Prison Ministries/Arts in Chatham

Prison Ministry: Religion is an integral part of life in North Carolina prisons. Host Frank Stasio talks with chaplains Marilyn Gasswint and Oliver Mohammed about prison ministries and the religious life of inmates. He also talks with Bo Lozoff, a founder of the Prison Ashram project, and with a former prisoner who was released from the North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women four months ago. Listener Call-In. (32:00)

The Arts in Chatham County: Producer Leda Hartman visits the Siler City Arts Incubation project to find out how the depressed poultry town is turning its historic buildings into a resource for art and commerce. Producer Allyn Meredith takes us on the Chatham County Arts tour, visiting several artists in their studios and getting a little lost and dusty along the way. And WUNC’s Keith Weston takes us to the Bynum General Store. (17:30)

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