Shoresides News

A local solutions journalism podcast by and for BIPOC communities in coastal North Carolina. Through news stories, interviews, updates, and special programs we keep you engaged with local news from across the region.

Hosted ByRend Smith

A local solutions journalism podcast by and for BIPOC communities in coastal North Carolina. Through news stories, interviews, updates, and special programs we keep you engaged with local news from across the region.


All Episodes

Temperature Check: Understanding Life in a Warming Coastal Region

Send us a text In this introductory episode of Temperature Check: Coastal Edition, hosted by Natalia Sanchez Loayza, we explore the impacts of extreme heat in coastal North Carolina....

Defunded: Youth Violence Prevention Cut in Robeson County

Send us a text In Robeson County, North Carolina—home to some of the state’s highest youth violence rates—community-led prevention efforts were working. Until they weren’t. In this episode of...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

Nurturing Future Healthcare Leaders: Youth Attend Workforce and Leadership Development in New Hanover County

Send us a text In Wilmington, North Carolina, the demand for healthcare workers is growing rapidly. Nurse Camp Academy, a program of the nonprofit Better is Possible based in...