Jesse Steinmetz
Producer, Charlotte Talks With Mike CollinsJesse Steinmetz is Producer of Charlotte Talks with Mike Collins. Before joining WFAE in 2019, he was an intern at WNPR in Hartford, Connecticut and hosted a show at Eastern Connecticut State University.
Have an idea for the show? Email him at jsteinmetz@wfae.org.
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From player arrests to loss after loss, Charlotte's professional sports teams seem lost in the wilderness. Can they find the light, and maybe even a championship?
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A new resolution in Congress named Oct. 26, 2022, as Public Radio Music Day. We celebrate with the president of the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra and a co-founder of JazzArts Charlotte, then get national perspective on everything from Taylor Swift's new album to the sustainability of the live music industry.
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Eighteen candidates are vying for six seats on the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School's Board of Education this November. We sit down with local education analysts to discuss the race and the newly scrutinized position school boards have found themselves in.
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At the dawn of the internet, some believed the new technology would make “democracy finally possible.” In many ways, the opposite happened. From hate speech to misinformation, some products of the internet have only worsened democratic ideals. Still, U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna argues digital equality can be restored.
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Charlotte’s lack of affordable housing is clear, as homeless shelters are seeing longer stays and luxury apartments appear to exacerbate gentrification. But the renovation and preservation of naturally occurring affordable housing may be one solution. We speak with local officials and advocates.
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Luke Mogelson spent years reporting on wars in Afghanistan, Syria and Iraq. When he began to see similar turmoil and social fragmentation emerge in the U.S., he came back home to write about the disturbing parallels. We discuss his new book, "The Storm is Here: An American Crucible."
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YouTube is one of the most visited sites on the internet, but it doesn’t always work hard enough to regulate dangerous content on the site, one author writes. We speak with Mark Bergen, reporter and author of "Like, Comment, Subscribe: Inside YouTube’s Chaotic Rise to World Domination.”
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From phones to computers to a significant chunk of the digital economy, for better or worse, Apple is deeply ingrained in much of American life. But New York Times reporter Tripp Mickle argues that the company has gone astray. We speak to the Charlotte native about his new book.
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Charlotte's City Council was sworn in for a new term earlier this month, and there's no shortage of issues to tackle. From a council member facing an investigation from the State Bureau of Investigation to the ongoing questions of public transit and affordable housing, we discuss with the new mayor pro tem and members of the City Council.
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North Carolina is often a bellwether for national elections. But one author writes that, for better or worse, the state also influences things like judicial laws, political spending and gerrymandering. We speak with James Piltch about the outsized influence of the Tar Heel State on national politics.