Columns
If You Give a Kid a Goat Cart
A discovery of archival photographs begged the question: Did everyone have a goat cart in the 1930s?
Jeremy Markovich
Podcasts
Need a podcast for your Thanksgiving road trip? Enjoy these four classic episodes.
Here are some of our favorite shows from the past three seasons of Away Message, guaranteed to give you something to talk about at the dinner table this week.
Central
A Christmas Village at the North Carolina Governor’s Mansion Creates Childlike Wonder
Charlie always liked building small towns. Very small towns. Small ceramic towns, to be exact. During the holidays, he has a kindred spirit at the governor’s mansion.
Columns
The Outer Banks Society That “Believes” the Wright Brothers Never Flew
The Man Will Never Fly Memorial Society was created in 1959 because, in the words of its founders, they were bored.
Podcasts
Away Message’s Season 3 Finale: What Ever Happened to the Officer Who Ended NC’s Biggest Manhunt?
In this season finale, we track him down to find out what happened to the soft-spoken North Carolinian who brought in a notorious fugitive.
History
Space Seeds: Moon Trees in Western North Carolina
Back in 1971, astronaut and former U.S. Forest Service smoke jumper Stuart Roosa carried more than 400 seeds into space with him on Apollo 14. Two of those seeds found a new home in North Carolina.
Podcasts
A Bonus Episode of Away Message: Moving to Mayberry
What do outsiders see when they look at North Carolina? Host Jeremy Markovich turns to The Andy Griffith Show for answers, and talks to former actress Betty Lynn who worked on the series, then moved to the real-life town that the fictional Mayberry was based on.
Features
The Long Way Back to The Sphinx
Three years after a devastating fall from the side of a mountain in the rocky wilderness of Linville Gorge, an avid hiker returned to the scene to find acceptance and renewal.
History
Fergus’ Ark vs. USS North Carolina
On October 2, 1961, the USS North Carolina hit Fergus’ Ark seafood restaurant while docking in Wilmington.