“Due South” is WUNC News’ weekday current affairs radio program and podcast. Broadcast from the American Tobacco Historic District in downtown Durham, co-hosts Leoneda Inge and Jeff Tiberii put life in the Triangle region into perspective and present a unique sense of place.
From interviews with state lawmakers and local luminaries to Friday news roundups with statewide journalists, “Due South” puts current events into context and offers audiences a greater sense of connection. Each hour-long show sparks deeper conversation and understanding of life in and beyond the Triangle.
Co-host Jeff Tiberii has two conversations, one with a therapist who is Muslim and one with a rabbi who's also a chaplain, about providing mental health support for members of two local communities affected by the Israel-Hamas war.
Co-host Jeff Tiberii chats with Ben Mckeown and Mark Shen about their household approaches to gift-giving, jolly ol' St. Nick and more.
Professor LaGarrett King joins co-host Leoneda Inge to discuss approaches to teaching difficult Black history to K-12 students.
Co-host Leoneda Inge talks with Stafford Braxton, who started his business "Santas Just Like Me" for Black families in search of more diverse representation in that red suit. And we meet two North Carolina men who've taken up the red suit mantle.
Co-host Leoneda Inge visits the new marker commemorating the death and honoring the life of Booker T. Spicely.
Co-host Leoneda Inge speaks to the owner of Ella West Gallery
In 1898, the Wilmington Massacre was only part of a white supremacist campaign to overthrow elected local governments.
Historian Max Fraser chats about his new book on mid-20th century migration from Appalachia to the Midwest.
An alternative to conventional burial is getting a closer look for those who want a more environmentally-conscious option.
The North Carolina News Roundup on Due South covers the state's top news stories of the week.
A conversation with the director of the Asian American Center at UNC-Chapel Hill that's been at the center of some weighty conversations about race, place, and diversity.
Believe it or not, Southern accents are on the decline. There's a variety of reasons for that, and we'll hear more from a linguistics researcher who's studied our changing ways of speaking.
A Murfreesboro, TN decency ordinance unfairly targeting homosexuality has been updated.
North Carolina Health News reporter Jaymie Baxley tells co-host Jeff Tiberii about the expansion of eligibility and the potential challenges and opportunities involved in implementing coverage for hundreds of thousands of possible new enrollees.
Armed with dozens of cell phones, and a can-do spirit, Arthur Lee Cofield Jr. may have stolen more money from prison than any American in history.
The Serial podcast joins Nashville Public Radio and ProPublica for its newest season on a county that illegally jailed thousands of children.
Due South co-host Jeff Tiberii talks with a local infectious disease expert about this respiratory virus season and what you need to know to protect yourself and your family.
Writer Alexis Hauk joins hosts Leoneda Inge and Jeff Tiberii to talk about the deep roots of kudzu and her article "Of Vines and Villains" in The Bitter Southerner.
Co-host Leoneda Inge chats with Rev. Tolokun Omokunde about his memories of hearing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speak in Rocky Mount, NC on this day in 1962.
Host Leoneda Inge talks to the author and illustrator of a new children's anthology called The New Brownies Book.
Grammy Award-winning musician Justin Robinson tells co-host Leoneda Inge about his deep explorations of food, land and history.
Rod Brind’Amour is the Carolina Hurricanes’ head coach. A long-time NHL hockey player, he led the Canes to their first Stanley Cup in 2005-06, and has seen hockey culture growing in North Carolina and the South.
Co-host Jeff Tiberii talks to Diane Flynt about her new book, Wild, Tamed, Lost, Revived: The Surprising Story of Apples in the South.
In his new book, Gun Country: Gun Capitalism, Culture & Control in Cold War America, historian Andrew C. McKevitt argues an influx of military-grade weapons to the U.S. after WWII formed what is now, undoubtedly, the gun country.
Due South co-host Jeff Tiberii talks about the week in North Carolina news and politics with journalists in the Triangle and beyond.
A UNC-Chapel Hill student died on Duke’s campus in March 2023. Neither University publicly commented. Until a student reporter uncovered the story.
Co-host Jeff Tiberii sits down with NC Senate leader Phil Berger for a wide-ranging conversation on the recent election, 2024, Trump, Medicaid expansion, abortion, medical marijuana and more.
Erin Matson is one of the most decorated athletes you’ve probably never heard of. As a player on UNC’s field hockey team, she helped win four national championships. Now, at just 23 years old, she’s the head coach – one of the youngest in Division I athletics.
Dr. Brittany Hunt talks with co-host Leoneda Inge about her efforts to center Indigenous stories and dismantle harmful teaching practices.
Due South co-host Jeff Tiberii talks about the week in state politics with local journalists.
