North Carolina Rabbit Hole

Jeremy Markovich
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A podcast that goes the distance to reveal hard-to-find stories across North Carolina. Join journalist Jeremy Markovich as he travels across the state to uncover remote places, lost artifacts, overlooked people, and forgotten stories.

  1. 11/04/2025

    Hardly anybody votes in off-year elections. Why does North Carolina have them?

    Generations ago, leaders thought local elections should be protected from state and national issues. We're still dealing with the effects of that thinking today. Find this story (and more like it) by subscribing to the North Carolina Rabbit Hole Newsletter: ncrabbithole.com

    14 min
  2. Why SO MANY houses are collapsing on the Outer Banks

    10/09/2025

    Why SO MANY houses are collapsing on the Outer Banks

    The North Carolina Rabbit Hole's Jeremy Markovich and Outer Banks journalist Sam Walker talk about the collapses of oceanfront homes on the Outer Banks over the last month. What caused them? Why is this happening now? Why don't people just tear then down first? Who cleans them up? Read more from Sam Walker at samwalkerobxnews.com Get more perspective from Joy Crist at the Island Free Press at islandfreepress.org Find this story (and more like it) by subscribing to the North Carolina Rabbit Hole Newsletter: ncrabbithole.com

    35 min

  3. 09/26/2025

    Do It For Dale

    On September 11, 2001, Brett Sheats was a recent graduate from Wake Forest, had just been commissioned into the Army, and was working in the campus ROTC office. On that day, he heard someone say a single sentence that was "the most incredible thing I have ever heard a human being say." Later, in Afghanistan, he'd put that sentence, and the story that went with it, to good use. In this episode, Brett tells his story, and he and Jeremy discuss the nature of strange moments that happen during scary times. Past that, it's best if you don't know much than that before you listen. This story originally appeared in the North Carolina Rabbit Hole newsletter. Subscribe here! It's free if you want it to be. Here's Brett's original story, via Reddit. Here's its original appearance on the Shutdown Fullcast.

    21 min

  4. 09/18/2025

    The Bag of Weed at the NC Supreme Court

    Last week, a lawyer dangled a baggie of cannabis in front of the North Carolina Supreme Court and dared the cops to arrest him. How did he get away with that? Today, we bring you a short story about the smell of weed, the state of pot in North Carolina, and why so many products somehow are able to hint that they'll get you high, legally.

    10 min

  5. 09/15/2025

    Sex, Drugs, and Ay Ziggy Zoomba (w/ Joe Ovies)

    UNC and Bowling Green are polar opposites, yet they both share a weird fight song. Why? Blame a man who the CIA drugged with LSD, wrote lots of erotic novels, and sang a song that makes no sense. This episode is based on a story from the North Carolina Rabbit Hole titled "Sex, Drugs, and Ay Ziggy Zoomba," and was recorded on the Ovies & Giglio Podcast on September 11, 2025. Learn more about the North Carolina Rabbit Hole and sign up for our weekly newsletter at ncrabbithole.com.

    33 min

  6. 11/01/2024

    Why Are North Carolina Politics Like This?

    In this episode, Western Carolina University political science professor Chris Cooper joins Jeremy Markovich to talk about the things that drive the political scene in our state, why candidates do the things they do, and how the Roy Cooper of the past made things tougher for the Roy Cooper of the present. Read more at ncrabbithole.com. Check out Chris's new book, "Anatomy of a Purple State" Read Jeremy's Politico story referenced in this episode: "I Ran the Worst 5K of My Life So I Could Explain Gerrymandering To You."

    30 min

  7. 03/06/2024

    What's Up With White Shirts in Abandoned Car Doors?

    Once you've seen one broken-down junker with a white rag in the window, you start seeing them everywhere. Is this just a North Carolina thing? What's it supposed to mean? Why do so many people do it? And, if so many people are doing the same thing, then where did the idea come from? Reporter Jeremy Markovich investigates to get to the bottom of an old piece of highway folklore. Read more and see pictures at https://www.ncrabbithole.com/p/history-of-white-cloth-in-car-door-window Subscribe to the North Carolina Rabbit Hole newsletter at ncrabbithole.com/subscribe

    14 min

  8. 02/23/2024

    How Much of Greenville's Economy Relies on MrBeast? (w/ Drew Harwell)

    MrBeast (aka Jimmy Donaldson) has more than 300 million total subscribers on YouTube and some of his videos have more viewers than the Super Bowl. He's opened restaurants. He's launched his own food company called Feastables. The MrBeast logo is now on the jerseys of the Charlotte Hornets. Also, MrBeast is 25-years-old. This multi-million dollar YouTube media empire? It's based in Greenville, North Carolina of all places. So how did that happen? In this episode, journalist Jeremy Markovich talks to Washington Post tech reporter Drew Harwell about what happens when a big time influencer sets up shop in a small town. To get more stories like this, subscribe to the North Carolina Rabbit Hole, the reader-supported newsletter that powers this podcast. Get a free-if-you-want-it-to-be subscription at ncrabbithole.com.

    30 min
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A podcast that goes the distance to reveal hard-to-find stories across North Carolina. Join journalist Jeremy Markovich as he travels across the state to uncover remote places, lost artifacts, overlooked people, and forgotten stories.

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  • Creator
    Jeremy Markovich
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2025
  • Episodes
    61
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Jeremy Markovich, 2017-25
  • Show Website
    North Carolina Rabbit Hole

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