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Thinking of Eating Fish From the Cape Fear River? Don’t…
Send us a text In this episode of Shoresides, we follow a community-led effort to uncover chemical contamination, protect public health, and rethink how we communicate environmental risk in places where food insecurity runs deep. Read more about this issue: Subsistence Fish Consumption on...
Temperature Check: Coastal Edition
Send us a text A New Series About Rising Temperatures in Coastal North Carolina hosted By Natalia Sanchez Loayza According to a public records request submitted by Shoresides, at least three New Hanover High School student-athletes have experienced heat-related illnesses since 2022—none of which...
Bridging the Care Gap: North Carolina’s Nursing Workforce Challenge
Send us a text On this episode of Shoreside, host Nicholas Merino speaks with Catherine Moore, director of the Health Professions Data System at the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, about striking...
What’s Behind That Proposed North Carolina Octopus Farming Ban?
Send us a text This episode, Shoresides delves into the strange, ethically murky world of octopus aquaculture with scientist Dr. Jennifer Mather—to ask: Should North Carolina go ahead with banning Octopus farming? Does it need to? Links: My Octopus Teacher https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12888462/?ref_=ttawd_ov_i Octopus farming in...
What It’s Like to Grow Up In North Carolina’s Vietnamese Fishing Tradition
Send us a text In this episode, Shoresides talks with Jessica Thai, who grew up with immigration, tradition, and economic shifts shaping daily life and collective identity in a place that rarely makes the headlines—but offers powerful lessons about family, perseverance, and belonging. Support...
Whatever Happened to the Fisheries Where NCs Black Coastal Communities Were Once Central
Send us a text Cultural anthropologist Barbara Garrity-Blake takes us into the world of North Carolina’s menhaden fishery — a once-thriving industry built by coastal communities, African American crews, and the haunting work songs they sang. In this episode, we explore how this small...
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