How Joe Biden’s exit from 2024 race impacts North Carolina; musician Tom Maxwell's book on 1990s music scene in Chapel Hill

Due South co-host Jeff Tiberii is joined by WUNC Capitol Bureau Chief Colin Campbell and Professor Chris Cooper of Western Carolina University to talk about the implications of this national political moment for North Carolina.

Then, Tom Maxwell was a founding member of the hit ‘90s swing band The Squirrel Nut Zippers. During that decade, he had a unique, insider perspective on the emerging underground music scene in Chapel Hill and the surrounding areas. Co-hosts Jeff Tiberii and Leoneda Inge chat with musician Tom Maxwell about the 1990s music scene in Chapel Hill and his new book, A Really Strange and Wonderful Time, The Chapel Hill Music Scene: 1989-1999. (Editor's note: This conversation originally published on May 21, 2024.)

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