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Overheid

Overheid

Bijgewerkt 30-07-2025
Maatschappij en cultuur

Maatschappij en cultuur

Bijgewerkt 12-09-2023
Muziekinterviews

Muziekinterviews

Bijgewerkt 24-02-2022
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Bijgewerkt 05-12-2019
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Bijgewerkt 15-03-2021
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Bijgewerkt 24-10-2020

Aflevering 1

The wait inmates with mental illness endure because they're too sick for trial

Crisis describes North Carolina’s mental health system. It is harder to access mental health care here than most other states, and that affects everyone — particularly the most vulnerable. Like inmates who are too sick to stand trial. They often wait months in custody for the treatment they need just to be well enough to go to court.

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15 min.
10-08-2021

Who Coordinates The Lights On Charlotte's Skyscrapers?

If you’ve ever looked at the Charlotte skyline at night, you might have noticed that sometimes all of the buildings are lit up the same color. Who's in charge of deciding when and how the buildings are illuminated?

10-08-2021

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11 min.
12-08-2021

'I Love the Ride, But It's Hell Sometimes': Charlotte Rocker Jay Garrigan On Channeling Stage Fright Into Sonic Flight

Charlotte music veteran Jay Garrigan (Pop Rocket, Temperance League and The Eyebrows) shares how he's taken pent-up anxiety and propelled it forward through punk rock and power pop arrangements.

12-08-2021

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15-03-2021

Davidson's Legacy Of Asbestos Contamination And Distrust

Here's a familiar story in the Charlotte region: An old brick textile mill is turned into something hip — a brewery, apartments or a food hall. It happens all the time, but attempts to redevelop a 130-year-old cotton mill in downtown Davidson have failed. The problem is cancer-causing asbestos. In Part 1 of our series Asbestos Town, environmental reporter David Boraks examines how asbestos became such a problem there.

15-03-2021

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02-05-2023

Advancing maternal health equity

Through WFAE's partnership with Novant Health Foundation, "Advancing Maternal Health Equity" will explore all aspects of birth equity and talk about what needs to be done to improve infant and maternal health.

02-05-2023

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1 u 31 m
12-04-2022

Aimy Steele on the New North Carolina Project and a look at North Carolina's unaffiliated voters

We hear from Aimy Steele, founder and executive director of the New North Carolina Project. Then, Chris Cooper, a political scientist at Western Carolina University, joins us to talk about the rise of the unaffiliated voter in North Carolina.

12-04-2022

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37 min.
01-12-2017

Candidate ME 11 - What Happens Next?

Yes, this podcast could have stopped with episode 10. Instead we channeled our inner Spinal Tap and made this one "go to 11."

01-12-2017

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42 min.
29-07-2021

The Soul-Searching Journey of Grammy Award-Winning North Carolina R&B Artist Greg Cox

In fall 2018, North Carolina native Greg Cox released his debut full-length album titled “E T C .,” which takes the needle of a record player and places it in the grooves of gospel, R&B and soul. The album title gives us a glimpse into the multi-hyphenate's world as a gospel singer, R&B producer husband, father and Charlotte community-builder.

29-07-2021

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21-09-2021

Why Do Sidewalks End? Examining Charlotte's Sidewalks To Nowhere

Why do some sidewalks in the Charlotte region come to an abrupt end? This special rebroadcast of an FAQ City episode tells you some reasons why.

21-09-2021

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10 min.
17-06-2021

Play That Funky Music: Groove 8 On Being Broken Up By Prince, Reunited By Quincy Jones And Calling Charlotte Home

Charlotte has a rich history of funk music. Back in 1965, the "Grandmaster of Funk" himself Mr. James Brown recorded his single “Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag” right here in the Queen City. As one of Charlotte’s longest-running jazz-funk collectives, Groove 8 has its own Charlotte soul story to share.

17-06-2021

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