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This Morning with Aaron Keck (97.9 The Hill) — 140 episodes

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On Air Today: Looking Back on 2026 UNC Baseball, with Michael Koh and David Glenn

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What’s Trending: An Ode to the Humble Station Wagon

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History Matters: 800 Years of History

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What’s Trending: Get the Lead Out

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On Air Today: High School Poet Milagros Secena, Heading to ACT-SO Nationals

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The Morning News: Budgets, Murals, Juneteenth, and the College World Series Final

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What’s Trending: Mayflies As Big As My Arm

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The Morning News: Local Budgets, Jordan Lake Death, Chatham Water Restrictions, Stanley Cup Parade

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What We’re Thinking: Democrats Reclaiming the NC House?

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What’s Trending: The Coast That All These Wizards Live On

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The Morning News: Local Budgets, UNC Baseball, the Stanley Cup, and the State of College Athletics

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On Air Today: Outgoing UNC Athletic Director Bubba Cunningham, Past, Present, and Future

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The Morning News: Chapel Hill Budget, High School Graduation, College World Series

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Studio Sessions with School of Rock Chapel Hill: Still Feel Poison

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What’s Trending: Where the Land is Fertile and the People are Bored

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On Air Today: UNC’s Brianna Vickerman, Fighting Cancer with Light

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The Morning News: Chapel Hill Roadeo, UNC Baseball, Chapel Hill HS Yearbook, OWASA Water Supply

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On Air Today: David Glenn on UNC Baseball (and the Hurricanes)

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What’s Trending: If It Ain’t Broke, Don’t Take The Straw Out Of It

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The Morning News: Closing Glenwood, Going to Omaha

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What’s Trending: The Next New Fortnite Dance Will Be ‘Empty Wallet’

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On Air Today: ‘Bike Loud’ for UNC Cancer Patients in 2026

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The Morning News: Orange County Budget, Diamond Heels to Omaha

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Date Night: Proud to be a Sick Canes Fan

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What’s Trending: The Humble Hermit Crab and the Words of Pope Leo

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On Air Today: Crawl Spaces, Realtors, Home Sales, and You

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The Morning News: Glenwood Elementary Closing, Orange County Finalizes Budget, UNC Baseball Hosts Super Regional

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History Matters: Bigger Than Any One Person

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What’s Trending: The Biggest, Lushiest, Winiest, Drunkenest Party

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On Air Today: When Do I Call the Doctor?

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The Morning News: Decision Day for CHCCS, Carrboro Budget, Chatham Fireworks, UNC Baseball Preview

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Treating Disease, Affordably: ‘Paying It Forward’ with Piedmont Health’s Kelly Stout

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What’s Trending: 27 Non-Millionaires?

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On Air Today: Fighting Gun Violence, Promoting Gun Safety

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The Morning News: The Rescue of Mr. Pickles

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What’s Trending: ‘Real Tickets, Real Fans’

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On Air Today: Advancing ‘Self-Regulated Learning’ in the Age of AI, with UNC’s Jeffrey Greene

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The Morning News: Carrboro’s Budget, Buc-ee’s Groundbreaking, and UNC Baseball’s Next Opponent

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On Air Today: A New Bookstore from the Friends of the Chapel Hill Public Library!

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The Morning News: Local Town Budgets, Diamond Heels Advance

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Date Night: It’ll Be Here Before You Know It

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What’s Trending: Dave’s In A Simulation, Man

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On Air Today: The State of Hunger Relief Efforts in the Triangle

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The Morning News: Beating the Heat (And Hopefully Beating VCU)

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History Matters: 5-25-77

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What’s Trending: Gronk, Put The Lawnmower Down

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On Air Today: ‘Bands and Clubs of the Triangle,’ with LT Tibbetts

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The Morning News: Budget Debates, Rabies, Yearbooks, and Baseball

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What’s Trending: Green Axes

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On Air Today: ‘Common Ground for US’ with Carl Nordgren

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The Morning News: CHCCS Is Closing An Elementary School – But Which One?

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On Air Today: Chapel Hill’s 2026 Pride Promenade!

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What’s Trending: The Quest for the Perfect Red

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On Air Today: Checking In with Scott Cummings of Dynamic Electric

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The Morning News: Fearrington Preserve, ‘Helping Homebound Heroes,’ UNC Baseball, and UNC Women’s Lacrosse

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Date Night: Summertime Boos

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What’s Trending: Sir David Ragonfly

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The Morning News: Chapel Hill Library Funding, Chapel Hill Brush Fire, Chapel Hill Business

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History Matters: Whoop-De-Doo For Charles Lindbergh

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What’s Trending: Today We Have Naming Of Laws

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On Air Today: Advancing the GUARD Act, with U.S. House Rep. Valerie Foushee

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The Morning News: CHCCS School Closure Meeting, Fire Safety, UNC Women’s Lacrosse

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What’s Trending: Giving Yourself The Axe

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On Air Today: ‘Music for Mental Health’ at Cat’s Cradle

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The Morning News: ‘All. Together. Now.’

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What’s Trending: The Coolest Trends Segment Ever?

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The Morning News: Chapel Hill House Fire, Local Taxes, and Eyeglasses for Mental Health

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What We’re Thinking: A Blue Wave, If You Can Keep It

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What’s Trending: Condiment Compliments

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On Air Today: UNC Gymnastics Coach Danna Durante

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The Morning News: Taxes, Fox Bites, and Tenure Rejections

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Date Night: Challenge Accepted!

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What’s Trending: Who Ever Thinks About Millard Fillmore?

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On Air Today: State Rep. Allen Buansi, on Taxing Millionaires to Pay for Public Schools

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The Morning News: Learning Play-By-Play, Reaching the Final Four

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What’s Trending: Truly One Of Nature’s Perfect Plants

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On Air Today: The Vacuum Cleaner Hospital, Celebrating 40 Years!

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The Morning News: Deadly Chapel Hill House Fire, Budget Worries for Schools

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What’s Trending: The Bays From Brazil?

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The Morning News: School Closures in CHCCS, Now Down to One

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Studio Sessions with School of Rock Chapel Hill: 2026 Senior Retrospective!

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What’s Trending: The Funny Thing About Making Stuff Illegal

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On Air Today: Small Business Week 2026 in Chapel Hill

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The Morning News: Carrboro Fire, Hillsborough Vultures, Orange County Budget

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What’s Trending: 8K, No Way

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On Air Today: Teaching Science by Tackling ‘Grand Challenges,’ with UNC’s Troy Sadler

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The Morning News: Fatal Fire in Carrboro, Town Council Change Nixed in Chapel Hill

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Preventive Care for Whole Populations: ‘Paying It Forward’ with Piedmont Health’s Rui Ariyapala

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History Matters: Live In The Along

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What’s Trending: A Kick So Bad It Saved A Life

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The Morning News: Rallying for Public Education, UNC Athlete’s Legal Victory

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Oh, the Humanities: ‘First Among Equals’ with Teresa Bejan

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On Air Today: ‘Southern Roots’ with Spring Council!

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On Air Today: Banana Ball (and American Idol) with Jayson Arendt!

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On Air Today: Duke Graduate Liberal Studies, with Anne Mitchell Whisnant

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History Matters: Literally Playing With Fire

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On Air Today: Jonah Garson, Orange County’s New State Senator

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Studio Sessions with School of Rock Chapel Hill: That 70’s Show

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On Air Today: ‘AI For Public Good’ with UNC’s Penny Gordon-Larsen and Emily Pfaff

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On Air Today: Inside Carolina’s Joey Powell on Michael Malone

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On Air Today: A Testimonial for Floor Coverings International Chapel Hill

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On Air Today: Magnus Egerstedt, UNC’s New Provost

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On Air Today: Carolina Across 100 Hits Its Goal With ‘Our State, Our Future’

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Date Night: This Random Restaurant Called Tang

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Fulfilling the Vision of ‘The Movement’: ‘Paying It Forward’ with Piedmont Health’s Victoria Freeman

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History Matters: Hyman Lipman’s Last Laugh

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On Air Today: Carrburritos, Moving to Carr Mill Mall This Summer

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On Air Today: U.S. Rep. Valerie Foushee on Iran, TSA, ICE, the 2026 Primary, and Inspiring Hope in Americans

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Hubert Davis’ Time Leading UNC Men’s Basketball is Over. Why, And What Now? — On Air Today (Mar. 25, 2026)

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On Air Today: ‘No Kings’ March 28 in Chapel Hill-Carrboro

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History Matters: Saint Patrick, Mister Rogers, and Sergeant Stubby

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On Air Today: Women in Government Leadership, at UNC

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On Air Today: UNC’s Graeme Robertson, on Authoritarianism and Area Studies Centers

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On Air Today: Checking In with Lauren Erickson

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Oh, the Humanities: Expedition Asheville!

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On Air Today: March 16, 2026 Severe Weather Forecast in the Triangle

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Date Night: The Wonder of Human Ingenuity

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On Air Today: The Importance of Vaccines, with the Chatham County Board of Health

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History Matters: Telephones To Help The Deaf?

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Positively Mebane: Duplexes, Budgets, Trains, Eggs, and Dogwoods

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Studio Sessions with School of Rock Chapel Hill: March Madness!

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On Air Today: ‘Warbirds’ with Jack the Radio!

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On Air Today: Well-Meaning People Inadvertently Sharing Misinformation? Here’s What Can Help

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On Air Today: Graig Meyer, Leaving the State Senate For the NC Justice Center

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On Air Today: Analyzing the Iran War, with UNC’s Navin Bapat and Klaus Larres

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Helping Older Adults Through PACE: ‘Paying It Forward’ with Piedmont Health’s Yvette Moore

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Date Night: Some Kind of Madness

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On Air Today: Meet Paynter Law

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On Air Today: Dr. Debby Stroman, On Location at the 2026 ACC Women’s Tournament

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History Matters: Tenez!

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On Air Today: Introducing ‘Economics with Aria’!

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On Air Today: Tiny Homes, with West End Building Company

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On Air Today: Duke’s Micah Harris on Metacognition and ‘Cognitive Liberty’

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On Air Today: Career Advancement After the Rapture? Snarky Faith’s Stuart Delony on ‘The Tribulation Survival Guide’

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On Air Today: The Importance of Breastfeeding, with Dr. Meri Harper

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On Air Today: 61st Annual ABC Sale, at Chapel of the Cross

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Date Night: Do Your Best!

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On Air Today: ‘The Secret Garden’ at Center Theater Company

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History Matters: If You’ve Ever Been Subject To Long, Rambling Speeches

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On Air Today: ‘An Empty Fullness’ with UNC’s Adam Versényi