Archive for January, 2006

Smith Center Turns 20

Tuesday, January 17th, 2006

Host Frank Stasio talks to Dave DeWitt about the Dean E. Smith Center on the campus of UNC-Chapel Hill. The building opened on Jan. 18, 1986 and has become home to one of the most successful programs in college athletics. But the way the building was financed, and the recent decision to allow advertising inside the Smith Center, has drawn criticism. (10:00)

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Foreclosures

Tuesday, January 17th, 2006

A investigative series in the Charlotte Observer this week reports that foreclosure rates in Mecklenburg County have more than quadrupled in the past six years. The rate is higher there than in the rest of the state due to a combination of factors: high growth, slow real estate appreciation, and the proliferation of easy, high interest loans. Host Frank Stasio talks with Binyamin Appelbaum, reporter at the Charlotte Observer, and Sarah McVay, a Charlotte resident in foreclosure proceedings. Listener Call-In. (30:00)

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Misquoting Jesus

Monday, January 16th, 2006

Bart Ehrman turned to Christianity to fill the void in his teenage life. But after years of biblical study, and a degree from the Princeton Theology Seminary, Ehrman’s steadfast beliefs began to unravel along with his notion that the Bible was inherently perfect. Host Frank Stasio talks with Bart Ehrman about his life-long relationship with the Bible and his latest book, “Misquoting Jesus: The Story of Who Changed the Bible and Why” (Harper San Francisco 2005). Listener Call-In. (49:00)

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Hooverville

Friday, January 13th, 2006

John Bemis and Greg Hanson formed a friendship and performing duo out of their mutual love for the harmonizing, brother country acts popular in the 1940s. Now the duet is a quartet and Tuesday marks the release of their second album, “Follow That Trail of Dust Back Home.” Host Eric Hodge talks with the members of Hooverville, and the band performs their mix of country, bluegrass, honky-tonk and Tex-Mex live in the studio. (17:30)

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Local Food

Friday, January 13th, 2006

This week, The Lantern Restaurant in Chapel Hill held a special dinner: every course consisted of either chicken or eggs from a farm less than 15 miles away. Host Eric Hodge talks with the chef, Andrea Ruesing; farmers Ben Bergmann and Noah Ranells of Fickle Creek Farm; and Tony Kleese, executive director of the Carolina Farm Stewardship Association, about the movement to produce, buy, and sell more locally-grown food in North Carolina. The conversation is preceded by a feature from producer Cori Princell, who visited Fickle Creek Farm and tracked the meal from farm to table. Listener Call-In. (40:00)

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