Chris Miller
Producer, Charlotte Talks With Mike CollinsA veteran of Charlotte radio news, Chris joined the "Charlotte Talks" staff in January 2016, but has been listening to WFAE since discovering the station as a high schooler.
Chris is a native of the Charlotte area. His love of radio began when Hurricane Hugo hit Charlotte on his 7th birthday. He still has the Fisher-Price radio his family listened to as they rode out the storm.
During his career, Chris has won numerous awards for his coverage of some of the biggest stories Charlotte has seen, from ice storms and political conventions, to a mayoral corruption scandal and Charlotte's struggles through the Great Recession.
Have an idea for the show? Email him at cmiller@wfae.org and follow him on Twitter: @MillerTimeCLT
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As COVID-19 cases climbed in North Carolina and across the country, more Charlotte-area school systems decided that face masks would be optional. Charlotte gave a sneak peek at a new nondiscrimination ordinance, five years after the HB2 saga.
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North Carolina issued new guidance for face masks in public schools as the delta variant of COVID-19 continued to erode progress in fighting the pandemic. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools superintendent addressed sexual assault allegations at Myers Park High School.
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The recent strain that America’s utility grid felt from winter weather in Texas and record heat in the Pacific Northwest put new attention on the country’s utility infrastructure, and its resilience in the face of climate change.
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As North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper teased new guidance on face masks for public schools, area school boards voted to make masks optional. The delta variant of COVID-19 has pushed North Carolina's coronavirus trends higher. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board was face to face with the public for the first time in more than a year.
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After the experience of the past 16 months, our wires are fried. But medical experts have a narrow interpretation of what it means to be burned out. Dr. Lucy McBride says it's past time to redefine burnout.
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America’s tug of war over what’s true is as old as the republic itself — and shows no signs of letting up. Historian and author Sophia Rosenfeld looks at the relationship between democracy and truth.
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A closer look at the Nikole Hannah-Jones story that has rocked UNC Chapel Hill, and the decade of political muscle-flexing that has shaped decision-making in the University of North Carolina system.
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Both sides in the debate over the Charlotte Future 2040 Comprehensive Plan weigh in before a final City Council vote on the plan that has been a lightning rod in city government.
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As Mecklenburg County and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools hash out their funding dispute, we hear from those who support and those who object to the county’s position.
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A new book by The Atlantic’s lead political correspondent Edward-Isaac Dovere goes behind the scenes of the 2020 presidential campaign and Joe Biden's once-unthinkable victory.