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Around Town With Rhonda Bellamy: WSO's Peter Askim

Around Town With Rhonda Bellamy: Karola Luttringhaus and Leigh Kresge

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On this edition, The Assembly’s Erin Gretzinger on the rapidly shifting landscape of DEI policy in North Carolina higher education. Plus, WHQR's Nikolai Mather helps unpack the lawsuit between a Pender County newspaper and county officials — and the political context behind the litigation.

Around Town With Rhonda Bellamy: Nancy King and Thandolwethu Mamba

Rhondas guest is Kenneth Chestnut, who talks about the Ocean City Jazz Fest, July 4-6, at North Topsail Beach.

This is WHQR Presents — where we platform creators and people with interesting perspectives from around the region. Today’s show, which commemorates the life of Baba (Father) Malcolm X, 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.

guests are Liz Scanlon, who talks about the Wilmington Symphony's 4th of July Pops Concert at Riverfront Park, and Ray Kennedy, who discusses Big Dawg Productions' staging of his original play "A Ride Through the Countryside, July 10-20 in the Stein Studio Theater at Thalian Hall.

Rhonda's guest is Kim Pacheco, who plays Motormouth Maybelle in Opera House Theatre Company's production of "Hairspray" through July on Thalian Hall's Mainstage.

WHQR News Director Ben Schachtman and reporter Kelly Kenoyer unpack some of our recent reporting about Novant NHRMC: staff interviews and watchdog data show some concerning trends at the hospital, but the newest leadership team says things are improving. And, Rachel Keith helps explain FERPA, the federal law protecting student privacy, and how it might be overused to protect public information, including parental book challenges.