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What Happens After You Finish Hiking The Mountains-to-Sea Trail

In this season finale of the Away Message podcast, we check back in with our hikers to see what changed (and what didn't) after their hike across North Carolina came to a close.

by Jeremy Markovich
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Isolated Together on the Mountains-to-Sea Trail

In the third episode of Away Message's fourth season, we meet a couple that's finding out what it's like to be alone in nature without ever being apart from your spouse.

by Jeremy Markovich
Video

Social Distancing, 32 Miles off the North Carolina Coast

A man from Charlotte bought an old Coast Guard light station named Frying Pan Tower. Recently, he’s been exploring what it means to be truly isolated.

by Jeremy Markovich
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Staying Calm at 1,860 Feet Up

What does it take to be calm when your brain tells you to be afraid? A tower climber explains.

by Jeremy Markovich
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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.

by Jeremy Markovich
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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.

by Jeremy Markovich
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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.

by Jeremy Markovich
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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.

by Jeremy Markovich
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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.

by Jeremy Markovich
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