Local Filmmaking’s Opportunity
Nicole Triche is a professor at Elon University and director of All Skate, Everybody Skate, a documentary about the 50-year-old Topsail Island Skate Rink located above a rural post...
COVID-19 and Farming in North Carolina
Jeremy King, a grain farmer from Ash, North Carolina, tells us how COVID-19 has added a level of complexity to farmers’ workflow across the region. King explains the domino...
EEC No Sleep & Power of Design
Design is everything. It has the power to impact us in ways we may not even be aware of. Freelance graphic designer Emma Cooper (EEC No Sleep), of Wilmington,...
Climate Change is Threatening NC’s Largest Estuary
North Carolina’s Albemarle-Pamlico Estuary is the second-largest estuary in the United States and serves as a vital resource for several industries and communities. Bill Crowell, Director of the Albemarle-Pamlico...
Student Housing During Hurricanes and COVID-19
Peter Groenendyk is the Director of Housing at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington (UNCW) and has experienced countless hurricanes. Groenendyk discusses the process of evacuating students during...
The Living History of Core Sound Decoys
Hunters and carvers along the Core Sound have been hand-carving wooden duck decoys for well over a century. In this episode, three members of the Core Sound Decoy Carver’s...
Sustaining the BLM Movement in Small, Rural Beaufort, NC
Sheresa Elliot, 31, of Beaufort, NC speaks about how her job as a therapist is informing her work as she continues to organize for Black Lives Matter in Beaufort,...
What Community Does for Local Artists
It often seems that success in the arts means becoming prominent in a big city, or at least moving somewhere that’s not a small town in Eastern North Carolina....
David “Clammerhead” Cessna is Embracing Climate Change to Help Fight It
As a seventh generation commercial fisherman, David “Clammerhead” Cessna, of Smyrna, NC, speaks about how his family’s tradition led him to sustainable shellfish harvesting. At age 59, he is...
Our Favorite Things
Six young women – Tyashia Mckenzie, Kamora Ridgeway, Whitley Dockery, Rakyah Jacobs, Camryn Ray, and Jordan Newkirk – tell us about objects that are important to them. Tyashia talks...
Surfboard Shaping: An Art or a Craft?
For many, surfboards can be seen as pieces of art more than functional tools. But to shaper Gary Wilson, the function and craft comes first, and the art is...
A City Councilman’s Journey Making Community Through Art
Kevin Spears cares deeply about how his community is represented. Today, Spears is most known for his community organizing and his seat on Wilmington’s City Council. But years before...
