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Send us a textSummary: Sam and I talk all about chocolate and golf and the challenges of entrepreneurship!________________________________________________________Sponsor: This show is supported by the Top Five Newsletter. If you want a simple and to-the-point update on Raleigh commercial development you can subscribe to the Top Five. It's free if you want it to be!________________________________________________________Big Take Aways:- How Sam had to pivot from his original business plan.- How golf relates to life.- The power of blind foolish courage.________________________________________________________About Sam: Sam Ratto's path to the craft of making bean-to-bar chocolate started behind the wheel of a 40-foot RV. Sam used to drive that RV around America slanging skate shoes to skateboarders, surfers, snowboarders and dirt bike racers. But when Sam lost that job in the Great Recession of 2008, he relocated to Raleigh and found a part-time job roasting cacao beans for a local chocolate maker. Sam fell in love with the art and science of making bean-to-bar chocolate from sorting to roasting, grinding and tempering. He quickly started day dreaming of opening his own chocolate factory. In 2011, Sam opened Videri Chocolate Factory in downtown Raleigh, joining the ranks of the less than two dozen bean-to-bar chocolate makers in the country at the time. Videri chocolate is made with the finest cocoa beans, cocoa butter and organic cane sugar. The company does not use artificial flavorings or fillers, such as soy lecithin, xanthan gum and emulsifiers. All ingredients are thoughtfully procured, using sustainable purchasing standards. Videri's production facility is allergy friendly and the chocolates are made without tree nuts, peanuts, eggs, soy or gluten. Since 2014, Videri has won eight Good Food Awards for its chocolate bars and confections; the awards honor superior tasting products made by companies that demonstrate social and environmental responsibility. Its 4,000 square-foot facility in Raleigh's Warehouse District is home to a small batch chocolate factory, coffee shop and chocolate shop. In 2023, Videri was named one of the 10 best chocolate shops in the country by USA Today. For five years in a row, Videri has been named Best Chocolate in the Triangle in the annual readers' poll by Indy Week. Videri has also been featured in GQ, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Southern Living, Garden & Gun, Condé Nast Traveler, The Associated Press, Our State Magazine, North Carolina Weekend and many more. In 2017, the Triangle Business Journal named Ratto one of its 40 under 40 winners, which honors outstanding professionals under the age of 40 for their contributions to their organizations and to the community. In 2019, Ratto was honored by the publication in its annual CEO of the Year awards. The company has more than 20 employees and its products are available for purchase at its Raleigh location, online and at various retailers in eight states. More info: viderichocolatefactory.com. In 2024, he opened Golf Golf Golf Indoor golf lounge & club. Venturing into the golf space has always been a dream and now it is a reality for Sam Ratto. Swing on by, have a beer, high five your pals and have a blast.Connect with Sam: Videri Chocolate Factory | Golf Golf Golf | LinkedIn | Instagram Mentioned in the show:Uncommo

In this pilot episode of Best Part of the Book, a personal nod is given to the small rural town of Ashe County where McFarland has called home since it was founded in 1979. Host Mark Perzel talks with Janet Pittard, author of A Hospital for Ashe County: Four Generations of Appalachian Community Health Care. Janet shares favorite stories she uncovered in the extensive research and over 100 interviews she performed in the writing of the book. You don’t have to be from Ashe County, North Carolina to appreciate these hometown stories surrounding a small hospital in a rural Appalachian community. BOOK DESCRIPTION: When Ashe County Memorial Hospital opened in November 1941, it was the realization of a dream for the poor, sparsely populated county in the mountains of northwestern North Carolina. Building a hospital is a major undertaking for any community at any time. Accomplishing this in the waning days of the Great Depression and on the brink of World War II, while scant local resources were taxed by catastrophic floods and severe snows, was a remarkable feat of community organization. This is the story of the generations of supporters, doctors, nurses, emergency personnel and others whose lives are interwoven with regional health care and the planning, building and operation of (the “new”) Ashe Memorial Hospital. This legacy, brought to life through 114 photographs and personal interviews with 97 individuals, traces the development of health care in a remote Appalachian community, from the days of folk remedies and midwives, to horseback doctors and early infirmaries, to the technological advances and outreach efforts of today’s Ashe Memorial Hospital. LISTENER DISCOUNT CODE: BESTPARTReceive a 25% discount on any of Janet's titles published by McFarland with coupon code BESTPART. BOOKS BY JANET PITTARD A Hospital for Ashe County: Four Generations of Appalachian Community Health Care, McFarland, hardback (2016), softcover(2019) - https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/a-hospital-for-ashe-county-2/ The Ashe County Frescoes of Benjamin F. Long IV, McFarland, 2021, co-authored with David Chiswell. https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/the-ashe-county-frescoes-of-benjamin-f-long-iv/ Stephen Shoemaker: The Paintings and Their Stories, McFarland, 2013, co-authored with Stephen Shoemaker. https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/stephen-shoemaker/ ABOUT JANET PITTARD Janet was born and raised in Southern Pines, North Carolina and has always loved writing stories. Her love of stories came from her father, who entertained his little girl with stories he thought up while driving the state’s winding mountain roads for his job. That is where Janet’s love of western North Carolina originated. Now she combines her love of writing with her love of her mountain home in West Jefferson, generating stories and books set in the High Country. Janet began her career as a freelance writer after retiring from the North Carolina Governor’s Office with 30 years of service. She wrote over 100 stories for Our State Magazine from 2003 to 2009 and also wrote for several projects with UNC-TV’s Our State program. Later she contributed stories to two published anthologies related to Ashe County and wrote for an online newspaper called Ashe County Line. Janet is a regular participant in Wordkeepers, a local writing group. ABOUT MCFARLAND McFarland, a leading independent publisher of academic and general-interest nonfiction books, is perhaps best known for the serious treatment of popular culture. Founded in 1979, we are recognized among authors and readers as adventurous in range and a reliable source of worthy books that other publishers overlook. We have about 7500 unique works for sale and each year we publish about 350 new titles. Meeting high library standards has been a major focus since the company began, and many McFarland books have received awards from the academic-oriented (e.g., Choice Outstanding Academic Title, ALA Outstanding Reference Work) to the mainstream (Hugo, Edgar, Stoker, and Eisner, among others). www.McFarlandBooks.com

Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle discusses her debut novel, Even As We Breath, with her friend and fellow North Carolinian, Matt Sawyer. The book made Clapsaddle the first member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians the first member to publish a novel.Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle: Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle, an enrolled citizen of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and resides in Qualla, NC with her husband, Evan and sons Ross and Charlie. She holds degrees from Yale University and the College of William and Mary. Her debut novel, Even As We Breathe, was released by the University Press of Kentucky in 2020, a finalist for the Weatherford Award and named one of NPR's Best Books of 2020. In 2021, it received the Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award. Her first novel manuscript, Going to Water is winner of the Morning Star Award for Creative Writing from the Native American Literature Symposium (2012) and a finalist for the PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction (2014). Clapsaddle's work has appeared in Yes! Magazine, Lit Hub, Smoky Mountain Living Magazine, South Writ Large, Our State Magazine and The Atlantic. After serving as executive director of the Cherokee Preservation Foundation, Annette returned to teaching at Swain County High School for over a dozen years. She is the former co-editor of the Journal of Cherokee Studies and serves on the Board of Directors for the Museum of the Cherokee Indian and is the President of the Board of Trustees for the North Carolina Writers Network. Clapsaddle established Bird Words, LLC in 2022 and works as an independent contractor and consultant.HostMatt Sawyer: Matt is an educator, podcaster, writer, and hip-hop artist based in Macon County, North Carolina. He is the creator of the Story Made Project, an exploration for and of stories that make a difference in our world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bo has been a practicing pagan since the 90's and a past VP and President of Triad CUUPs (Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans). During the years he has become a Reiki Master Teacher and a certified Great Life Coach. He learned Primitive Blacksmithing Around 2012 and took to it like a duck to water. He was honored to have been a finalist in Our State Magazine for a forged steel and copper rose. He teaches both Primitive Blacksmithing and Magical Blacksmithing in the Foothills of NC. Being a Priest of the Morrigan heavily influences his work and the smithy is dedicated to Her. Bo is also a proud Army Veteran. www.ravenskeepforge.com/ www.facebook.com/RavensKeepForge www.instagram.com/ravenskeepforge/ www.patreon.com/RavensKeepForge

Max & Matt were featured in Our State Magazine to discuss their judgement of the Made In NC Food Competition. For a change of roles, Rebecca Woltz of Our State Magazine interviewed Max & Matt to discuss all the inside information on the NC culinary world, who they are and where they come from, why they came to NC and what is next?  On the mic this week: @trujillo.media @weisswine Join our Facebook family: @NCFandBPod Follow us on Instagram: @ncfbpod Find us on YouTube: NC F&B Youtube Support our Sponsors: Help us welcome  SYSCO as our brand new Title Sponsor!! Drink better coffee - get Carrboro Coffee Roasters Here We have our own bitters thanks to Remedy Cocktail Co!  Get the NC F&Bitters HERE! The NC F&B Podcast is Produced and Engineered by Max Trujillo of Trujillo Media For booking or questions about the show, contact: max@ncfbpodcast.com or matt@ncfbpodcast.com

Let's open our 2023 season with a conversation with writer, Marjorie Hudson, about her beautiful novel, Indigo Field. Indigo Field is being described as "among the best of contemporary Southern fiction".Marjorie Hudson is a longtime writer of fiction and non-fiction, a committed educator and community member, advocate and activist. Throughout this conversation, Marjorie describes her creative process, dropping helpful gems about craft as well as offering thoughts about ‘writing while living' --the connection between what we write and our values, our interests, and our lives. Marjorie reads 3 selections from Indigo Field at the end of our discussion. If you are a person who likes your dessert first, then skip to about 7 minutes from the end, listen to the excerpts from Indigo Field and then start again from the top.Marjorie's website marjoriehudson.com.Enjoy!***BIO:Marjorie Hudson was born in a small town in Illinois and raised in Washington, D.C., where she graduated from American University with a degree in Journalism and Women's Studies. After serving as features editor of National Parks Magazine, she moved to rural North Carolina, working as a freelance writer with a column interviewing nature photographers and publishing articles in Garden & Gun, American Land Forum, Wildlife in North Carolina, Our State Magazine, and North Carolina Literary Review. As copyediting chief for Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, she encountered the work of contemporary Southern writers such as Jill McCorkle, Kaye Gibbons, and Clyde Edgerton for the first time. Inspired, she turned her hand to fiction writing, and her first story won a statewide award judged by Shannon Ravenel. She earned an MFA from Warren Wilson College. She lives with her husband, Sam, and feisty small terrier DJ, on a century farm in North Carolina, where she mentors writers and reads poetry to trees. LISTEN TO ASBX AUDIO DRAMAS:Jesus PancakeMaster BuilderThe New ColossusDeclaration of Love audio anthologyFood for ThoughtASBX ShortsCONNECT AND FOLLOW:Artist Soapbox on social media:Twitter: @artist_soapboxInstagram: @artistsoapboxFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/artistsoapboxpodcast/CONTRIBUTE:Soapboxers are the official patrons of the Artist Soapbox podcast. Get on the Soapbox with us at Patreon or make a one-time donation via Ko-fi at https://ko-fi.com/artistsoapbox or via PayPal at

Today on the A Pinch of Magick podcast I'm joined by Sam 'Bo' Thompson as we discuss reconnecting to the magick of metal. Intellectually, I know that I'm surrounded by metal, but after this conversation with Bo, metal has taken on a whole new meaning and significance. We had finished the interview and had stopped recording, and we were continuing to chat and I had to start recording again as I had a huge (yet obvious when I thought about it) a-ha moment about metal in my work! Have a listen and think about metal in a whole new light. In this episode we discuss: Why Bo believes we need to reconnect to metal How we're more connected to metal than we realise How metal transforms us The personalities of the different metals How to incorporate metal into everyday life Why Bo uses a primitive method of blacksmithing His relationship to the Morrigan How Bo cultivated his inner trust to follow the guidance of his intuition and messages from the Morrigan Bo's philosophy for staying true his own path The wisdom of his grandma Metal and divination About Sam 'Bo' Thompson I've been a practicing pagan since the 90's (does that date me or what?), past VP and President of Triad CUUPs (Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans). During the years I have become a Reiki Master Teacher and a certified Great Life Coach. I learned Primitive Blacksmithing Around 2012 and took to it like a duck to water. I am honored to have been a finalist in Our State Magazine for a forged steel and copper rose. I teach both Primitive Blacksmithing and Magical Blacksmithing in the Foothills of NC. The focal point of my Work is on the magical part of blacksmithing and I am currently a full-time magical smith. Being a Priest of the Morrigan heavily influences what I do, and the smithy is dedicated to Her. I am also a proud Army Veteran. Connect with Sam 'Bo' Thompson Website: www.ravenskeepforge.com Free Metal Class: The Inception of Metal Magick Instagram: @ravenskeepforge Facebook: @RavensKeepForge His book: Metal Never LiesCome and share your thoughts over in our magickal community: Join the community Or join me over on instagram: @TheModernWitchWay for your magickal inspiration @IntuitiveCharmcasting to follow along with charm casting fun @YourSherosJourney for a sacred pause in nature Learn more about bringing your own magick to life: www.RebeccaAnuwen.com

Ali Ingersoll has been living with paralysis from the chest down since 2010. In addition to maintaining her blog about life with paralysis Quirky Quad Diaries, Ali is a diversity and inclusion specialist and consultant and a perpetual advocate for the paralysis community. She was Ms. Wheelchair North Carolina 2022 and recently won Ms. Wheelchair America 2023. Ms. Wheelchair America is not a beauty pageant, but a competition based on a female wheelchair users history of disability advocacy and her ability to articulate her platform. Ali recently came up with the idea to have her friend Billy simulate life as a quadriplegic for an evening out on the town. Although Billy could ever fully know the difficulties a quadriplegic, she had him fit for a power wheelchair and they had an interesting experience!Billy Warden is a writer, TV and events producer, band leader and co-founder of the marketing firm GBW Strategies.  His clients have included Facebook, Dole Food and Uber. As an executive producer with E! Entertainment Networks, Billy worked closely with Joan Rivers and the team that popularized the celebrity fashion reviews. Billy's journalism has appeared in The Los Angeles Times, FastCompany.com, and Our State Magazine among others. His long-running indy glam rock band, The Floating Children, continues to record and perform. Hear about Ali and Billy's adventure and read the article Billy wrote about their adventure! Ali Ingersoll profile in Walter: https://waltermagazine.com/current-issue/new-heights-disability-advocate-ali-ingersoll/Ali Ingersoll & Billy Warden "Night on Wheels": https://waltermagazine.com/noted/a-night-on-wheels/

Hey, y'all. I am Shay. This is THAT ALBUM podcast, now airing on our primary channel thebuzzr podcast. On air indie, from my pad to yours over the airways. It's Banger ROCK N ROLL with co-host Charlie Aiken (frontman of RH2) chatting with talented guitarist Nathan Pope. A great show chatting about Nathan's debut album Waiting There For Me. "Waiting There For Me" is the new (2022) full-length album and what a jam-packed, powerhouse of blues-rock from beginning to end! A full year was devoted to getting it right, and right it is indeed. With 12 songs featuring such artists as Kenny Aronoff (John Mellencamp/John Fogarty, James LoMenzo (Megadeth), Bogie Bowles (Joe Bonamassa), and Tal (from Nathan Pope Music.com) Tracks on show: “Krypto's Lullaby” before show begins; “Blue on Black” during show.  Track at end of show "Slxw"

Welcome to The Backyard Naturalists podcast. The show about anything and everything connected with nature. In this week's episode, Randall York with Cloister Honey joins Debbie and Laurie to talk about the organization was founded from a simple Christmas gift from his wife, Joanne, back in 2007.     Cloister Honey has received awards and honors from Southern Living, Our State Magazine and Charlotte Magazine and their products are carried by retailers such as William Sonoma, Whole Foods, Bloomingdales, Saks Fifth Avenue, Dean & DeLuca, and our show's presenting sponsor, Backyard Birds.     Listen for a super, secret code word during this episode to win a Cloister Honey gift pack.     Connect with the Backyard Naturalists on the Web, Facebook and Instagram.     Please visit and support our presenting sponsor, Backyard Birds at http://www.thebirdfoodstore.com/. A mecca for bird lovers and bird watchers, Backyard Birds is an independent family-owned business located in Matthews, NC (next to Dairy Queen), just southeast of Charlotte.     Thanks for listening to The Backyard Naturalists.  We hope you have a day filled with the wonders of nature. Get outside and take a walk on the wild side! Please don't forget to leave a 5-star review for The Backyard Naturalists podcast.     Production services for The Backyard Naturalists podcast are provided by Downtown Podcasting. To start a conversation on how you can have a podcast, simply send an email to info@downtownpodcasting.com.

Billy Warden has a philosophy on life - "You don't know that you're in a golden age until it's gone. So try to appreciate every moment, cause it might be as good as it gets." He is living life to the fullest, and today tells us about his experiences writing for Joan Rivers, attending a naked party, pro wrestling, hitting the drag scene, and so much more.Billy is the Principal of GBW Strategies, and freelance writer for the News & Observer, Our State Magazine, Walter Magazine, WRAL Techwire, and more. He's a TEDx speaker, and a long-time front man of the glam rock band, The Floating Children. A Nude Attitude, by Billy Warden (O'Henry Magazine)Rasslin' up a Good Time, by Billy Warden (Walter Magazine)A Diva is Born: Dipping a Toe into Raleigh's Drag Scene, by Billy Warden (Walter Magazine)Can We Talk Marketing? Consider Joan Rivers and the Secrets of Brand Building, by Billy Warden (WRAL Techwire)Watch the full episode from the Earfluence Podcast Studio at Raleigh Founded.Hustle and Gather is hosted by Courtney Hopper and Dana Kadwell, and is produced by Earfluence.  Courtney and Dana's hustles include C&D Events, Hustle and Gather, and The Bradford Wedding Venue.

Cloister Honey makes unBEElievable honey out of Charlotte, North Carolina. Founders Joanne and Randall have won several top awards from Southern Living, Our State Magazine, and Charlotte Magazine. Their gourmet honey is so sweet and delicious, and they offer a wide variety of flavors. Everything from cinnamon to ghost pepper to sourwood. Listen to this episode to hear about their story, how honey is made, and how bees are surprisingly intelligent. Plus, how to properly remove a bee stinger if you get stung. Don't forget to subscribe and leave a review. www.cloisterhoney.com

Hey, y'all. I am Shay. This is the on air indie show. Welcome & enjoy. Episode 51. First, music history trivia for June 7th. In 1963 the Rolling Stones released their debut single “Come On”. Chuck Berry wrote the song. It reached No. 21 in the UK chart. The following year during their first US tour fans booed The Rolling Stones off stage at a gig in San Antonio, Texas. They brought some performing monkeys who had been the act on before the Stones back on stage for another performance. We meet North Carolina gospel blues guitarist Nathan Pope today. He received his first guitar at 2 and was teaching himself to play by the age of 7.  Now at 18, Nathan is performing at festivals and venues across the state with a band of his own and has been featured in North Carolina's renowned Our State Magazine as a blues guitar prodigy. Nathan came in 1st Place in the Top 10 Under 20 at the 2021 International Dallas Guitar Festival. Featured today are tracks from his 2018 album I'm Not Alone. Nathan will continue to astound audiences with his incredible talent. An artist to watch. Enjoy the show! tracks "I'm Not Alone" 17:25 "Crossroads" 26:04 "When it comes to talented young people, Nathan Pope is top shelf.  His musical ability and skill level on the guitar is well advanced for someone his age.  His classic blues riffs and edgy rock overtones sound like a veteran guitarist who has been playing for years.  It was an honor to have him on the Carolina Blues Festival stage.  His performance gave the festival a huge wow factor and he received rave reviews from the crowd." - TL Lineberry, Carolina Blues Festival Chair "Sometimes you just "feel" it. You know what I mean: those chill-bumps that move up and down your arms when you hear the blues played so sweetly it hurts? Yup, that feeling. It happened to a whole room of blues fans when we all experienced the talent of young Nathan Pope on a December night at our Christmas Party.  It happened when we knew the person playing was connecting emotionally and mentally to the music.  That is Nathan Pope. Armed with a Goldtop and talent to match, Nathan brought a maturity to his interpretation of blues classics and his originals." -Mary London Szpara, President Charlotte Blues Society "This guy will make you wanna throw your guitar in the trash and take up badminton. Seriously, I had to stop what I was doing and turn around and say who the hell is that? WHOA!! Blew me away! Keep your eye on this cat!!" ~ Dr. Joe, President Natchyo' Grandma's Blues Network  Bio Provided by the Artist Nathan is a young blues guitarist from the heart of North Carolina. He received his first guitar at the age of 2 and was teaching himself to play by the age of 7. He gives credit to his Grandmother, Doris Powell, for her inspiration and love of music. Nathan spent years going to blues jams where he honed his craft under the mentoring of some of the area's finest musicians. Now at 18, Nathan has been performing at festivals and venues across the state with a band of his own for almost 6 years and has even been featured in NC's renowned Our State Magazine as a blues guitar prodigy. For several summers Nathan ventured to Clarksdale, Mississippi for the Pinetop Perkins Foundation Workshop where he studied under the likes of Bob Margolin, Jonn Del Toro Richardson, Victor Wainwright, and Christone "Kingfish" Ingram. In 2016 he represented the Triangle Blues Society in the Youth Showcase at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, Tennessee. In 2018 the Piedmont Blues Preservation Society honored him with their Mike Carr Junior Bluesman of the Year Award. He also released his first CD, I'm Not Alone, in 2018 which showcases his blues-rock roots.  Now in 2021, Nathan has received the tremendous honor of being selected as the 1st place winner of the top 10 guitarists under the age of 20 in the world by the Dallas International Guitar Show.  Read more here.

Our State Magazine’s Jeremy Markovich joined the Runologie crew to discuss the upcoming season of “Away Message”, where his podcast will focus on North Carolina’s Mountain to Sea Trail. The conversation covers remote places in the state, discovering new elements of your own neighborhood when you’re forced to find pedestrian routes, and using Strava to maintain a social aspect of running.

In this episode, we talk with Elizabeth Hudson about what it means to be a local and hear her story of how she came to work at Our State Magazine.

On this episode, host Matt Tullis talked with Latria Graham, a writer, editor and cultural critic currently living in South Carolina. Graham’s writing revolves around the dynamics of race, gender norms, class, nerd culture, and sports. Back in 2016, she wrote one of the last pieces for SB Nation Longform. That piece was headlined “The Dark Knight Unmasked,” and was about the Carolina Panther’s Josh Norman. Graham has also written some important pieces about race for The Establishment, which is no longer publishing. Fortunately, they’ve kept their stories online. One of those pieces was an essay written by Graham titled “Why, As A Black Woman, I Finally Decided To Take To The Streets.” Graham’s first published piece ran on Ebony’s website. That was in May of 2013, and was about her struggles with bulimia. Graham has written for ESPNW, Outside Magazine, Bicycling Magazine, the Guardian, Our State Magazine, Garden & Gun, the Atlanta Journal Constitution, and many other publications.

Bodies in barrels and lights from a ghost, these are the stories we have loved the most. But as Christmas comes and the weather turns cold, let's turn our attention to holiday tales of olde. As the holiday season gets underway, we're back with a special Christmas episode of Cape Fear Unearthed to share three stories of local festive traditions -- the John Kuners performances, the World's Largest Living Christmas Tree and The Christmas Flounder. A special thanks to WHQR in downtown Wilmington, where we recorded this episode; and Cammie Bellamy, who helped us dream up the little rhyme at the top of this post. Please enjoy this special holiday episode and join us in January for season two! Happy Holidays! Cape Fear Unearthed is sponsored by Northchase Family Dentistry. Sources: - "Stories Old and New of the Cape Fear Region," by Louis T. Moore - John Kunering at Christmas, Cape Fear Historical Institute, www.cfhi.net - Wilmington Chamber of Commerce memo, 1959 - The State magazine, Dec. 21, 1946, pgs. 8-9 - "Flounding in Tradition," Wilmington StarNews - "The Tall Tale of The Christmas Flounder," Our State Magazine, Dec. 12, 2015

StarNews Media Presents "Cape Fear Unearthed," a podcast digging into the history books of Southeastern North Carolina. The weekly podcast will feature stories drawn from the region's persisting legends, historical oddities and mysterious figures that have helped shape its legacy and culture.   Cape Fear Unearthed is written, edited and hosted by Hunter Ingram. Additional editing by Adam Fish. A StarNews Media Production.   Sources: "The Fire of Freedom: Abraham Galloway and the Slaves' Civil War" by David Cecelski "Legends of Old Wilmington & Cape Fear" by John Hirchak "Abraham Galloway: From Cartridge Box to Ballot Box" by Philip Gerard, Our State Magazine, September 2012 issue

StarNews Media Presents "Cape Fear Unearthed," a podcast digging into the history books of Southeastern North Carolina. The weekly podcast will feature stories drawn from the region's persisting legends, historical oddities and mysterious figures that have helped shape its legacy and culture.   Cape Fear Unearthed is written, edited and hosted by Hunter Ingram. Additional editing by Adam Fish. A StarNews Media Production.   Sources: "A History of New Hanover County and the Lower Cape Fear Region, 1723-1800" by Alfred Waddell. "Is it true that smugglers’ tunnels run all under downtown Wilmington?" by Ben Steelman, StarNews, April 2011 "Wilmington's Hidden Tunnels" by David LaVere, Our State Magazine, April 2002 "Stories Old and New of the Cape Fear Region" by Louis T. Moore

World Premiere LIVE performance of The River's Wrath by composer Dr. Mark Andersen. On piano is Jamil Wright, danced by Janiel Miller. Recorded at Givens Performing Arts Center in Pembroke, NC. Performance was shown to a select audience from UNCP, Our State Magazine, and Robeson County Arts Council.On October 7-8, 2016, Hurricane Matthew unleashed The River's Wrath on Robeson County in North Carolina. Award Winning Composer Mark Andersen used the days without power or water to create the following original composition, expressing the experience of the devastating floods. Choreography by Savannah Richardson and Janiel Miller. Artwork by Nila Chamberlain. Videography by Lynn Andersen.Dedicated to Bruce Davis, Mayor of Lumberton, and the People of Robeson County.We encourage new performances of the music, as well as the choreography. Sheet music available, contact us.©Copyright 2017 International Artists Foundation.This clip is part of a full episode that will air on Seatte Community Media in Seattle at 6:30 pm Thursday, and 3:30 pm on Saturday (Comcast channel 77 or Broadstripe channel 23). You can view it on the above channels, or online at www.seattlecommunitymedia.org.It also airs throughout New York State on Time Warner Cable, and in several other States and Cities - including New York and New York City, Atlanta, Dallas, Denver and Baltimore, on the Cable Access channel.

Michael Graff is the editor of Charlotte Magazine and is a freelance writer for SB Nation Longform, Washingtonian Magazine and Politico. Before taking over Charlotte Magazine, Graff was an editor and writer for Our State Magazine in North Carolina for four years. On June 4, SB Nation Longform published Graff’s piece, “Two Lanes to Accokeek.” The story is an at times graphic story about a street race that turned tragic in the most unimaginable way. In this podcast, we talk about that story as well as some of Graff’s work with Charlotte Magazine, including a story about the world’s greatest female skydiver and her quest to become the first woman with 20,000 dives.

We continue our series of UNC campus profiles with Appalachian State University. We take a look at the future of I-540 as the state moves forward with completion of the toll road. And Elizabeth Hudson gives us a preview of the holiday issue of Our State Magazine.