Podcasts
Away Message’s Season 3, Episode 6: First There Were Ghosts. Then Bigfoot Came. Now, There’s A Museum.
We visit Littleton, North Carolina to search for a hard-to-find creature, and find out what it really means to believe.
Jeremy Markovich
Podcasts
Away Message’s Season 3, Episode 5: The Concert on Powder Horn Mountain
Curtis Johnson fell in love with music while growing up in Wilkesboro, North Carolina. But when he gave up his job as a disc jockey to support his family, he held on to his dream. Now, he puts on small house-style concerts in an out-of-the-way place, and the shows keep everyone coming back for more.
History
The Governor’s Wet Suit
In 1965, North Carolina Gov. Luther H. Hodges showed off locally-made products in an unusual way.
Features
The Rightful Owners
In 1789, when the newly formed federal government was trying to pass the Bill of Rights, it created 14 copies. One would remain with the federal government, and the rest were sent to the original 13 states. North Carolina’s copy went to the State Capitol, and for 75 years, it stayed there without much fanfare. And then, the trouble began.
Features
Changing Channels
Our writer returns to the scene of his youthful side job: guiding rafts filled with neophytes through the man-made currents of the U.S. National Whitewater Center near Charlotte. But this unique center has evolved over the past decade — and so has our writer.
History
Peahead Walker and the Fake Wake Fib
One of Wake Forest’s most successful football coaches is remembered for winning — and for his colorful personality.
Podcasts
From North Carolina to the International Space Station
Christina Koch grew up in Jacksonville and went to school in the Triangle. She tells Our State how she made it to her current home, 254 miles above Earth.
History
Remembering Winston-Salem’s Swimmin’ Hole
Crystal Lake opened in 1925 and was a welcome reprieve from the summer heat — and only slightly dangerous.
History
Saving, the Family Business
In 1899, Erasmus Midgett saved 10 people from a shipwreck off the North Carolina coast — and started a family tradition.
