Lily Nicole and her fellow protesters in Wilmington, North Carolina are getting organized. They started an activist group called the lowercase leaders, and they’ve got a permit to protest on the steps of city hall every day, from 8 in the morning to 9 at night, until June 6th of 2021. Nicole describes how the…
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Where will you be when sea waters rise the most? Climate change is affecting coastal communities right now, across the world. Even so, people still don’t understand exactly how badly they will be affected. Don Bain, a scientist at Climate Central in Princeton, NJ takes us through the “Surging Seas” project, a map-based tool to help people better understand…
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Content Warning: This episode deals with self harm and suicide. Olivia Stubblefield has been making art her entire life, but it wasn’t until she reached one of her darkest points that she realized just how much art meant to her. Now, she uses her art and her blog to remind herself and others of how…
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Covid-19 has affected us in almost every aspect of our lives, and the local film festival industry of coastal North Carolina is no exception. Dan Brawley, Chief Instigating Officer of Cucalorus Film Festival discusses how upcoming festivals like Surfalorus are adapting and responding to the challenges of social distancing, while still trying to share the…
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From on set production jobs to higher up creative positions, fewer women hold these jobs in the film industry than men. The gender imbalance in film is a pervasive issue even on a local scale. Filmmaker Erica O’Brien describes her experiences as a woman trying to find her way in the film industry, and how…
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Chemours, a chemicals plant located in Fayetteville, North Carolina has been leaching PFAS chemicals into the Cape Fear River for decades, impacting the health and well-being of the communities that rely on the river for drinking water. Three new bills have been recently proposed that Emily Donovan, co-founder of Clean Cape Fear, thinks are a…
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Lisa Rider is the Executive Director for Coastal Carolina Riverwatch (CCR), which serves Crystal Coast and White Oak River communities. Rider speaks to how COVID-19 is affecting their organization’s signature environmental education programs. Amidst social distancing, new methods for educating communities about clean waterways are emerging.
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A certified nursing assistant (CNA) at a nursing home in a Jacksonville, North Carolina shares the changes that have been made since COVID-19 to protect staff and residents. Visitors aren’t allowed, nurses have started making homemade newspapers for residents, and increased security measures have been put in place. This is the new normal for residents…
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“A lot of times pregnant women are not listened to. And pregnant black women are not listened to at all.” Coastal Carolina University professor, Dr. Fredanna McGough, explains the growing concerns regarding maternal health issues, and how these issues are exacerbated by COVID-19.
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“I used to not want to offend people. As a pastor, I want to be compassionate. I want to understand both sides, but I’ve found myself in the past few weeks, just really specifically in a clear and concise way, say, this is why I think this is racist.” As the director of Walking Tall…
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