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The Broadside
The Broadside
WUNC

Each week, The Broadside highlights a story from the heart of the American South and asks why it matters to you. From... more

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Episodes

The hunt for a long-lost musical masterpiece (Revisited)

To celebrate Black History Month, we're revisiting one of our favorite episodes from last year. Perhaps more than any other artform,... more

13 Feb 2025 · 21 minutes
Who gets to be Native in America

North Carolina’s Lumbee Tribe have been pursuing full federal recognition for over 130 years. A campaign promise kept by Donald... more

06 Feb 2025 · 21 minutes
Election season is over… right?

Election Day was nearly three months ago. Since then, every race in the country has been called and certified. Except... more

30 Jan 2025 · 19 minutes
How North Carolina became Japan's favorite state

North Carolina has been cultivating a special relationship with Japan for more than four decades… and the rewards for the... more

23 Jan 2025 · 21 minutes
Segregation academies and a forgotten migration

Throughout the South, state legislatures are adopting and expanding school voucher programs designed to allow parents to use public funds... more

16 Jan 2025 · 22 minutes
The gambling gold rush is here

In 2018, the US Supreme Court ruled that states could legalize sports gambling. Since then, 38 states have taken the... more

09 Jan 2025 · 23 minutes
That time we almost destroyed the world

On a chilly evening in 1961, a B-52 crashed in rural eastern North Carolina near the town of Goldsboro. Any... more

02 Jan 2025 · 18 minutes
The ballad and the flood

This week, we visit the small town of Marshall in western North Carolina, a region ravaged by Hurricane Helene earlier... more

26 Dec 2024 · 39 minutes
Deck your halls with Rauch balls

In this special holiday episode, we meet the Jewish man from Gastonia, North Carolina who became the world's largest manufacturer... more

19 Dec 2024 · 24 minutes
Tony Hawk and the skateboard rabbit hole

On a rainy day in 1979, a photograph was taken of a young girl skateboarding down a street in Fayetteville,... more

12 Dec 2024 · 18 minutes
The Broadside
The hunt for a long-lost musical masterpiece (Revisited)
The Broadside