a set of wide-ranging legislative proposals around...
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Extended Interview: 'Art Helps Us Meet In The Middle,' Says NC Poet Laureate
Blue Ridge Public Radio's Lilly Knoepp sat down with North Carolina's Poet Laureate Jaki Shelton Green after she visited Western Carolina University writing students . Shelton Green talked about how she views her work as a part of Southern Literature, why poetry is important and where real change...
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