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Monday, April 15, 2019A new approach to bail in Mecklenburg County hopes to reverse a system that overly penalized the poor by keeping them behind bars…

Wednesday, May 22, 2019Actress and filmmaker Naomi McDougal Jones joins us to discuss her latest film and her experience being a woman in Hollywood. Naomi…

Monday, July 1, 2019Newcomers to Charlotte often ask where all the old buildings are. Many were razed to make way for the future, but there is hope for…

Thursday, July 18, 2019NASA's former chief historian Roger Launius looks back at the legacy of the Apollo program that put men on the moon 50 years ago…

Wednesday, April 26, 2017A quick look at the new CMS student assignment plan and then we pour over the fight over brewer’s rights. A bill that would have…

Thursday, April 27, 2017The CMS student assignment plan was unveiled by Superintendent Ann Clark this week. How well does it address the desire for…

Friday, May 5 2017Charlotte’s city manager proposes spending increases but no increase in property tax. Toll road opponents lose in court. CMS works on…

Monday, May 15 2017 We discuss two important topics in the area of juvenile justice: raising the age, and due process. North Carolina is the only state…

Tuesday, May 23, 2017On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a 5-3 decision that two North Carolina Congressional Districts are illegal racial…

Friday, June 16, 2017A North Carolina congressman witnesses a colleague's shooting on a Virginia ball field. Budget numbers are flying at the city, county…

Tuesday, June 20, 2017A former Soviet spy, planted in America in the 1970s, comes in from the cold to talk with Mike Collins about the current…

Tuesday, June 27, 2017While Senate Republicans try to rally support for their health care bill, we’ll take an in-depth look at what the proposal could…

Friday, July 14 2017A recommendation for change at the Mecklenburg County Health Department and a steep price tag to go along. Major League Soccer reps…

Tuesday, August 1, 2017North Carolina legislators are preparing to redraw voting districts because the U.S. Supreme Court says they were illegally…

Thursday, August 3, 2017LGBT rights are back in the news with President Trump's desire to ban transgender military members and his Justice Department…

Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017Mecklenburg County and others across the country are trying to reduce jail populations by addressing the financial restraints that…

Tuesday, December 26, 2017Mike Collins talks with culinary and cultural historian Michael Twitty and others about southern food roots and about Twitty's…

Wednesday, December 27, 2017Are you a liar? You bet you are but the real you is emerging through your online activities. What Big Data knows about the…

The past 12 months have been eventful, to say the least. As Charlotte Talks celebrates its 20th cycle around the news-sun in 2018, the CT team takes a…

Monday, Jan. 8, 2017A look at the cultures of fear, abuse and misbehavior in the workplace that are coming to light. How does this behavior start? What…