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    <description><![CDATA[Singer / songwriter Tift Merritt and visual artist Thomas Sayre explore the unorthodox making of an upcoming show at the Cameron Art Museum called Four Walls.In this episode, Sayre raises questions about the sacred structures that undergird society, Tift Merritt interrogates the form of concert, and CAM Executive Director Heather Wilson explains why the ongoing challenge to previously-accepted concepts is part of her job.]]></description>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[UNCW restoration ecologist Amy Long is rehabilitating local tidal marshes, grasslands, and savannahs. Strategic restoration can bring back biodiversity that was nearly lost, as evidenced by the New Hanover County Landfill property. Two dramatic examples: diverse butterfly populations and regular sightings of bald eagles.]]></description>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[Research clearly shows that spending time in nature is critical for mental, physical, even cognitive health. Can our mental health crises make a stronger case for conservation?]]></description>
    
    <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jan 2024 11:14:46 -0500</pubDate>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2024 15:25:02 -0500</pubDate>
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    <description><![CDATA[Evolutionary Ecologist Stacy Endriss of UNCW’s Environmental Sciences Department is exploring how invasive plants are affecting North Carolina wetlands. She’s also looking at creative approaches – including biocontrol – for dealing with the impacts.]]></description>
    
    <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jan 2024 11:04:54 -0500</pubDate>
    <link>https://www.whqr.org/show/coastline/2024-01-09/coastline-invasive-plants-are-changing-nc-wetlands-soundscapes-are-helping-scientists-figure-out-how</link>
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    <title>CoastLine:  Racial healing activists of all races need to interrogate themselves first, says Dr. Catherine Meeks (rebroadcast from August 30, 2023)</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[“A fundamental question that each of us must answer is: Who are the victims of racism? Upon careful investigation, it seems quite clear that the answer is ‘everyone’.” Dr. Catherine Meeks, Exec. Director, Absalom Jones Center for Racial Healing]]></description>
    
    <pubDate>Tue, 02 Jan 2024 11:25:41 -0500</pubDate>
    <link>https://www.whqr.org/podcast/coastline/2024-01-02/coastline-racial-healing-activists-of-all-races-need-to-interrogate-themselves-first-says-dr-catherine-meeks</link>
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    <itunes:title>CoastLine:  Racial healing activists of all races need to interrogate themselves first, says Dr. Catherine Meeks (rebroadcast from August 30, 2023)</itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[“A fundamental question that each of us must answer is: Who are the victims of racism? Upon careful investigation, it seems quite clear that the answer is ‘everyone’.” Dr. Catherine Meeks, Exec. Director, Absalom Jones Center for Racial Healing]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[“A fundamental question that each of us must answer is: Who are the victims of…]]></itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:author>Rachel Lewis Hilburn</itunes:author>
<itunes:duration>3005</itunes:duration>






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    <title>In the Wild Coastal Plain with surprisingly wild suburban ponds, amid pervasive pollution (rebroadcast from Oct. 17, 2023)</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Andy Wood: Bullfrog tadpoles have an alkaloid in their skin. It’s a chemical compound that tastes a little bit like rotten lemon and Ajax. It’s a horrible taste, so very few things eat them.RLH: Have you tried this? It’s a very, um, specific description.AW: I would never admit that.In the wild coastal plain of southeastern NC, Andy Wood and I explore the wildness of suburban stormwater management ponds. What we find is, no surprise, quite a surprise.]]></description>
    
    <pubDate>Wed, 27 Dec 2023 11:11:03 -0500</pubDate>
    <link>https://www.whqr.org/podcast/coastline/2023-12-27/in-the-wild-coastal-plain-with-surprisingly-wild-suburban-ponds-amid-pervasive-pollution</link>
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    <itunes:title>In the Wild Coastal Plain with surprisingly wild suburban ponds, amid pervasive pollution (rebroadcast from Oct. 17, 2023)</itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Andy Wood: Bullfrog tadpoles have an alkaloid in their skin. It’s a chemical compound that tastes a little bit like rotten lemon and Ajax. It’s a horrible taste, so very few things eat them.RLH: Have you tried this? It’s a very, um, specific description.AW: I would never admit that.In the wild coastal plain of southeastern NC, Andy Wood and I explore the wildness of suburban stormwater management ponds. What we find is, no surprise, quite a surprise.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Andy Wood: Bullfrog tadpoles have an alkaloid in their skin. It’s a chemical…]]></itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:author>Rachel Lewis Hilburn</itunes:author>
<itunes:duration>2998</itunes:duration>






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    <title>CoastLine:  Palestinian-American on his culture and why he started rescuing animals in the West Bank</title>
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    <description><![CDATA["Mahatma Gandi said the way you measure a society is how they treat the weakest in the society."Maad Abu-Ghazalah says this is why he started rescuing abused and abandoned dogs and donkeys in the West Bank. As a Palestinian-American with family still there, he explores his culture and his hopes for peace.]]></description>
    
    <pubDate>Tue, 19 Dec 2023 12:52:23 -0500</pubDate>
    <link>https://www.whqr.org/show/coastline/2023-12-19/coastline-palestinian-american-on-his-culture-and-why-he-started-rescuing-animals-in-the-west-bank</link>
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    <itunes:title>CoastLine:  Palestinian-American on his culture and why he started rescuing animals in the West Bank</itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA["Mahatma Gandi said the way you measure a society is how they treat the weakest in the society."Maad Abu-Ghazalah says this is why he started rescuing abused and abandoned dogs and donkeys in the West Bank. As a Palestinian-American with family still there, he explores his culture and his hopes for peace.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA["Mahatma Gandi said the way you measure a society is how they treat the weakest…]]></itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:author>Rachel Lewis Hilburn</itunes:author>
<itunes:duration>3000</itunes:duration>
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    <title>CoastLine: Needs of vulnerable people, animals, and plants escalated in 2023, say advocates </title>
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    <description><![CDATA[The most vulnerable populations around the region struggled during 2023 – including humans, animals, and even native plants. What does the state of these groups say about us?]]></description>
    
    <pubDate>Tue, 12 Dec 2023 11:29:05 -0500</pubDate>
    <link>https://www.whqr.org/show/coastline/2023-12-12/coastline-needs-of-vulnerable-people-animals-and-plants-escalated-in-2023-say-advocates</link>
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    <itunes:title>CoastLine: Needs of vulnerable people, animals, and plants escalated in 2023, say advocates </itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The most vulnerable populations around the region struggled during 2023 – including humans, animals, and even native plants. What does the state of these groups say about us?]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The most vulnerable populations around the region struggled during 2023 –…]]></itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:author>Rachel Lewis Hilburn</itunes:author>
<itunes:duration>2999</itunes:duration>






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    <title>CoastLine:  Justin Catanoso on Enviva crisis, wood pellet industry, why environmental reporting doesn&#x27;t always have two equal sides
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    <description><![CDATA[Enviva company officials assured critics that wood pellets are mostly made of waste: treetops, limbs, even sawdust. Not true, according to reporting from environmental journalist and WFU Professor Justin Catanoso, who also says the science shows wood pellet burning contributes more to the climate crisis than burning coal.]]></description>
    
    <pubDate>Tue, 05 Dec 2023 11:20:24 -0500</pubDate>
    <link>https://www.whqr.org/show/coastline/2023-12-05/coastline-justin-catanoso-on-enviva-crisis-wood-pellet-industry-why-environmental-reporting-doesnt-always-have-two-equal-sides</link>
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    <author>RachelLH@whqr.org (Rachel Lewis Hilburn)</author>
    <itunes:title>CoastLine:  Justin Catanoso on Enviva crisis, wood pellet industry, why environmental reporting doesn&#x27;t always have two equal sides
</itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Enviva company officials assured critics that wood pellets are mostly made of waste: treetops, limbs, even sawdust. Not true, according to reporting from environmental journalist and WFU Professor Justin Catanoso, who also says the science shows wood pellet burning contributes more to the climate crisis than burning coal.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Enviva company officials assured critics that wood pellets are mostly made of…]]></itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:author>Rachel Lewis Hilburn</itunes:author>
<itunes:duration>2998</itunes:duration>






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    <title>CoastLine:  Darien Brooks says treatment changed profound autism to high-functioning (Rebroadcast from July 25, 2023)</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Alice Brooks says when she learned that her son, Darien, had profound autism spectrum disorder, she cried on the front porch all night. Today, she says Darien and his diagnosis are the greatest blessings of her life.]]></description>
    
    <pubDate>Tue, 28 Nov 2023 08:07:21 -0500</pubDate>
    <link>https://www.whqr.org/podcast/coastline/2023-11-28/coastline-darien-brooks-says-treatment-changed-profound-autism-to-high-functioning</link>
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    <author>RachelLH@whqr.org (Rachel Lewis Hilburn)</author>
    <itunes:title>CoastLine:  Darien Brooks says treatment changed profound autism to high-functioning (Rebroadcast from July 25, 2023)</itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Alice Brooks says when she learned that her son, Darien, had profound autism spectrum disorder, she cried on the front porch all night. Today, she says Darien and his diagnosis are the greatest blessings of her life.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Alice Brooks says when she learned that her son, Darien, had profound autism…]]></itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:author>Rachel Lewis Hilburn</itunes:author>
<itunes:duration>3001</itunes:duration>
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    <title>CoastLine: Female military veterans on standing up for their own rights while serving</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Cooking food, working as nurses, working in maintenance and repair units, dressing as men: for millennia, women have worked near and actually on the battlefield. But they still make up less than a quarter of the active U.S. military force, and they still face career barriers.Despite fear of retaliation in the face of misogyny, three local female veterans, Deborah Dicks Maxwell, Marcia Morgan, and Veronica Carter, say they're proud of the times they spoke up for their rights and dignity.]]></description>
    
    <pubDate>Fri, 24 Nov 2023 16:06:05 -0500</pubDate>
    <link>https://www.whqr.org/show/coastline/2023-11-24/coastline-female-military-veterans-on-standing-up-for-their-own-rights-while-serving</link>
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    <author>RachelLH@whqr.org (Rachel Lewis Hilburn)</author>
    <itunes:title>CoastLine: Female military veterans on standing up for their own rights while serving</itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Cooking food, working as nurses, working in maintenance and repair units, dressing as men: for millennia, women have worked near and actually on the battlefield. But they still make up less than a quarter of the active U.S. military force, and they still face career barriers.Despite fear of retaliation in the face of misogyny, three local female veterans, Deborah Dicks Maxwell, Marcia Morgan, and Veronica Carter, say they're proud of the times they spoke up for their rights and dignity.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Cooking food, working as nurses, working in maintenance and repair units,…]]></itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:author>Rachel Lewis Hilburn</itunes:author>
<itunes:duration>3000</itunes:duration>






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    <title>CoastLine:  Black Barbie, the film, celebrates Black women, reveals deep cultural influence (Rebroadcast from August 22, 2023)</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Black Barbie, the documentary film by Lagueria Davis, explores the way the doll shapes culture, and ultimately the way people think about themselves. It’s a close look at representation, starting with the filmmaker's aunt, Beulah Mae Mitchell, who was on the original Barbie manufacturing line with Mattel and played a key role in bringing Black Barbie to life.]]></description>
    
    <pubDate>Tue, 14 Nov 2023 10:00:40 -0500</pubDate>
    <link>https://www.whqr.org/podcast/coastline/2023-11-14/coastline-black-barbie-the-film-celebrates-black-women-reveals-deep-cultural-influence</link>
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    <author>RachelLH@whqr.org (Rachel Lewis Hilburn)</author>
    <itunes:title>CoastLine:  Black Barbie, the film, celebrates Black women, reveals deep cultural influence (Rebroadcast from August 22, 2023)</itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Black Barbie, the documentary film by Lagueria Davis, explores the way the doll shapes culture, and ultimately the way people think about themselves. It’s a close look at representation, starting with the filmmaker's aunt, Beulah Mae Mitchell, who was on the original Barbie manufacturing line with Mattel and played a key role in bringing Black Barbie to life.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Black Barbie, the documentary film by Lagueria Davis, explores the way the doll…]]></itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:author>Rachel Lewis Hilburn</itunes:author>
<itunes:duration>3001</itunes:duration>






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    <title>CoastLine: Military veterans on life in the service and why it&#x27;s strange to talk about it</title>
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    <description><![CDATA["Everybody that goes to combat, it touches them in a certain way. It's hard to talk about some of those things."Marine Corps veteran Steven Shortt says so many like him want to connect with civilians, especially given the growing divide between the military and civilian communities. But when one of your core values is serving a mission larger than yourself, it gets weird.]]></description>
    
    <pubDate>Tue, 07 Nov 2023 10:41:11 -0500</pubDate>
    <link>https://www.whqr.org/show/coastline/2023-11-07/coastline-military-veterans-on-life-in-the-service-and-why-its-strange-to-talk-about-it</link>
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    <author>RachelLH@whqr.org (Rachel Lewis Hilburn)</author>
    <itunes:title>CoastLine: Military veterans on life in the service and why it&#x27;s strange to talk about it</itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA["Everybody that goes to combat, it touches them in a certain way. It's hard to talk about some of those things."Marine Corps veteran Steven Shortt says so many like him want to connect with civilians, especially given the growing divide between the military and civilian communities. But when one of your core values is serving a mission larger than yourself, it gets weird.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA["Everybody that goes to combat, it touches them in a certain way. It's hard to…]]></itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:author>Rachel Lewis Hilburn</itunes:author>
<itunes:duration>2997</itunes:duration>






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    <title>CoastLine:  Fear-based political agenda led to 1898 Wilmington massacre, says LeRae Umfleet</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[What makes history come alive? When you can see repercussions, for good or for ill, in the present day. It’s why North Carolina state historian LeRae Umfleet, the author of the state’s official report on Wilmington’s 1898 massacre and coup d'état, keeps talking about it.]]></description>
    
    <pubDate>Tue, 31 Oct 2023 10:54:14 -0400</pubDate>
    <link>https://www.whqr.org/show/coastline/2023-10-31/coastline-fear-based-political-agenda-led-to-1898-wilmington-massacre-says-lerae-umfleet</link>
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    <author>RachelLH@whqr.org (Rachel Lewis Hilburn)</author>
    <itunes:title>CoastLine:  Fear-based political agenda led to 1898 Wilmington massacre, says LeRae Umfleet</itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[What makes history come alive? When you can see repercussions, for good or for ill, in the present day. It’s why North Carolina state historian LeRae Umfleet, the author of the state’s official report on Wilmington’s 1898 massacre and coup d'état, keeps talking about it.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[What makes history come alive? When you can see repercussions, for good or for…]]></itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:author>Rachel Lewis Hilburn</itunes:author>
<itunes:duration>3000</itunes:duration>






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    <title>CoastLine: Who are the OGs of standup comedy?  It&#x27;s complicated.  </title>
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    <description><![CDATA[The history of standup comedy is so difficult to separate according to culture, that it becomes surprisingly transcendent of race, ethnicity, and cultural background. But does that equate to being a model of diversity, equity, and inclusion? That’s a work in progress and one of the questions we explore.]]></description>
    
    <pubDate>Tue, 24 Oct 2023 15:48:27 -0400</pubDate>
    <link>https://www.whqr.org/show/coastline/2023-10-24/coastline-who-are-the-ogs-of-standup-comedy-its-complicated</link>
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    <author>RachelLH@whqr.org (Rachel Lewis Hilburn)</author>
    <itunes:title>CoastLine: Who are the OGs of standup comedy?  It&#x27;s complicated.  </itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The history of standup comedy is so difficult to separate according to culture, that it becomes surprisingly transcendent of race, ethnicity, and cultural background. But does that equate to being a model of diversity, equity, and inclusion? That’s a work in progress and one of the questions we explore.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The history of standup comedy is so difficult to separate according to culture,…]]></itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:author>Rachel Lewis Hilburn</itunes:author>
<itunes:duration>2999</itunes:duration>






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    <title>In the Wild Coastal Plain with surprisingly wild suburban ponds, amid pervasive pollution</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Andy Wood: Bullfrog tadpoles have an alkaloid in their skin. It’s a chemical compound that tastes a little bit like rotten lemon and Ajax. It’s a horrible taste, so very few things eat them.RLH: Have you tried this? It’s a very, um, specific description.AW: I would never admit that.In the wild coastal plain of southeastern NC, Andy Wood and I explore the wildness of suburban stormwater management ponds. What we find is, no surprise, quite a surprise.]]></description>
    
    <pubDate>Tue, 17 Oct 2023 13:53:22 -0400</pubDate>
    <link>https://www.whqr.org/show/coastline/2023-10-17/in-the-wild-coastal-plain-with-surprisingly-wild-suburban-ponds-amid-pervasive-pollution</link>
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    <itunes:title>In the Wild Coastal Plain with surprisingly wild suburban ponds, amid pervasive pollution</itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Andy Wood: Bullfrog tadpoles have an alkaloid in their skin. It’s a chemical compound that tastes a little bit like rotten lemon and Ajax. It’s a horrible taste, so very few things eat them.RLH: Have you tried this? It’s a very, um, specific description.AW: I would never admit that.In the wild coastal plain of southeastern NC, Andy Wood and I explore the wildness of suburban stormwater management ponds. What we find is, no surprise, quite a surprise.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Andy Wood: Bullfrog tadpoles have an alkaloid in their skin. It’s a chemical…]]></itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:author>Rachel Lewis Hilburn</itunes:author>
<itunes:duration>2998</itunes:duration>






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    <title>CoastLine:  Blues musician Robert Lighthouse says tour of war-torn Ukraine fundamentally changed him  (Rebroadcast from  May 2, 2023)</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Blues musician Robert Lighthouse may have grown up in Sweden, but as soon as he turned 18 he came to the United States to live with a native American family on a Hopi reservation and learn about his beloved Mississippi Delta Blues. He had no idea that decades later, he'd travel to a war zone to make music for people living with daily terror. He also had no idea how profoundly that trip would affect him.]]></description>
    
    <pubDate>Tue, 10 Oct 2023 09:23:35 -0400</pubDate>
    
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    <itunes:title>CoastLine:  Blues musician Robert Lighthouse says tour of war-torn Ukraine fundamentally changed him  (Rebroadcast from  May 2, 2023)</itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Blues musician Robert Lighthouse may have grown up in Sweden, but as soon as he turned 18 he came to the United States to live with a native American family on a Hopi reservation and learn about his beloved Mississippi Delta Blues. He had no idea that decades later, he'd travel to a war zone to make music for people living with daily terror. He also had no idea how profoundly that trip would affect him.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Blues musician Robert Lighthouse may have grown up in Sweden, but as soon as he…]]></itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:author>Rachel Lewis Hilburn</itunes:author>
<itunes:duration>2998</itunes:duration>






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    <title>CoastLine:  Michelin star chef Iliana Regan on gender, fear, and foraging (Rebroadcast from April 11, 2023)</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Iliana Regan is owner and chef of The Milkweed Inn – a rustic, woodsy, and hard-to-reach getaway in the Hiawatha National Forest on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. She’s also a Michelin starred chef and the author of two books. On this episode, how she thinks about gender – especially her own, how she deals with fear and why people are scary, and what she found on a foraging trip through the saltwater marshes of southeastern North Carolina.]]></description>
    
    <pubDate>Fri, 06 Oct 2023 11:41:55 -0400</pubDate>
    
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    <itunes:title>CoastLine:  Michelin star chef Iliana Regan on gender, fear, and foraging (Rebroadcast from April 11, 2023)</itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Iliana Regan is owner and chef of The Milkweed Inn – a rustic, woodsy, and hard-to-reach getaway in the Hiawatha National Forest on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. She’s also a Michelin starred chef and the author of two books. On this episode, how she thinks about gender – especially her own, how she deals with fear and why people are scary, and what she found on a foraging trip through the saltwater marshes of southeastern North Carolina.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Iliana Regan is owner and chef of The Milkweed Inn – a rustic, woodsy, and…]]></itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:author>Rachel Lewis Hilburn</itunes:author>
<itunes:duration>2995</itunes:duration>






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    <title>CoastLine:  Comedians Cliff Cash and Nancy Witter on touring and finding the funny</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Both Cliff Cash and Nancy Witter are professional comedians, have played to sold-out houses across these United States, and call the Cape Fear region home. On this episode they explore the craft of comedy and how it's evolved for them.]]></description>
    
    <pubDate>Tue, 26 Sep 2023 11:00:04 -0400</pubDate>
    <link>https://www.whqr.org/show/coastline/2023-09-26/coastline-comedians-cliff-cash-and-nancy-witter-on-touring-and-finding-the-funny</link>
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    <itunes:title>CoastLine:  Comedians Cliff Cash and Nancy Witter on touring and finding the funny</itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Both Cliff Cash and Nancy Witter are professional comedians, have played to sold-out houses across these United States, and call the Cape Fear region home. On this episode they explore the craft of comedy and how it's evolved for them.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Both Cliff Cash and Nancy Witter are professional comedians, have played to…]]></itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:author>Rachel Lewis Hilburn</itunes:author>
<itunes:duration>3062</itunes:duration>






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    <title>In the Wild Coastal Plain with carnivorous plants</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[In each episode of In The Wild Coastal Plain, we meet a plant or an animal endemic to the southeastern North Carolina biodiversity hotspot – so we can better understand our coastal plain ecosystem and who lives here with us.Today, we’re exploring Holly Shelter, a nature preserve and game land in Pender County that boasts tens of thousands of acres -- one of the last great pieces of connected natural area in southeastern North Carolina. That’s because humans are rapidly building all around it.]]></description>
    
    <pubDate>Tue, 12 Sep 2023 15:42:27 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[In each episode of In The Wild Coastal Plain, we meet a plant or an animal…]]></itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:author>Rachel Lewis Hilburn</itunes:author>
<itunes:duration>1450</itunes:duration>
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    <title>CoastLine:  Soil scientist Britt Moore:  Environmental Justice should guide culturally-responsive science</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Environmental justice can be complicated. The way studies are set up, the way the researchers communicate with the subjects of the study, and what the scientists do with the results – all those protocols are part of what Dr. Britt Moore calls “culturally-responsive science”.]]></description>
    
    <pubDate>Tue, 05 Sep 2023 11:04:45 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Environmental justice can be complicated. The way studies are set up, the way the researchers communicate with the subjects of the study, and what the scientists do with the results – all those protocols are part of what Dr. Britt Moore calls “culturally-responsive science”.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Environmental justice can be complicated. The way studies are set up, the way…]]></itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:author>Rachel Lewis Hilburn</itunes:author>
<itunes:duration>3002</itunes:duration>






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    <description><![CDATA[Environmental justice can be complicated. The way studies are set up, the way the researchers communicate with the subjects of the study, and what the scientists do with the results – all those protocols are part of what Dr. Britt Moore calls “culturally-responsive science”.]]></description>
    
    <pubDate>Tue, 05 Sep 2023 11:04:01 -0400</pubDate>
    <link>https://www.whqr.org/show/coastline/2023-09-05/coastline-soil-scientist-britt-moore-environmental-justice-should-guide-culturally-responsive-science</link>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Environmental justice can be complicated. The way studies are set up, the way the researchers communicate with the subjects of the study, and what the scientists do with the results – all those protocols are part of what Dr. Britt Moore calls “culturally-responsive science”.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Environmental justice can be complicated. The way studies are set up, the way…]]></itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:author>Rachel Lewis Hilburn</itunes:author>
<itunes:duration>3002</itunes:duration>






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    <title>CoastLine:  Racial healing activists of all races need to interrogate themselves first, says Dr. Catherine Meeks</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[“A fundamental question that each of us must answer is: Who are the victims of racism? Upon careful investigation, it seems quite clear that the answer is ‘everyone’.” Dr. Catherine Meeks, Exec. Director, Absalom Jones Center for Racial Healing]]></description>
    
    <pubDate>Tue, 29 Aug 2023 12:01:45 -0400</pubDate>
    <link>https://www.whqr.org/show/coastline/2023-08-29/coastline-racial-healing-activists-of-all-races-need-to-interrogate-themselves-first-says-dr-catherine-meeks</link>
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    <itunes:title>CoastLine:  Racial healing activists of all races need to interrogate themselves first, says Dr. Catherine Meeks</itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[“A fundamental question that each of us must answer is: Who are the victims of racism? Upon careful investigation, it seems quite clear that the answer is ‘everyone’.” Dr. Catherine Meeks, Exec. Director, Absalom Jones Center for Racial Healing]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[“A fundamental question that each of us must answer is: Who are the victims of…]]></itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:author>Rachel Lewis Hilburn</itunes:author>
<itunes:duration>3005</itunes:duration>






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    <title>CoastLine:  Black Barbie, the film, celebrates Black women, reveals deep cultural influence</title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 22 Aug 2023 09:52:26 -0400</pubDate>
    <link>https://www.whqr.org/show/coastline/2023-08-22/coastline-black-barbie-the-film-celebrates-black-women-reveals-deep-cultural-influence</link>
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    <itunes:title>CoastLine:  Black Barbie, the film, celebrates Black women, reveals deep cultural influence</itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Black Barbie, the documentary film by Lagueria Davis, explores the way the doll shapes culture, and ultimately the way people think about themselves. It’s a close look at representation, starting with the filmmaker's aunt, Beulah Mae Mitchell, who was on the original Barbie manufacturing line with Mattel and played a key role in bringing Black Barbie to life.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Black Barbie, the documentary film by Lagueria Davis, explores the way the doll…]]></itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:author>Rachel Lewis Hilburn</itunes:author>
<itunes:duration>3001</itunes:duration>






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    <title>CoastLine:  How retired Marine Grady Kurpasi landed in a Ukraine war zone and the long journey home</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Kevin Maurer, an award-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author has written extensively about and inside war zones. When he heard of the mysterious disappearance of retired Marine and Wilmington resident Grady Kurpasi during a Russian ambush in Ukraine, he started investigating. That led to an article about the extraordinary life and death of Grady Kurpasi in Rolling Stone Magazine. Former Marine and close friend Don Turner also joins us to shed light on Grady's disappearance and the efforts to bring him home.]]></description>
    
    <pubDate>Tue, 15 Aug 2023 11:26:03 -0400</pubDate>
    <link>https://www.whqr.org/show/coastline/2023-08-15/coastline-how-retired-marine-grady-kurpasi-landed-in-a-ukraine-war-zone-and-why-it-took-so-long-to-bring-him-home</link>
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    <itunes:title>CoastLine:  How retired Marine Grady Kurpasi landed in a Ukraine war zone and the long journey home</itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Kevin Maurer, an award-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author has written extensively about and inside war zones. When he heard of the mysterious disappearance of retired Marine and Wilmington resident Grady Kurpasi during a Russian ambush in Ukraine, he started investigating. That led to an article about the extraordinary life and death of Grady Kurpasi in Rolling Stone Magazine. Former Marine and close friend Don Turner also joins us to shed light on Grady's disappearance and the efforts to bring him home.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Kevin Maurer, an award-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author…]]></itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:author>Rachel Lewis Hilburn</itunes:author>
<itunes:duration>3004</itunes:duration>






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    <title>CoastLine:  Sara Johnson Allen on writing her first novel and how place shapes us</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Down Here We Come Up, which took more than fifteen years to write, started as an exploration of the jarring class differences between the northern and southern United States. But the novel Sara Johnson Allen actually completed, set just outside of Wilmington, NC, raises even deeper questions about what defines family and a home place, and whether ancestral ties are enough.]]></description>
    
    <pubDate>Mon, 07 Aug 2023 10:21:23 -0400</pubDate>
    <link>https://www.whqr.org/show/coastline/2023-08-07/coastline-sara-johnson-allen-on-writing-her-first-novel-and-how-place-shapes-us</link>
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    <itunes:title>CoastLine:  Sara Johnson Allen on writing her first novel and how place shapes us</itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Down Here We Come Up, which took more than fifteen years to write, started as an exploration of the jarring class differences between the northern and southern United States. But the novel Sara Johnson Allen actually completed, set just outside of Wilmington, NC, raises even deeper questions about what defines family and a home place, and whether ancestral ties are enough.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Down Here We Come Up, which took more than fifteen years to write, started as…]]></itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:author>Rachel Lewis Hilburn</itunes:author>
<itunes:duration>3001</itunes:duration>
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    <title>In the Wild Coastal Plain of SE NC with the red-cockaded woodpecker and longleaf pine</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[As natural areas disappear, we’re taking a closer look at what we’re losing, species by species, in a new series called In The Wild Coastal Plain. In this second episode, we explore the intertwined fates of the red-cockaded woodpecker and longleaf pine.]]></description>
    
    <pubDate>Mon, 31 Jul 2023 10:36:09 -0400</pubDate>
    <link>https://www.whqr.org/show/coastline/2023-07-31/in-the-wild-coastal-plain-of-se-nc-with-the-red-cockaded-woodpecker-and-longleaf-pine</link>
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    <itunes:title>In the Wild Coastal Plain of SE NC with the red-cockaded woodpecker and longleaf pine</itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[As natural areas disappear, we’re taking a closer look at what we’re losing, species by species, in a new series called In The Wild Coastal Plain. In this second episode, we explore the intertwined fates of the red-cockaded woodpecker and longleaf pine.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[As natural areas disappear, we’re taking a closer look at what we’re losing,…]]></itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:author>Rachel Lewis Hilburn</itunes:author>
<itunes:duration>1692</itunes:duration>






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    <title>CoastLine:  In The Wild Coastal Plain with Andy Wood, the red-cockaded woodpecker, and longleaf pine</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[As natural areas disappear, we’re taking a closer look at what we’re losing, species by species, in a new CoastLine series called In The Wild Coastal Plain. On this edition of CoastLine, we explore why the intertwined fates of the red-cockaded woodpecker and longleaf pine are important harbingers of the area's fate.]]></description>
    
    <pubDate>Mon, 31 Jul 2023 10:11:54 -0400</pubDate>
    <link>https://www.whqr.org/show/coastline/2023-07-31/coastline-in-the-wild-coastal-plain-with-andy-wood-the-red-cockaded-woodpecker-and-longleaf-pine</link>
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    <itunes:title>CoastLine:  In The Wild Coastal Plain with Andy Wood, the red-cockaded woodpecker, and longleaf pine</itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[As natural areas disappear, we’re taking a closer look at what we’re losing, species by species, in a new CoastLine series called In The Wild Coastal Plain. On this edition of CoastLine, we explore why the intertwined fates of the red-cockaded woodpecker and longleaf pine are important harbingers of the area's fate.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[As natural areas disappear, we’re taking a closer look at what we’re losing,…]]></itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:author>Rachel Lewis Hilburn</itunes:author>
<itunes:duration>2995</itunes:duration>
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    <title>CoastLine:  Darien Brooks says treatment changed profound autism to high-functioning</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Alice Brooks says when she learned that her son, Darien, had profound autism spectrum disorder, she cried on the front porch all night. Today, she says Darien and his diagnosis are the greatest blessings of her life.]]></description>
    
    <pubDate>Tue, 25 Jul 2023 10:21:37 -0400</pubDate>
    <link>https://www.whqr.org/show/coastline/2023-07-25/coastline-darien-brooks-says-treatment-changed-profound-autism-to-high-functioning</link>
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    <itunes:title>CoastLine:  Darien Brooks says treatment changed profound autism to high-functioning</itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Alice Brooks says when she learned that her son, Darien, had profound autism spectrum disorder, she cried on the front porch all night. Today, she says Darien and his diagnosis are the greatest blessings of her life.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Alice Brooks says when she learned that her son, Darien, had profound autism…]]></itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:author>Rachel Lewis Hilburn</itunes:author>
<itunes:duration>3001</itunes:duration>
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    <title>CoastLine:  Wildlife rehabilitators on caring for animals and how to avoid doing harm</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Summer is a busy time in southeastern North Carolina for wildlife rehabilitators. It is against the law to take a wild animal into captivity unless you have a license from the state. But well-meaning people do this, often without understanding how they're probably doing more harm than good.]]></description>
    
    <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jul 2023 11:12:02 -0400</pubDate>
    <link>https://www.whqr.org/show/coastline/2023-07-18/coastline-wildlife-rehabilitators-on-caring-for-animals-and-how-to-avoid-doing-harm</link>
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    <itunes:title>CoastLine:  Wildlife rehabilitators on caring for animals and how to avoid doing harm</itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Summer is a busy time in southeastern North Carolina for wildlife rehabilitators. It is against the law to take a wild animal into captivity unless you have a license from the state. But well-meaning people do this, often without understanding how they're probably doing more harm than good.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Summer is a busy time in southeastern North Carolina for wildlife…]]></itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:author>Rachel Lewis Hilburn</itunes:author>
<itunes:duration>3000</itunes:duration>
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    <title>In the Wild Coastal Plain of SE NC with the American Beaver</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Andy Wood: "Beavers are an ally for maintaining water quality, air quality, biodiversity, and flood protection. One beaver pond can retain millions of gallons of stormwater, slowly releasing it into the stream so that downstream homes aren't suddenly flooded with a rush of water."There's so much to learn about this animal that many developers consider a pest.]]></description>
    
    <pubDate>Mon, 03 Jul 2023 12:30:04 -0400</pubDate>
    <link>https://www.whqr.org/show/coastline/2023-07-03/in-the-wild-coastal-plain-of-se-nc-with-the-american-beaver</link>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Andy Wood: "Beavers are an ally for maintaining water quality, air quality, biodiversity, and flood protection. One beaver pond can retain millions of gallons of stormwater, slowly releasing it into the stream so that downstream homes aren't suddenly flooded with a rush of water."There's so much to learn about this animal that many developers consider a pest.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Andy Wood: "Beavers are an ally for maintaining water quality, air quality,…]]></itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:author>Rachel Lewis Hilburn</itunes:author>
<itunes:duration>1616</itunes:duration>



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    <description><![CDATA[As natural areas disappear in southeastern North Carolina, we’re taking a closer look at what we’re losing, species by species, in a new series called In The Wild Coastal Plain. Andy Wood is our guide, and in this edition of CoastLine, we explore how it came to be and why the American Beaver is a keystone species (not a pest).]]></description>
    
    <pubDate>Mon, 03 Jul 2023 11:57:37 -0400</pubDate>
    <link>https://www.whqr.org/show/coastline/2023-07-03/coastline-in-the-wild-coastal-plain-se-nc-with-the-american-beaver</link>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[As natural areas disappear in southeastern North Carolina, we’re taking a closer look at what we’re losing, species by species, in a new series called In The Wild Coastal Plain. Andy Wood is our guide, and in this edition of CoastLine, we explore how it came to be and why the American Beaver is a keystone species (not a pest).]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[As natural areas disappear in southeastern North Carolina, we’re taking a…]]></itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:author>Rachel Lewis Hilburn</itunes:author>
<itunes:duration>3001</itunes:duration>






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    <title>CoastLine:  Filmmaker Montana Cypress on growing up in the Florida Everglades and Miccosukee alligator &quot;wrestling&quot;</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[When most Americans see a large alligator, they see a menace. When filmmaker Montana Cypress sees one, he respects the potential danger. But he grew up seeing his fellow Miccosukee Tribe members work with alligators in front of audiences in the Florida Everglades. Tourists call it wrestling, but Montana sees a profound connection between human and animal.]]></description>
    
    <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jun 2023 11:41:06 -0400</pubDate>
    <link>https://www.whqr.org/show/coastline/2023-06-27/coastline-filmmaker-montana-cypress-on-growing-up-in-the-florida-everglades-and-miccosukee-alligator-wrestling</link>
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    <author>RachelLH@whqr.org (Rachel Lewis Hilburn)</author>
    <itunes:title>CoastLine:  Filmmaker Montana Cypress on growing up in the Florida Everglades and Miccosukee alligator &quot;wrestling&quot;</itunes:title>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[When most Americans see a large alligator, they see a menace. When filmmaker Montana Cypress sees one, he respects the potential danger. But he grew up seeing his fellow Miccosukee Tribe members work with alligators in front of audiences in the Florida Everglades. Tourists call it wrestling, but Montana sees a profound connection between human and animal.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[When most Americans see a large alligator, they see a menace. When filmmaker…]]></itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:author>Rachel Lewis Hilburn</itunes:author>
<itunes:duration>2999</itunes:duration>






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    <title>CoastLine:  Birding ethics and helping backyard birds thrive</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[When birds started dying from known and mysterious diseases, biologists told us backyard bird feeders pose risks to birds that include disease, collision, and predation. Jill Peleuses of Wild Bird & Garden and Cape Fear Bird Observatory explains how to mitigate those risks and actually help our local and visiting birds.]]></description>
    
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<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[What does it mean to get sucked into the school-to-prison pipeline? Jamir…]]></itunes:subtitle>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 09 May 2023 11:15:48 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title>CoastLine:  Roger Shew on the Seven Natural Wonders of SE NC</title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 18 Apr 2023 11:42:32 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[He calls them the Seven Natural Wonders of southeastern North Carolina. Can you…]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Iliana Regan is owner and chef of The Milkweed Inn – a rustic, woodsy, and…]]></itunes:subtitle>
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