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Dave DeWitt, Leoneda Inge, Will Michaels, Charlie Shelton-Ormond, Jason deBruyn, Rusty Jacobs, Naomi Prioleau, Celeste Gracia, Kamaya Truitt, Anisa Khalifa

Tested is a hard look at how North Carolina and its neighbors face the day's challenges. Hosted by journalists Dave DeWitt and Leoneda Inge.

2022 WUNC Podcasts

Tested is a hard look at how North Carolina and its neighbors face the day's challenges. Hosted by journalists Dave DeWitt and Leoneda Inge.

2022 WUNC Podcasts
82hr 22min
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During a Sunday morning in Wilson, NC, Chris Breslin was standing on a pitcher’s mound at his son’s little league game when he heard three sounds close by he’d never heard before. Then everybody on the field hit the ground.
Thumbnail for "Introducing The Broadside: weekly news and stories from the South".
Have you missed hearing stories from us about North Carolina and the South? We have too!
Thumbnail for "Some NC Teachers Won't Be Back This Fall".
Teachers are leaving in large numbers in some North Carolina school districts. They say they’ve been working with low pay and high expectations for years. But when the pandemic put their routines on pause, they had time to think about their priorities.
Thumbnail for "Emmett Till and the Warrant".
This month marks 67 years since Emmett Till was brutally lynched for allegedly whistling at a white woman. Activists in North Carolina are joining the calls for authorities to serve a nearly 70-year-old arrest warrant against the woman who accused him.
Thumbnail for "'Only Thing I Had To Fight With Was The Truth'".
This is a rebroadcast of an episode from January 18, 2022. Howard Dudley spent nearly 24 years incarcerated for a crime he did not commit. Now his long journey toward justice has reached new heights
Thumbnail for "After SBC sexual abuse reckoning, is there hope for real change?".
In May, an explosive report on sexual abuse perpetrated by clergy in the Southern Baptist Convention made national headlines. Now, survivors of abuse and their advocates are continuing to question what this means for one of the country’s largest Christian denominations.
Thumbnail for "Darryl Hunt's Burden".
Darryl Hunt spent nearly 20 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. The people who wrote about and read about his case in the papers were stunned at Hunt’s willingness to forgive the people in a system that had failed him so miserably. But while many had heard about his grace and humility, few knew that Hunt was quietly suffering.
Thumbnail for "WUNC Politics Podcast: The Morale of Public School Teachers".
A notable number of North Carolina public school teachers are leaving. In Durham one in five educators is departing, and other local districts are experiencing higher than usual turnover. On this episode of The Politics Podcast several teachers discuss their reasons for leaving the classroom, while others explain why they have stayed.
Thumbnail for "Diving With a Purpose".
More than 150 years after the emancipation of slavery in America, a team of dedicated scuba divers is busy excavating and restoring wreckage from slave ships that sank across the Middle Passage.
Thumbnail for "James Richardson and 'The Shooter in the Video'".
On June 30, 2009, in Greenville, N.C., two men were shot and killed outside a nightclub. Murder charges against James Richardson relied heavily on a surveillance video. But evidence that has come to light since then casts doubt on his conviction.
Thumbnail for "Reducing the Harm of Fentanyl".
This is a rebroadcast from February 10, 2022. Extremely potent substances like fentanyl and xylazine have flooded the illegal drug market, causing a major increase in overdose ER visits and deaths. Harm reduction policies could help reverse that trend.
Thumbnail for "Embodied: Accessing Abortion Care In A Southern State Where You Still Can".
Access to abortion care remains uncertain in several states, including North Carolina. In this special episode of Embodied, host Anita Rao speaks with an abortion provider about the steps she's taking.
Thumbnail for "Who Bans Books and Why?".
This is a rebroadcast of an episode from February 1, 2022. Across the nation, we've seen a spike in book challenges and bans in both school and public libraries, mostly targeting books that center race and LGBT identity. At the end of 2021, Wake County had its own high-profile censorship controversy.
Thumbnail for "What the end of Roe v. Wade means for North Carolina".
The legality of abortion is now left up to the states, and in North Carolina, it’s future is uncertain.
Thumbnail for "Give Sarah Keys Her Flowers Now".
This is a rebroadcast of an episode from November 24, 2021. Nearly seven decades after a Black Army private named Sarah Keys helped end discrimination on interstate buses, North Carolina is recognizing her nearly-forgotten civil rights case.
Thumbnail for "A fresh start for Black farmers".
Before Biden’s “American Rescue Plan,” three friends in Durham County came up with their own plan to save the Black farmers they knew. Now they’re seeing their work pay off.
Thumbnail for "The Hows, Whens, and Ifs of Offshore Wind".
Recreational and commercial fishermen in North Carolina have a lot of questions about plans for offshore wind farms. But the technology is new to the United States, and there are not a lot of answers yet.
Thumbnail for "Time (or climate change) will not erase the Montford Point Marines ".
In the 1940s, thousands of the first Black Marines trained at a segregated base called Montford Point. Now, a project is underway to make sure their legacy survives.
Thumbnail for "The pomp and joy of a HBCU graduation".
Walking across a graduation stage and turning the tassel has not been easy for many Black students, who have traditionally taken longer to graduate than white students. So when you hear 'Pomp and Circumstance" play, it's time to celebrate.
Thumbnail for "‘I don’t want to be here when it falls in’: How people on the Outer Banks are wrestling with a vanishing coastline".
For folks who live on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, keeping up with storm…
Thumbnail for "How Consequential Are The 2022 Primaries?".
This year’s primary elections in North Carolina were supposed to be in March.…
Thumbnail for "Health Care Without Abortion Care".
There's been a lot of talk about the political ramifications of the U.S.…
Thumbnail for "How social service agencies can get away with ‘dodging standards’".
In North Carolina, local social service departments are able to skirt hiring…
Thumbnail for "‘They just give me the mic and point the way:’ Shirley Caesar remains the Queen of Gospel".
You may recognize some of the big names in gospel music like Kirk Franklin and…
Thumbnail for "Living with long-haul COVID-19".
Life is getting back to normal. But some doctors estimate that 30% of people…
Thumbnail for "Schools Are Not Back To Normal".
Teacher turnover. Burnout. Short-staffed schools. After two years in a…
Thumbnail for "The birth of bluegrass".
Among aficionados and fans of bluegrass, it's generally accepted that this…
Thumbnail for "Elizabeth City One Year After Andrew Brown's Death: Part 2".
It was one year ago that sheriff’s deputies in Pasquotank County shot and…
Thumbnail for "Elizabeth City One Year After Andrew Brown's Death: Part 1".
It was one year ago that sheriff’s deputies in Pasquotank County shot and…
Thumbnail for "How Does NC Fit In To Offshore Wind Development?".
Anyone who’s been to the Outer Banks knows that it’s windy out there. Like,…
Thumbnail for "Rohingya Muslims welcome the U.S. declaration of genocide, but violence continues".
The Rohingya, a Muslim minority group native to Myanmar, have suffered decades…
Thumbnail for "Darryl Hunt's Burden".
Darryl Hunt spent nearly 20 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. The…
Thumbnail for "Dar He! The Artistic Advocacy of Mike Wiley".
Through a one-person play, North Carolina actor and playwright Mike Wiley has…
Thumbnail for "Artist who hoped for "Tarred Healing" felt censored instead".
Education reporter Liz Schlemmer joins host Anisa Khalifa to discuss what…
Thumbnail for "Testing the Candidacy of NC Congressman Madison Cawthorn".
Republican Congressman Madison Cawthorn has garnered a lot of attention for…
Thumbnail for "Why Fayetteville’s Market House is a divisive symbol for the city".
The Market House in Fayetteville has been a pillar of public discussion for…
Thumbnail for "The Ethics of Wearing a Mask".
Depending on where you live, your community may have ended its mandate to wear…
Thumbnail for "'We didn't have to ride in the back:' The story of Winston-Salem's Black-owned Safe Bus".
A century or so ago, in Winston-Salem, racial segregation was in full force.…
Thumbnail for "Black Carolinians tell their pandemic stories".
Leoneda Inge reports on the new Black Carolinians Speak project from the…
Thumbnail for "Eva Clayton is still pushing for a better North Carolina".
In 1992, Eva Clayton became the first Black woman from North Carolina elected…
Thumbnail for "Marcus Smith’s life mattered".
It’s been more than three years since Marcus Smith died at the hands of police…
Thumbnail for "Diving With A Purpose".
More than 150 years after the emancipation of slavery in America, a team of…
Thumbnail for "Reducing the harm of fentanyl".
Extremely potent substances like fentanyl and xylazine have flooded the illegal…
Thumbnail for "Who's Going To Win The Super Bowl? Want To Bet?".
In the South, sports betting is largely illegal, but since the U.S. Supreme…
Thumbnail for "Big, Bad André Leon Talley".
The “Pharaoh of Fabulosity” was an unstoppable force of fashion. André Leon…
Thumbnail for "Who bans books — and why?".
Across the nation, we've seen a spike in book challenges and bans in both…
Thumbnail for "How Health Care Workers Soldier On".
At this point in the pandemic, health care workers across the country are…
Thumbnail for "To Recuse Or Not To Recuse".
As a major redistricting cases lands before the North Carolina supreme court,…
Thumbnail for "Electric vehicles are all the rage. Why aren't there more in North Carolina?".
Electric vehicles are getting more popular, but North Carolina is still well…
Thumbnail for "‘Only thing I had to fight with was the truth’".
Howard Dudley spent nearly 24 years incarcerated for a crime he did not commit.…
Thumbnail for "DHHS Secretary Kody Kinsley on Omicron, testing, and avoiding burnout".
Host Will Michaels gets an update on the Omicron surge from WUNC reporter Jason…
Thumbnail for "Did we hear the calls for 'No Justice, No Peace' in 2021?".
The last year continued to bring deep-seated issues of systemic racism and…
Thumbnail for "The Children Left Behind By COVID-19".
Nearly 20,000 North Carolinians have died of complications from COVID-19. Among…
Thumbnail for "Looking Back On 2021: Military Stories Of The Year".
Tested takes a look back at the year in military stories from North Carolina,…
Thumbnail for "Looking Back On 2021: Environmental Stories From NC".
Tested takes a look back at what happened this year in environmental news in…
Thumbnail for "The Year In Sports: Septuagenarians on the move".
A year-end-sports review typically revolves around remembering the highs and…
Thumbnail for "Looking Back On 2021: Education In NC".
Tested takes a look back at the year in education in North Carolina.
Thumbnail for "Looking Back On 2021: Health Care In NC".
Tested takes a look back at the year in health care in North Carolina.
Thumbnail for "Looking Back On 2021: Politics In NC, Part 2".
Tested takes another look back at the year in Politics in North Carolina. On…
Thumbnail for "Looking Back On 2021: Politics In NC, Part 1".
Tested takes a look back at the year in politics in North Carolina.
Thumbnail for "The Past, Present, And Future Of Wood Pellets In NC".
Host Dave DeWitt talks to Celeste Gracia, WUNC's environment reporter, and…
Thumbnail for "The Big Move".
People moving from one residence to another is up nationwide by about 3…
Thumbnail for "Is a new youth detention center what Durham County needs?".
Durham County plans to build a new youth detention center for an estimated 30…
Thumbnail for "As Cohen Announces Her Exit, A New Variant Arrives".
Host Dave DeWitt looks back at Dr. Mandy Cohen's legacy as North Carolina's…
Thumbnail for "How special education vacancies are depriving students with disabilities".
As teacher vacancies continue to create problems, public schools in North…
Thumbnail for "Me And My Muslim Friends: MENA, Whiteness & The U.S. Census".
Today on Tested, we introduce to our listeners the fantastic new podcast from…
Thumbnail for "Give Sarah Keys her flowers now".
Nearly seven decades after a Black Army private named Sarah Keys helped end…
Thumbnail for "Eye-popping endowment gains give universities unprecedented 'opportunity'".
Annual reports for university endowments are starting to come in and, in many…
Thumbnail for "The State Budget: What's in it for education and health care?".
Host Will Michaels digs deep into the North Carolina state budget to unpack…
Thumbnail for "A state budget is about to pass, finally".
WUNC's Jeff Tiberii, Rusty Jacobs, and Will Michaels dissect the proposed North…
Thumbnail for "Building More Bars: Pulling back the curtain on jail construction in North Carolina".
When counties consider building or expanding a jail, are they adequately…
Thumbnail for "One, two, or three shots?".
COVID-19 booster shots and starting to become widely available in North…
Thumbnail for "How should NC schools spend their COVID relief money?".
The $5.5 billion North Carolina schools got in COVID relief funds is the single…
Thumbnail for "Counted While Incarcerated: How prisons inflate political representation".
In early November, lawmakers at the General Assembly passed the latest version…
Thumbnail for "Get to know Peter Hans, who may be the UNC System president for a long, long time".
Host Dave DeWitt speaks with Kyle Villemain, the Editor In Chief of The…
Thumbnail for "Six months after the shooting of Andrew Brown Jr., has anything changed?".
On April 21, 2021, deputies with the Pasquotank County Sheriff’s Office shot…
Thumbnail for ""Fair" maps, gerrymandering, and another lawsuit".
Host Dave DeWitt checks in on the very latest in North Carolina redistricting…
Thumbnail for "Ouch! Animals get COVID vaccines at the NC Zoo".
The North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro has administered first doses of a COVID-19…
Thumbnail for "Behind The Lines, Part Four: A Fraught Past, An Uncertain Future".
Part four in a four-part series that examines redistricting in North Carolina
Thumbnail for "Squeaky Clean: What It Takes To Eradicate Rats".
Most people want nothing to do with rats. They're pests, vermin with voracious…
Thumbnail for "Behind The Lines, Part Three: Reckoning With Reform".
Part three in a four-part series that examines redistricting in North Carolina
Thumbnail for "Around The Clock Childcare Blurs Lines Between Family And Caregivers...In A Good Way".
Most childcare facilities operate around parents and guardians who work some…
Thumbnail for ""I Thought I Was The Only One In The World": Latina Converts To Islam".
Meet the newest podcast in WUNC's on-demand portfolio: Me & My Muslim Friends.…
Thumbnail for "Behind The Lines, Part Two: The Pen vs. The Gavel".
Part two in a four-part series that examines redistricting in North Carolina
Thumbnail for "Zoned In: Where Does Raleigh Go From Here?".
WUNC's Kamaya Truitt talks with Mitchell Silver, former city planner for…
Thumbnail for "Protecting North Carolina's Students From COVID-19".
The North Carolina Watchdog Reporting Network examined COVID-19 policies in…
Thumbnail for "Behind The Lines, Part One: The Ultimate Exercise In Cultivating Political Power".
In this crossover episode, the WUNC Politics Podcast presents part one in a…
Thumbnail for "From A Corner To Crops, Southeast Raleigh Is Bringing Fresh Food To Pantries".
The Raleigh city council is considering a change to its zoning laws that would…
Thumbnail for "If you didn't know Pauli Murray already, you will now".
Pauli Murray was ahead of her time. The Durham-based activist was a tireless…
Thumbnail for "North Carolina's Iconic Longleaf Pine And The Fight Against Climate Change".
The longleaf pine is an iconic tree species in North Carolina. It once covered…
Thumbnail for "Private Money And Public Elections: When Is It OK, And When Is It Not?".
By all measures, 2020 was an extraordinary election year. Record-setting voter…
Thumbnail for "The Ethical Dilemma Of Treating Unvaccinated Patients Before Vaccinated Ones".
Unvaccinated Covid-19 patients have flooded hospitals around North Carolina.…
Thumbnail for "'We Can’t Afford To Keep Going To Funerals': The Lumbee Tribe Works To Combat COVID Surge".
As COVID continues to inundate Robeson County, health officials and local…
Thumbnail for "How COVID Is Overwhelming NC's Least Vaccinated County".
As of Sept. 14, Robeson County had the lowest vaccination rate in North…
Thumbnail for "'Me And My Muslim Friends' — 20 Years After 9/11".
On this episode of Tested, we’re featuring a special from the podcast "Me and…
Thumbnail for "20 Years In Afghanistan".
In their last two weeks in the country, U.S. troops evacuated more than 123,000…
Thumbnail for "'I Won't Feel Safe Until We're All Safe': How An Epidemiologist Is Coping With A 'Moving Target'".
Dr. Whitney Robinson, an associate professor in the Department of…
Thumbnail for "Back To School (Again) In The Time Of COVID".
Now that classes are back in session in North Carolina schools, how do they…
Thumbnail for "My Mic Sounds Nice: Youth Reporters Bring The Heat This Summer".
Reporters from WUNC's Youth Reporting Institute share their experience in the…
Thumbnail for "The PPP Dilemma".
For many small business owners, PPP loans from the federal government were a…
Thumbnail for "Shopping Around For A Trip To The Hospital".
Health care is notoriously expensive in the United States. And it’s often the…
Thumbnail for "Maximizing Your Staycation".
As the heat of summer lingers and the pandemic hits another peak, many North…
Thumbnail for "Should We Be Angry At The Unvaccinated?".
Host Dave DeWitt speaks with Rose Hoban, editor and founder of North Carolina…
Thumbnail for "Music Got Me Through".
Which beats, melodies and voices eased the pain of the pandemic for you? Host…
Thumbnail for "Trouble Hiring: North Carolina's Post-Pandemic Worker Shortage".
Frustrated business owners are scrambling to find people to fill positions they…
Thumbnail for "Marcus Smith Should Be Alive".
Host Charlie Shelton Ormond looks at the tragic case of Marcus Smith with his…
Thumbnail for "Will NC's Next Round Of Redistricting Be Less Contentious Than, Or Just Like, The Last Decade?".
North Carolina's Republican-led legislature soon will start the decennial…
Thumbnail for "Reckoning With Racism On The Blue Ridge Parkway".
America’s Favorite Drive. That’s what the National Park Service calls the Blue…
Thumbnail for "The Black Scholar Who Took On UNC Before Nikole Hannah-Jones".
Decades before Nikole Hannah-Jones' tenure battle with the University of North…
Thumbnail for "Confederate Monuments Are Coming Down In NC. What Now?".
Host Leoneda Inge speaks with James Williams, the retired public defender for…
Thumbnail for "NC GOP, Democrats See Election Integrity In Different Terms".
Host Rusty Jacobs talks to two North Carolina lawmakers about GOP-backed…
Thumbnail for "North Carolina's 'Patchwork Protection' For Children".
Whenever signs exist that a child is being abused or neglected, it’s a social…
Thumbnail for "Long And Arduous: Writing The North Carolina Budget".
The North Carolina General Assembly is months away from finishing the state…
Thumbnail for "Why Some Faculty Of Color Are Leaving UNC Chapel Hill".
Some faculty of color at UNC Chapel Hill have resigned amid the UNC Board of…
Thumbnail for "The Unvaccinated".
When broken down by county, North Carolina's vaccination rate against Covid…
Thumbnail for "Seeking Justice And Commemorating Juneteenth".
Host Leoneda Inge marks Juneteenth with two guests: Joseph McGill, the founder…
Thumbnail for "Welcome Back: NC Music Venues Emerge From The Pandemic".
Like many businesses, independent live music venues in North Carolina and…
Thumbnail for "Navigating North Carolina's Medicaid Overhaul".
The major health care program that serves low-income and disabled North…
Thumbnail for "The Gateway To Hatteras".
The bridge over the Oregon Inlet on North Carolina's Outer Banks is vital to…
Thumbnail for "Fewer Cells, More Solutions".
A multimillion dollar jail expansion proposal in Haywood County is causing a…
Thumbnail for "Cops In The Classroom: Why Students Are Protesting School Resource Officers".
Host Kamaya Truitt examines the ongoing push to rethink the role of school…
Thumbnail for "Thanks, Dr. Kizzy".
Trevon Logan, distinguished Professor of Economics and Associate Dean of the…
Thumbnail for "A Refugee Family Reacts To Biden's Plan: Will It Help Reunite Their Family?".
Host Naomi Prioleau checks in with Prince and Laurette Mushunju about their…
Thumbnail for "An In-Depth Look At Why Nikole Hannah-Jones Didn't Get Tenure, And The Outrage That Followed".
Host Dave DeWitt speaks with WUNC education reporter Liz Schlemmer about the…
Thumbnail for "Discovering And Excavating Racist Housing Covenants".
Host Rebecca Martinez explores the history and impact of racist housing…
Thumbnail for "Mask Confusion".
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says fully vaccinated people can…
Thumbnail for "Anti-Riot Law in NC".
Host Rusty Jacobs discusses proposed changes to North Carolina's anti-riot…
Thumbnail for "DA: Deputies Who Shot Andrew Brown Jr. Will Not Be Prosecuted".
Host Dave DeWitt speaks with WUNC's Will Michaels, who is in Elizabeth City,…
Thumbnail for "A Durham Biotech Is Growing Replacement Human Arteries".
A company with roots in a Duke University lab is developing implantable human…
Thumbnail for "Beginning To Right The Financial Wrongs Of Funding HBCUs".
For decades, states and the federal government have funded Historically Black…
Thumbnail for "Remembering Chapel Hill's Worst Fire".
May 12, 1996, was Graduation Day and Mothers' Day at UNC-Chapel Hill. It was…
Thumbnail for "#BlackVanLife".
Host Rebecca Martinez speaks with Durham artist Marcella Zibguo Camara about…
Thumbnail for "Degrees Of Justice".
Host Leoneda Inge talks with Professor Elan Hope of NC State University about…
Thumbnail for "The Rise of Unaffiliated Voters".
Host Rusty Jacobs looks at what voters changing their Republican and Democratic…
Thumbnail for "Are U.S. Marshals Getting Away With Murder?".
Host Charlie Shelton-Ormond examines the protocols of U.S. Marshals and how the…
Thumbnail for "Singing The Pandemic Blues".
After a year when it was hard not to get the blues, something to sing about:…
Thumbnail for "For Those Of Us Who Are Still Here".
The global pandemic gave us so many reasons to feel like giving up. So, when…
Thumbnail for "COVID Vaccination Hesitation".
Host Leoneda Inge discusses the Johnson & Johnson vaccine pause and its…
Thumbnail for "Racial Injustice And Law Enforcement".
Host Dave DeWitt talks to WUNC reporter Jason deBruyn about the recommendations…
Thumbnail for "The Persisting Legacy Of Pauli Murray".
An episode from WUNC's special audio series, Pauli, which explores chapters in…
Thumbnail for "Social Studies Meets Social Justice".
Host Dave DeWitt shares an episode of the WUNC Politics Podcast that explores…
Thumbnail for "The ARC Of Justice".
Host Leoneda Inge introduces listeners to The ARC of Justice, a special audio…
Thumbnail for "Leaving It All On The Court".
Host Dave DeWitt talks to Touro College’s Dean of Health Sciences Louis…
Thumbnail for "Changing The Game".
Lunch counters were some of the most well-known settings for desegregation…
Thumbnail for "The Lives Lost".
Host Dave DeWitt talks to three reporters about the people they profiled as…
Thumbnail for "Saying Goodbye To One College President, And Hello To Another".
Host Leoneda Inge remembers the life and legacy of Irving Pressley McPhail and…
Thumbnail for "Shifting Sands".
Host Dave DeWitt discusses efforts along the North Carolina coast to assess sea…
Thumbnail for "The Virus And Anti-Asian Violence".
Host Leoneda Inge discusses the recent shooting in the Atlanta area and the…
Thumbnail for "What Goes Viral In A Pandemic".
Guest host Charlie Shelton-Ormond discusses how social media has facilitated an…
Thumbnail for "Got Shot, Will Travel".
Host Leoneda Inge reflects on where she was as COVID-19 started spreading in…
Thumbnail for "A Year We Will Never Forget".
Host Dave DeWitt looks back at the last year with WUNC general assignment…
Thumbnail for "That's My Business".
The pandemic tanked small businesses at an alarming rate. Entrepreneurs of…
Thumbnail for "Slow Steps Toward a Brighter Future".
COVID cases are dropping and vaccine doses are becoming more plentiful.…
Thumbnail for "A Witness To Wilmington's Massacre".
In 1898, the elected government in Wilmington, N.C. was overthrown by white…
Thumbnail for "Back In The Building".
As educators become eligible for the vaccine, some school districts are…
Thumbnail for "Vaccine Entitlement".
The waitlist for a COVID vaccine can be long, and there isn't enough to go…
Thumbnail for "A Man Without A Country".
The COVID crisis has not only stalled the visa application process for…
Thumbnail for "Love In The Time Of COVID".
The pandemic has made it hard for singles to find romance, and for couples to…
Thumbnail for "Ethical Questions".
Governments are trying to develop a pattern of COVID-19 vaccine distribution…
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PAULI: EPISODE THREE
Thumbnail for "Laying Down The Law".
PAULI: EPISODE TWO
Thumbnail for "Pauli Murray vs. Jane Crow".
PAULI: EPISODE ONE
Thumbnail for "Pauli’s Power".
Pauli Murray was a powerhouse for social justice. She worked tirelessly as a…
Thumbnail for "Undoing A Harmful History".
J.G. de Roulhac Hamilton’s name has marked an academic building on UNC-Chapel…
Thumbnail for "Tested Presents: Pauli".
Pauli Murray isn't a completely unsung hero of the Civil Rights Movement. She…
Thumbnail for "Putting COVID Center Stage".
The pandemic has shuttered traditional performing arts venues, but many artists…
Thumbnail for "The Next Meal".
Free and reduced-price school lunch programs are designed to guarantee meals…
Thumbnail for "Uneven Battlefield".
Retired Four-Star Army Gen. Lloyd Austin will be the first Black U.S. secretary…
Thumbnail for "Showing Up".
It’s been a year since the coronavirus began spreading in the U.S. and it shows…
Thumbnail for "Not Your Guinea Pig".
Many African Americans have a healthy skepticism of a racist health care…
Thumbnail for "Sticks And Stones".
Five people died after President Trump incited rioters to storm the U.S.…
Thumbnail for "An American Coup".
The deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol evokes memories of the only successful coup…
Thumbnail for "Seeing Things".
It may feel like COVID-19 has been with us for eons, but there is still a lot…
Thumbnail for "New Year, New Hope".
Host Leoneda Inge rings in the new year with astrologer Tali Edut and asks what…
Thumbnail for "Pandemic In Review".
Host Dave DeWitt wraps nine months of Tested podcasts with a look at COVID-19…
Thumbnail for "Tested Presents: 'Occasional Shivers'".
This special episode is a gift from the team at Tested to you, the listener,…
Thumbnail for "The Long Haul".
The rollout of a COVID-19 vaccine is offering hope for an end to the pandemic.…
Thumbnail for "El Mensaje".
Early public health messaging around COVID-19 widened a communication gap…
Thumbnail for "Who Gets To Be An American?".
The pandemic has only added to the obstacles immigrants in the U.S. face.…
Thumbnail for "COVID's Toll On Rural Towns".
COVID-19 cases are spiking in rural areas, where hospitals have been dwindling…
Thumbnail for "Unmasking Racism".
A mask is one of the most effective ways to prevent the spread of COVID-19, but…
Thumbnail for "Departures".
COVID-19 has taken the lives of more than 5,000 North Carolinians, and the N.C.…
Thumbnail for "Food For Thought About Gut Health".
You may still be full from all you ate off this year's holiday menu, but now's…
Thumbnail for "A COVID Thanksgiving".
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging Americans not to…
Thumbnail for "Turkeys Don't Fly. Should I?".
Any other year, Americans would be gearing up for the big Thanksgiving travel…
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The pandemic promises to claim many more lives as we head into winter. But, in…
Thumbnail for "This Is Only A Test".
North Carolina is seeing record-breaking numbers of COVID-19 cases and related…
Thumbnail for "A Reckoning In Robeson County".
Robeson County has been frequently inundated by hurricanes and flooding. When…
Thumbnail for "Live. Laugh. Breathe.".
You're not imagining it. Almost everyone is incredibly stressed out right now.
Thumbnail for "Election Recap: Democratic Gov. Cooper Wins On A Generally Good Night For The NCGOP".
The race for president may still be too close to call in North Carolina,…
Thumbnail for "Seasons Change As Our Surge Remains".
As coronavirus cases and hospitalizations trend upward in nearly every region…
Thumbnail for "Why Young People Vote".
Young voters, ages 18 to 30, are coming out in big numbers in the lead-up to…
Thumbnail for "It's The Voters' Turn".
One week to go before Election Day 2020 and the votes continue to pour in by…
Thumbnail for "No Good Options".
Thousands of teachers in North Carolina are currently faced with a difficult…
Thumbnail for "The HBCU Homecoming".
There's a fall tradition that plays a significant role in the lives of…
Thumbnail for "A Return To Record-Setting Campaign Spending".
North Carolina is again home to the most expensive U.S. Senate race in the…
Thumbnail for "To Conserve Fighting Strength".
Dr. Dave Hostler has seen his fair share of challenges in the medical field. As…
Thumbnail for "The Anti-Bias Classroom".
Virtual learning has changed almost everything about the classroom experience…
Thumbnail for "Every Vote Counts".
Early voting starts this week in North Carolina, and the pandemic has forced…
Thumbnail for "Political Polling: The Power Of A Snapshot In Time".
Political polling isn’t a crystal ball into election outcomes this November,…
Thumbnail for "The Apology".
The Greensboro City Council passed a resolution this week that officially…
Thumbnail for "The House Battleground".
Democrats seeking to transform the landscape of North Carolina politics must…
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The three Ws — wash your hands, wear a mask and watch your distance — are our…
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African American churches have long been more than just a place to pray. They…
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With more than one million deaths worldwide, it can feel nearly impossible to…
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North Carolina's ballot stretches well beyond the top of the ticket. One big…
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With the 2020 U.S. census deadline approaching, North Carolina lags behind its…
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North Carolina has 13 congressional districts, though only one race is likely…
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When a COVID-19 outbreak hits a community, one of the first responses is to…
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When Lanisha Jones went to vote in the 2016 election, she didn’t think she was…
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When Lanisha Jones went to vote in the 2016 election, she didn’t think she was…
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North Carolina has been in some version of a statewide shutdown for nearly six…
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With Election Day less than two months away, candidates are in full force on…
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As COVID-19 cases climb at many colleges and universities in North Carolina,…
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Tourism in North Carolina has been hit hard by COVID-19. Since the start of the…
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As universities wrestle with a semester upended by COVID-19, college athletes…
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Hundreds of thousands of North Carolina renters are at risk of being forced out…
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Some of North Carolina’s key COVID-19 metrics are trending slightly downward,…
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Names of Confederates, segregationists, and white supremacists on campus and…
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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill announced Monday that it will…
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Sen. Kamala Harris’s historic nomination as Joe Biden’s pick for vice president…
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There are now more than 130,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in North Carolina,…
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While most historically Black colleges and universities in North Carolina are…
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After pivoting to virtual instruction in the spring, colleges and universities…
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For many white people who are recognizing their privilege and complacency…
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The pandemic hasn’t halted much traffic for summer vacationers in some areas of…