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“Due South” is WUNC News’ weekday current affairs radio program and podcast. Broadcast from the American Tobacco Historic District in downtown Durham, co-hosts Leoneda Inge and Jeff Tiberii put life in the Triangle region into perspective and present a unique sense of place.   From interviews with state lawmakers and local luminaries to Friday news roundups with statewide journalists, “Due South” puts current events into context and offers audiences a greater sense of connection. Each hour-long show sparks deeper conversation and understanding of life in and beyond the Triangle.

  1. 1 DAY AGO

    Price hikes at Duke Energy spark pushback. Plus, 'Well, I Declare' and 'Steel Magnolias'

    0:01:00 Price hikes expected at Duke EnergyDisconnections are up, and rates are on a steady incline at Duke Energy. As customers bear the rising cost of heating, cooling and power across the state, the NC Utility Commission holds public hearings to field questions and concerns. Zachary Turner, climate reporter, WFAE 0:13:00 Well, I Declare celebrates 'America at 250,' North Carolina styleA new production reimagines the Declaration of Independence, as part of a nationwide series of 'America at 250' celebrations. Dawn Landes, singer, songwriter and Mike Wiley, playwright, actor, assistant professor of Research and Arts, Ethics and Education at Duke University. 0:33:00 PlayMakers marks final show of the 2025-26 season with ‘Steel Magnolias’ A beloved classic drama about family, sisterhood, joy and grief makes its way to PlayMakers Repertory Company. Leoneda Inge talks to the stars of 'Steel Magnolias.' Thursday Farrar, guest actor, Broadway performer  Julia Gibson, resident company actor with PlayMakers for 13 seasons and head of the Professional Actor Training Program at UNC-Chapel Hill

    50 min

  2. 2 DAYS AGO

    Uncovering the impacts of abortion bans - including the preventable death of a NC woman who died waiting for an abortion

    0:01:00 Duke Gardens is about to open. Here’s what visitors should know.A new entrance to the Sarah P. Duke Gardens is finished. The day before reopening, Due South’s Leoneda Inge speaks with the head of the Gardens to talk about how to visit, and what you can expect now that the project is complete. Bill LeFevre, Executive Director of Sarah P. Duke Gardens 0:13:00 North Carolina woman Ciji Graham died while waiting for an abortionGraham, a Greensboro police officer, had heart problems, and in the past her chronic condition had been treated by cardioversion. But a doctor didn’t offer the treatment because of a positive pregnancy test.  ProPublica is investigating Graham’s, and other women’s, deaths related to tightening abortion laws following the overturning of Roe v. Wade.  Lizzie Presser, covers health and social policy at ProPublica where she won the 2025 Pulitzer for public service along with several reporters who covered deaths related to abortion laws. The article discussed in this segment is titled, "A Pregnant Woman at Risk of Heart Failure Couldn’t Get Urgent Treatment. She Died Waiting for an Abortion." 0:33:00 Checking in on Duke’s oral history project from health care workers in a post-Roe AmericaHow the health care landscape has changed in the two years since Leoneda Inge first spoke with Dr. Beverly Gray about the end of the legal right to abortion after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Dr. Beverly Gray, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Duke University Medical Center, one of the leaders of the Abortion Care Today oral history project, and the co-host of a podcast about abortion access called Outlawed.

    50 min

  3. 3 DAYS AGO

    Research Triangle Park's past, present and future

    0:01:00 The future of Research Triangle ParkThe growing popularity of remote work is one challenge. Cuts to federal research funding is another.  But those are only two threats to the future of Research Triangle Park, the flagship business park that helped inspire the region’s “Research Triangle” name over the last half century.  Leoneda Inge speaks with a reporter who’s keeping track of RTP’s planned changes, and whether they will come to pass. Kayli Thompson, Senior Reporter at the Triangle Business Journal and author of the recent article, “RTP at a Crossroads.” 0:13:00 Two men who designed RTP on how it all came togetherA new exhibit at the Museum of Durham History tells the story of Research Triangle Park, in some ways the heart of the Research Triangle. Leoneda Inge speaks with two men who helped plan the project. John Atkins III, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of O’Brien/Atkins Associates, a multidisciplinary design services firm he co-founded in 1975 Robert Teer Jr., real estate planner and developer, and a lifelong resident of Durham. He’s served on the NC Turnpike Authority Board since 2003. 0:33:00 Research Triangle Park today How leaders at RTP are trying to be more than just a business park. Leoneda Inge speaks with two leaders involved in planning, and programming to make that happen. Including Boxyard RTP, a plaza with restaurants and small businesses on the campus. Travis Crayton, Vice President of Planning and Public Policy Research Triangle Park Kelly Propst, Vice President of Marketing and Communications Research Triangle Park This episode of Due South first aired in February.

    50 min

  4. 1 APR

    Due South will be back next week!

    We're airing a group of specials of the new public radio show Click Here this week, and we're excited to hear your thoughts. For more about the show, check out Leoneda Inge's interview with Click Here host Dina Temple-Raston. Due South will be back with our regularly scheduled programming on Monday, April 6. Talk soon!

    1 min

  5. 27 MAR

    NC News Roundup: Berger conceded, now what for NC GOP? Plus, the future of Tar Heel basketball after Hubert Davis

    There have been major leadership changes in North Carolina this week. At the General Assembly, the longtime Republican Senate leader Phil Berger conceded following a fierce, close primary battle. In Chapel Hill, there's now an opening at one of the most prestigious college basketball programs in the country. All that and more on this week's North Carolina News Roundup, live from the NC News & Information Summit at NC State's McKimmon Center in Raleigh. Dawn Vaughan, Capitol Bureau Chief, The News & Observer Mary Helen Moore, Reporter, Axios Raleigh Ely Portillo, Executive Editor, WFAE Felicia Sonmez, Growth/Development reporter, Blue Ridge Public Radio Dane Huffman, Managing Editor, Triangle Business Journal Mitchell Northam, Reporter, USA Today

    50 min

  6. 26 MAR

    Jeopardy! star Drew Goins always thought he could win

    0:01:00 Host of Click Here on what to expect during a week of specials airing on WUNCLeoneda speaks with Dina Temple-Raston, host of Click Here — which will air as a special on WUNC the week of March 30. Dina Temple-Raston, host of Click Here a public radio show from PRX and Recorded Future News 0:13:00 Tips on managing size, weight and nutrition from a childhood obesity specialistDeciding what each child in a household should eat – and how weight should be discussed with each child – can be challenging. Jeff Tiberii sits down with pediatrician Dr. Joey Skelton for tips on managing and discussing health, diet and weight within families. Dr. Joey Skelton, board-certified pediatrician and obesity medicine specialist at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, and author of Your Child Is Not Their Weight: Parenting in a Size-Obsessed World 0:33:00 How a Jeopardy! star got his start in North CarolinaAs a kid in Weddington, NC, Drew Goins watched Jeopardy! with his family during dinner and counted his correct answers on his fingers. When he started needing both hands to keep track, he might have known he had a future on the show. Goins is now a Jeopardy! winner and uses his love of trivia to guide his work as The Atlantic’s trivia guy. Drew Goins, a senior editor focused on trivia and other creative projects at The Atlantic

    50 min

  7. 25 MAR

    HBCU 101: Vote Jesse Vote!, the voting rights legacy of Rev. Jesse Jackson

    0:01:00 HBCU 101: Vote Jesse Vote!Student activism is on the rise at North Carolina A&T State University where students like Olu Rouse and Shia Rozier are fighting for voting rights — just like the late Rev. Jesse Jackson, who was student body president at NC A&T. Olu Rouse and Shia Rozier, students at North Carolina A&T State University 0:13:00 The voting rights legacy of Reverend Jesse JacksonToday, we look back at the life and voting rights impact of Reverend Jesse Jackson, who passed away last month. Bishop William J. Barber II was Rev. Jackson’s friend and confidant. He shares his memories of Jackson and explains Jackson’s unique ability to reach and unite voters across the “rainbow.” Bishop William J. Barber II, President of Repairers of the Breach, Founding Director of the Center for Public Theology and Public Policy at Yale Divinity School, Co-Chair of the Poor People’s Campaign 0:33:00 ‘We (The People of The United States)’As the United States turns 250 years old, a new book of poetry pays tribute to Black historical figures across the country and the centuries. Poet and professor Joshua Bennett talks with Due South’s Leoneda Inge about his poem “Chapel Hill, North Carolina” for George Moses Horton, the first African American man to publish a book in the South. Joshua Bennett, Professor of Literature and Distinguished Chair of the Humanities at MIT and writer of the new poetry collection "We (The People of The United States)"

    50 min

  8. 24 MAR

    NC's political spouses. Plus, a Picasso painting theft and Charlotte Symphony musical director Kwame Ryan.

    0:01:00 A look at the inner lives of North Carolina’s political wives The Assembly’s Billy Warden discusses his discoveries about the lives of North Carolina’s political spouses in a candid new profile that includes interviews with First Lady Anna Stein and Susan Tills, wife of Sen. Thom Tillis. Billy Warden, marketing specialist, writer, contributor to The Assembly 0:13:00 The theft of a fake Picasso painting is the subject of a new book Whit Rummel joins Due South to discuss the lore his family safeguarded for years – for their own safety. His new book, The Accidental Picasso Thief: The True Story of a Reverse Heist, Outrunning the FBI, and Fleeing the Boston Mob tells the story of how his family came to be in possession of a famous painting allegedly heisted by members of the Boston mob. Whit Rummel, screenwriter and author of The Accidental Picasso Thief 0:33:00 Charlotte Symphony music director Kwame Ryan on his 20-plus-year career and recent Grammy win When director Kwame Ryan arrived at the Charlotte Symphony at the start of the 2024-25 season, he came with international experience, a Cambridge University education and a robust background in opera and symphonic music. Since his arrival, he has become the first Black conductor to win a Grammy for Best Opera Recording.  Kwame Ryan, Grammy Award-winning conductor and music director for the Charlotte Symphony

    50 min
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“Due South” is WUNC News’ weekday current affairs radio program and podcast. Broadcast from the American Tobacco Historic District in downtown Durham, co-hosts Leoneda Inge and Jeff Tiberii put life in the Triangle region into perspective and present a unique sense of place.   From interviews with state lawmakers and local luminaries to Friday news roundups with statewide journalists, “Due South” puts current events into context and offers audiences a greater sense of connection. Each hour-long show sparks deeper conversation and understanding of life in and beyond the Triangle.

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  • Channel
    WUNC
  • Creator
    Jeff Tiberii, Leoneda Inge
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    637
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Show Website
    Due South

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