Carolina Connection

The University of North Carolina Hussman School of Journalism and Media
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The student-produced newsmagazine from the University of North Carolina Hussman School of Journalism and Media

  1. 25 APR

    Carolina Connection – Apr. 25, 2026

    UNC is facing growing pressure to release its investigation of the internal turmoil within the School of Civic Life and Leadership. Amid backlash against DEI, professors in UNC's Women and Gender Studies department continue to promote open dialogue. Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools officials are defending library books with LGBTQ+ content that state lawmakers deem inappropriate. We hear how poetry can help us pay attention to the world around us. Who's inside UNC's Rameses costume? Graduating seniors are posing for their last moments as U-N-C students.

    30 min

  2. 24 APR

    Carolina Connection podcast: The role of political protests in a functioning democracy

    On the latest edition of CarolinaCast, Carolina Connection’s podcast, reporter Lauren Mallett talks with Maddie Policastro about the significance of protests ahead of the upcoming midterm elections. She spoke with protestors and organizers at the recent No Kings protests in Chapel Hill and Carrboro, along with Western Carolina University Professor Christopher Cooper, who studies American politics. While Cooper says we are in the midst of a highly polarized political climate, he affirmed that protests do have a place in the order of a functioning democracy.

    6 min

  3. 18 APR

    Carolina Connection – Apr. 18, 2026

    A North Carolina death row inmate works with a UNC music professor to produce an album. Media organizations sue to force UNC to release the findings of its seven-month investigation into the School of Civic Life and Leadership. The curator of Coker Arboretum is trying to help plants through the drought and has some advice for your garden, too. A group of people goes to RDU not to catch flights, but to watch them. North Carolina boys may soon be able to play a new official high school sport - volleyball.

    26 min

  4. 14 APR

    Carolina Connection podcast: Redefining refugee realities

    Hundreds of Rohingya refugees live under tarps, tin scraps, and spare sheets of wood they've found in the heart of New Delhi, India. They fight the unforgiving heat, inconsistent water supplies, and the threat of deportation to Myanmar, where they fled brutal violence. A United Nations report has recognized the Myanmar army's campaign against the country's Rohingya minority as genocide. While Indian officials have expressed their support for the people of Myanmar, the Rohingya's future is uncertain as human rights experts warn that a lack of legal protection and rights granted by the Indian government jeopardizes their safety. Gowri Abhinanda traveled to New Delhi to gather this report for the Carolina Connection podcast: "Redefining refugee realities."

    8 min

  5. 13 APR

    Carolina Connection podcast: Young men are increasingly obsessed with ‘bulking up’

    Eating disorders are typically stereotyped as a girl thing, but boys and men struggle with an obsession over gaining muscle and bulking up – sometimes referred to as "bigorexia." Research shows nearly a third of teen boys in the U.S. report trying to gain weight … and about a quarter report taking supplements, steroids, or eating more. Rachel Moody reports in this edition of the Carolina Connection podcast.

    8 min

  6. 11 APR

    Carolina Connection – Apr. 11, 2026

    A new men's basketball coach comes to Carolina, joining his daughter, a student athlete, as a Tar Heel. The April Fools’ satire edition of the Daily Tar Heel wasn’t funny to a lot of people on campus and around the country. Several of the newspaper's staff members have resigned after readers complained the satire was insensitive to marginalized communities. North Carolina has a special reason to celebrate the first mission to carry people to the moon in over 50 years. And you’ve heard about a family man; now UNC has a family ram.

    30 min

  7. 10 APR

    Carolina Connection podcast: NIL in women’s non revenue sports

    Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) opportunities are reshaping what it means to be a student athlete. But not every sport is benefiting in the same way. As NIL continues to evolve, women in non-revenue sports are finding that success in the marketplace often depends less on performance in competition, and more on the personal brands they build online. Zoe Behrendt, a non-revenue female athlete herself, discuss the situation with host Reyna Drake.

    8 min

  8. 28 MAR

    Carolina Connection – Mar. 28, 2026

    After a Chapel Hill bar was charged in connection with a second fatal car wreck, a former employee speaks out. The firing of Hubert Davis as Carolina's men's basketball coach may end the program's long connection to Dean Smith and usher in a new culture. Artists reimagine noise pollution through an installation in the Coker Arboretum. Triangle residents find community through fixing broken devices. A walking tour around campus marks generations of women’s history. UNC grad and soccer legend Carla Overbeck helped transform women’s sports.

    29 min
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The student-produced newsmagazine from the University of North Carolina Hussman School of Journalism and Media

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  • Creator
    The University of North Carolina Hussman School of Journalism and Media
  • Years Active
    2013 - 2026
  • Episodes
    20
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © University of North Carolina Hussman School of Journalism and Media
  • Show Website
    Carolina Connection