Episode #190: Gay Coal Miners, "Hick-Libs," & A Small Appalachian Town Uniting Against Hate
Chuck and Callie discuss the new Tyler Childers music video, misinterpreting country music's history, and how a small town in WNC united to stand up for one of their own against hateful stupidity.
Episode #182: The Youngest Party Leader in America is bringing change to the Tarheel State
Today, Chuck talks with Anderson Clayton - the newly elected chair of the North Carolina Democratic Party who, at 25 years old, is the youngest Democratic Party leader in the country.
Episode #174: A North Carolina mill town's 1,100 union jobs disappeared
Callie's hometown of Canton, NC is facing an absolutely devastating situation as the company who own's the town's biggest employer - a paper mill - announced it would be shutting down the facility in June, leaving 1,100 union workers without jobs.
Callie breaks down the history of Canton and lays the context for why this is so hearbreaking, we talk about the politics, and we interview the Mayor of Canton - Zeb Smathers, who doesn't mince words.