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NC Policy Watch Interviews

NC Policy Watch

NC Policy Watch is a public policy organization with a simple mission, to change the way our elected officials debate important issues facing North Carolina.

Episodes

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Bob Phillips, executive director of Common Cause North Carolina, on the state of North Carolina’s troubled redistricting process

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14:14Nov 8, 2021

NC Social Studies teacher Rodney Pierce on the need to teach a broad, full history of America

Pierce is a social studies teacher at Red Oak Middle School in Battleboro, North Carolina and was social studies teacher of the year in 2019...

18:30Nov 8, 2021

NC Attorney General Josh Stein discusses a historic $26 Billion opioid settlement, racial equity in the justice system, and the latest COVID-related scams

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22:35Nov 1, 2021

Urban Institute senior researcher Anuj Gangopadhyaya: Do Black and White Patients Experience Similar Rates of Adverse Safety Events at the Same Hospital?

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15:47Nov 1, 2021

NC Policy Watch investigative reporter Joe Killian on the controversy surrounding Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson and the ongoing political efforts of the Christian right in anticipation of the 2022 elections

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11:11Oct 25, 2021

Consumer advocate Rochelle Sparko of the Center for Responsible Lending on the state of the national student loan debt crisis and some relief that the Biden administration has made available

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13:23Oct 25, 2021

Author, scholar, and former U.S. Navy Commander Theodore Johnson about his new book, “When the Stars Begin to Fall: Overcoming Racism and Renewing the Promise of America”

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9:50Oct 25, 2021

Wake County Commissioners Chair Matt Calabria

Wake County Commissioners Chair Matt Calabria discusses a new comprehensive anti-discrimination ordinance, ongoing efforts to stop the sprea...

12:35Oct 18, 2021

Public education advocates Letha Muhammad and Sarah Montgomery with the latest on Leandro

Public education advocates Letha Muhammad and Sarah Montgomery discuss the growing grassroots effort to convince the state legislature to co...

17:27Oct 18, 2021

From CRT to mask mandates, NC Policy Watch education reporter Greg Childress discusses some of the latest policy battles in the world of public education

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12:51Oct 11, 2021

Christina Cowger of the group North Carolina Stop Torture Now on the need to take a hard and honest look at the 20-year occupation of Afghanistan

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13:16Oct 11, 2021

The national and political redistricting landscape – featuring Kathay Feng, David Wasserman, Michael Bitzer and Guy-Uriel Charles

The Polis: Center for Politics at the Sanford School of Public Policy and the Duke Department of Mathematics recently held a special two-day...

15:42Oct 11, 2021

Rep. Deb Butler discusses the COVID economy, education spending and the next steps for redistricting

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12:25Oct 4, 2021

Author and civil rights attorney Geeta Kapur discusses her powerful and important new book about the University of North Carolina

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20:30Oct 4, 2021

Rep. Marcia Morey discusses education funding, redistricting, criminal justice reform and extreme risk protective orders

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11:06Sep 27, 2021

North Carolina Budget and Tax Center economist Patrick McHugh discusses protecting & connecting workers emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic

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18:51Sep 27, 2021

State Representative Ricky Hurtado discusses the remarkable and maddening story of an abandoned missile factory in the city of Burlington

Read: Clear and present danger: Former Army missile plant has polluted a Black, Latino neighborhood in Burlington for more than 30 years The...

13:10Sep 20, 2021

Global reproductive health policy expert Dr. Anu Kumar on the impact of Texas’ new restrictive abortion law

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11:45Sep 20, 2021

Veteran consumer advocate Les Bernal explains why the latest effort to legalize sports gambling in North Carolina could produce disastrous results

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12:08Sep 20, 2021

Congresswoman Deborah Ross discusses reproductive rights of American women in the crosshairs, the state of COVID vaccinations, eviction protections and what’s ahead for the massive infrastructure package

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12:56Sep 13, 2021