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The affordable housing crisis is national in scope, but it’s uniquely painful in the South because of low wages and surging demand. So what are some creative solutions to this rapidly growing and intractable problem? Backyard cottages? Flipping hotels into rental housing? Or building out job training programs? We asked smart people in the housing space what they consider the most effective strategies to improve housing with help from the New Hanover Community Endowment.

Welcome back to the Cape Fear Rundown. This week, Kelly joins us to talk about a joint city and county homelessness meeting, and then Ben joins us to go over diversity, equity and inclusion and it's potential fate locally.

This is WHQR Presents — where we platform creators from around the region. Today’s show, recorded to celebrate April as National Poetry Month, is From a Poet’s Point of View — from Speak Ya Peace NC, a poetry collective and platform that facilitates art and conversations about issues stemming from racism and other forms of oppression and discrimination.

Welcome back to the Cape Fear Rundown. This week Ben joins us to talk to us about a particular budget request from the Wilmington Fire Department and then, Kelly joins us to give a sneak peek into her upcoming Newsroom episode.

My guests are Rachel Hemingway and Kyle Quittshreiber of Acting Up Community Theater who talk about the May 3-12 production of the musical Little Women in the Stein Studio Theater at Thalian Hall.

Welcome back to the Cape Fear Rundown. This week, we have a conversation with Nikolai about the Leland property tax hike and some of his takeaways, and then, Kelly talks to us about her conversation with the founder of Strong Towns.

Rhonda's guests are country music trailblazer Rissi Palmer and September Krueger of Cameron Art Museum who discuss Rissi's upcoming performances in Wilmington May 8-9, 2024.

On this episode, Ben Schachtman and Rachel Keith sit down with John Biewen and Michael Betts, writers and co-hosts of Echoes of a Coup — the sixth season of the Scene on Radio podcast from Duke University’s Kenan Institute for Ethics. The five-part series takes a deep dive into Wilmington’s 1898 coup and massacre.

Welcome back to the Cape Fear Rundown. This week, Ben and Cami talk about red light cameras and the people who oppose them.