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Tuesday, May 7, 2019Charlotte Talks host Mike Collins sits down with a panel of tech experts to get an update on a few technology trends like the imminent…

Friday, July 5th, 2019Armistead Maupin returns to his North Carolina roots to reflect on his life's journey from growing up closeted in a conservative…

Thursday, August 17, 2017Six weeks into his tenure as Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools superintendent, Clayton Wilcox joins Mike Collins for a discussion on…

Friday, August 18, 2017Violence over the weekend in Charlottesville, Virginia sets off a new conversation about race and racist symbols. What are our…

Tuesday, August 22, 2017White supremacist marches have renewed the conversation about what should happen to symbols of the Confederacy. What do these…

Thursday, September 21, 2017The shooting of Keith Lamont Scott on September 20, 2016 and the protests that followed shook Charlotte. It started…

Monday, September 25, 2017The way Americans consume and produce energy is changing and diversifying. The future of energy in all its forms takes center…

Monday, Oct. 9, 2017College basketball has been hit by a bribery scandal exposing "the dark underbelly" of the game. Mike Collins talks with hoops…

Thursday, October 12, 2017Our region’s source of life: the Catawba River. It’s been on the endangered rivers list three times but not in the past four…

Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017Have the accusations of sexual harassment by Harvey Weinstein and others, combined with the #MeToo campaign, caused us to reach a…

Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2017A look at the playbook for selling an NFL team. Guest host Erik Spanberg talks with industry experts about how an ownership change…

Monday, April 2, 2018What to do with the old Eastland Mall site on Charlotte’s east side? It’s been sitting vacant for years but last week four new ideas…

Thursday, April 12, 2018Mayor Vi Lyles comes back for her monthly visit with host Mike Collins. She gives us an update on her suggestion about bringing…

Thursday, April 26, 2018On the next Charlotte Talks an update on the toll lanes on I-77 as well as a comparison of that road to one in Wake County and to…

Thursday, May 10, 2018Charlotte City taxes may rise. And we’ll talk about that right off the bat with Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles. She’s back for our monthly…

Tuesday, May 15, 2018Teachers are headed to Raleigh to march for better pay and respect. The head of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg teachers lobby and a top…

Thursday, May 17 2018UNC Charlotte Professor Dr. Mirsad Hadzikadic is leaving Charlotte after 31 years to return to his home country of Bosnia—to run for…

Friday, May 25, 2018On the local news roundup, NFL owners have unanimously approved the sale of the Carolina Panthers-- a record-breaking team purchase,…

Friday June 1, 2018On the local news roundup, guest host Erik Spanberg is joined by a roundtable of reporters to discuss the week's top local and regional…

Thursday, June 7, 2018For five years, this area has been at the bottom of national rankings for parks. We talk with the new director of the park system…