Jeff Tiberii, Leoneda Inge
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North Carolina news with local stakes.
Due South follows North Carolina stories where policy meets daily life. Its conversations move from drought rules, prisons, courts, energy bills, and data centers to food, film, basketball history, and local media.
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Due South is a public-radio current affairs show with North Carolina as its working map. It begins with concrete developments. Water restrictions, a Duke Energy bill spike, a prison budget shortage, or a lawsuit over mail-in ballots each becomes a way to ask what state institutions are doing, what they are missing, and who feels the consequences first. The pace is quick. The questions are plain. Rather than treating policy as an abstraction, the show keeps returning to the everyday stakes: patients waiting for care, families navigating school transportation, residents facing higher utility costs, and public workers trying to operate under strain. Its political coverage is broad but locally rooted. Episodes track the General Assembly, Medicaid funding, election law, judicial authority, constitutional crisis language, and the power dynamics around lame-duck lawmakers and future leadership. The show also pays attention to infrastructure. Data centers raise questions about electricity demand and taxation. Transportation segments follow rail possibilities, airport growth, and recovery efforts in western North Carolina. Culture gets a serious place in the mix. Full Frame, Steel Magnolias, Well, I Declare, Oscar Diaz on Top Chef, and the secret basketball game that challenged Jim Crow are treated as part of the state’s civic story, not as soft detours. Friday roundups give the program a newsroom feel, with reporters sorting through multiple developments and pausing for a little trivia or banter before returning to the harder questions. Interview episodes slow down when a guest needs to define terms or explain why a familiar phrase, such as rule of law, deserves care. The tone is warm without being casual about serious subjects. It can be dry, especially when politics gets strange, but it does not chase punchlines. Due South is strongest when it moves from the specific to the systemic: a bill, a hearing, a petition, a festival, a courtroom fight, then the wider North Carolina story underneath. It is local news for people who want context, not just headlines.
Made for: For listeners who follow North Carolina politics, public services, courts, culture, weather, and regional change. It especially fits people who want public-radio context without losing the practical details.
What sets it apart: Due South links statehouse mechanics, local reporting, and cultural life in one civic frame. Its strength is making North Carolina systems legible through direct questions and grounded conversations.
“Due South” is WUNC News’ weekday current affairs radio program and podcast. Broadcast from the American Tobacco Historic District in downtown Durham, co-hosts Leoneda Inge and Jeff Tiberii put life in the Triangle region into perspective and present a unique sense of place. From interviews with state lawmakers and local luminaries to Friday news roundups with statewide journalists, “Due South” puts current events into context and offers audiences a greater sense of connection. Each hour-long show sparks deeper conversation and understanding of life in and beyond the Triangle.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Due South makes North Carolina politics legible by connecting institutional decisions to the communities and civic life around them.
Due South turns North Carolina public life into a running conversation, pairing Jeff Tiberii and Leoneda Inge's interviews with Friday roundtables that track state politics in close detail.
Raleigh water limits and General Assembly intrigue share a table, so your news catch-up comes with local stakes.
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A brisk civic roundup where drought, Medicaid, and legislative pressure land with real world weight.
This Friday roundup starts with Raleigh water restrictions as drought conditions tighten and officials tell people to be ready before Monday. It then moves into the state legislature, where a Medicaid hearing, fraud concerns, and short session priorities begin to crowd the week…
A retired judge and a constitutional law professor unpack institutional strain and the rule of law.
Due South asks a sharp institutional question in plain political weather: when do warnings about constitutional crisis, authoritarian drift, and damage to the rule of law become evidence that the separation of powers is under real strain? Retired federal judge Allison K.
A brisk North Carolina roundup that links Jones Street politics, Chapel Hill basketball, and Franklin Street concerns.
This North Carolina segment moves neatly between politics and sports, starting with Phil Berger's concession after a close Senate District 26 race and the shift in leadership it points to at the General Assembly.
A public-radio hour that ranges from cyber risk to family advice and ends on a light note.
Due South moves from digital unease into everyday routines: a new Click Here promo, a ransomware attack at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, and a practical talk with a childhood obesity specialist about meals, sugar drinks, and the limits of rigid family rules.
A campus-focused review that ties Jesse Jackson's legacy to current voting rights work.
Jesse Jackson's North Carolina A&T years are the anchor here, but the piece keeps its eyes on the present, where Olu Rouse and Shia Rozier are pushing voting rights work in a tradition they trace back to A&T. Bishop William J.
A North Carolina public-radio hour connects political family pressure, a Picasso theft, and Charlotte Symphony music director Kwame Ryan.
Due South sets the private cost of public office alongside a family Picasso theft and a conversation with Charlotte Symphony music director Kwame Ryan.
A brisk statewide roundup that makes the vote math and political crosscurrents easy to follow.
Due South turns a crowded North Carolina news day into a clear, usable rundown. The Friday roundup stays anchored in the immediate dispute: Phil Berger's protest over Sam Page's 23-vote lead, the request for a hand-to-eye recount, and the Elections Board's refusal to act on it…
WUNC News host Jeff Tiberi leads a panel of four North Carolina journalists through the week's major stories: Raleigh's first water restrictions since 2007, triggered when Falls Lake fell to 84% capacity after a 15-inch rainfall deficit; a new State Board of Elections process for challenging potential non-citizen voters through the SAVE system, despite a 2017 audit finding only 41 confirmed non-citizen voters out of 4.7 million in 2016; the North Carolina General Assembly's upcoming short session, where outgoing Senate leader Phil Berger's commitment to income tax cuts is the central obstacle to a budget deal; and a $300 million Medicaid funding deadline projected to hit in May.
This episode discusses a collaborative series on the rapid growth of data centers in North Carolina, exploring their energy demands and tax implications, along with transportation updates.
This episode covers North Carolina's prison funding crisis, Kerwin Pittman's purchase of an abandoned prison, and the upcoming Full Frame Documentary Film Festival.
Former federal judge Allison K.
This episode features interviews with Chef Oscar Diaz about his Top Chef experience and explores a secret basketball game challenging Jim Crow, plus a profile on North Carolina political spouses.
A Friday news roundup covering North Carolina stories including an astronaut's Artemis II mission, a lawsuit over mail-in ballots, education issues, and a new basketball coach hire.
A local news program discussing the state of journalism and celebrating Local News Day in North Carolina.
A local news program covering Duke Energy bill spikes, a reimagined Declaration of Independence art project, and a theater production of Steel Magnolias.
This episode covers abortion care access in North Carolina post-Roe and a preview of spring events at Duke Gardens.
A deep dive into the past, present, and future of Research Triangle Park, featuring an interview with a journalist covering its transformation.
Due South opens with Senator Phil Berger conceding to Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page after a primary decided by just 23 votes in Senate District 26.
Due South opens with a newsy frame.
Due South's HBCU 101 series turns to the legacy of the late Rev.
Due South on WUNC News presents three interview segments: writer Billy Worden discussing his Assembly profile on North Carolina political spouses including First Lady Anna Stein and Susan Tillis, who describes receiving dozens of threats in a five-day period; Whit Rummel of Chapel Hill recounting how his brother Bill accidentally stole a Picasso from Boston's Logan Airport during a 100-hour 1969 blizzard, hid from Whitey Bulger's Winter Hill gang for decades, and returned the painting via a taxicab to the Museum of Fine Arts with a note signed 'ROBBIN' Hood'; and Grammy-winning conductor Kwame Ryan, music director of the Charlotte Symphony, who traces his career to watching Leontyne Price and Zubin Mehta on a 1970s NBC television broadcast in Trinidad.
This episode explores UNC's controversial policy allowing secret classroom recordings and its impact on free speech and professor self-censorship, alongside an interview with NASA astronaut Christina Koch about her lunar mission.
Due South opens on the Senate recount fight.
This episode covers the North Carolina primary election, including an open U.S.
This episode features former EPA administrator Michael Regan discussing his efforts to establish environmental justice initiatives and address climate change, while also touching on historical stories of heroism.
A daily news podcast covering North Carolina politics and current events, including primary election updates and a Senate race.
A local news podcast interviewing Durham's mayor about gun violence and controversial technology like ShotSpotter.
This episode of Due South covers the measles outbreak in the Carolinas and the attack on the National Museum of African American History and Culture by the Trump administration.
This episode previews the March 3rd primary in North Carolina, focusing on the open U.S.
This episode of Due South examines the challenges and developments in affordable housing in Durham and surrounding areas, featuring interviews with local activists and historians.
A daily news program covering a Supreme Court ruling on tariffs, North Carolina primary updates, and property tax debates.
This episode features interviews with the first Black basketball player at Duke University and the author of a Southern cookbook, exploring themes of integration and culinary heritage.
This episode covers a voter registration issue affecting 70,000 North Carolinians and includes a segment on the history of hip-hop in the South via cassette tapes.
This episode explores the past, present, and future of Research Triangle Park through an interview with a journalist covering its development.
A daily current affairs show covering Triangle region news, including an interview with author Tayari Jones and a segment on Soul City's first black history parade.
This episode covers the shift in election oversight from the governor to the legislature in North Carolina and its implications.
This episode covers North Carolina's infrastructure challenges, a farewell to K&W Cafeteria, and the saving of the battleship North Carolina.
Hosts discuss the state of political discourse with two longtime political adversaries who remain friends.
This episode features interviews with North Carolina musicians including the symphony conductor, a jazz singer, and a percussionist.
This episode covers a Durham musician's experience performing at the Super Bowl and a lawsuit by college students over the elimination of early voting polling places on campuses in North Carolina.
This episode discusses Duke University's NCAA transfer portal settlement and features an interview with country music star Rissi Palmer about her new album 'Perspectives' and her experiences as a black woman in Southern music.
This episode examines the impact of Project 2025 on President Trump's second term, discussing its role in expanding presidential power and influencing policies like voting nationalization, despite Trump's reluctance to publicly acknowledge it.