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50 Forward And 50 Back: A Look At The Evolution Of Health And Health Care

View image | gettyimages.comSociety and medicine have changed substantially in the last 50 years. Fifty years ago, doctors smoked, sometimes while…

Preserving The World's Seed Stocks (Rebroadcast)

At the turn of the Twentieth Century, there were over 7 thousand seed varieties available to farmers and gardeners. Today, 94 percent of those seeds are…

Monday July 30, 2012

North Carolina MiscellanyCharlotte has come a long way since George Washington called it a “Trifling Place.” So has the state of North Carolina. The…

Author Kathy Reichs On 'Bones' And Forensic Science

Kathy Reichs is famous internationally, not just for her crime novels featuring Temperance Brennan - a fictional character, but who is a forensic…

Bank of America and Too Big To Fail

http://66.225.205.104/CT20120622.mp3Bank of America and Too Big To Fail Hugh McColl took a small southern bank and eventually grew it into a behemoth…

Non-Profit Hospital Systems

http://66.225.205.104/CT20120502.mp3Non-Profit Hospital Systems One of the largest and most ubiquitous corporations in Charlotte is the Carolinas…

Political Rhetoric

http://66.225.205.104/CT20120430.mp3Political Rhetoric Photo by Flickr/frankienose There has been political rhetoric as long as there have been…

Naphtaly Mattah On Giving Back In Kenya

http://66.225.205.104/CT20111017.mp3We meet an extraordinary man with ties to Charlotte. Naphtaly Mattah was born in extreme poverty on Mfangano Island on…

The Big Thirst and the State of Water

http://66.225.205.104/CT20110610.mp3The Big Thirst and the State of Water Water is the most important and vital substance in our lives, but more…

Zero Waste Initiatives

http://66.225.205.104/CT20110531.mp3Zero Waste Initiatives Mecklenburg county officials recently announced that a controversial landfill won't be expanded…

The Successful Gardener

http://66.225.205.104/CT20110412.mp3The Successful Gardener (In the NC Piedmont) The cold weather has faded away, and hopefully, the frost warnings are…

Backyard Vegetable Gardening All Year Round

http://66.225.205.104/CT20110223.mp3Backyard Vegetable Gardening All Year Round People are starting their own backyard gardens in increasing numbers…

Scott Avett (Rebroadcast)

http://66.225.205.104/CT20101223.mp3Scott Avett: Musician & Visual Artist (Rebroadcast) Scott Avett has been busy. Not only as the banjo-playing member of…

Michael O’Hanlon and Afghanistan

http://66.225.205.104/CT20101025.mp3Michael O'Hanlon and Afghanistan You've probably seen Michael O'Hanlon from the Brookings Institution speak about…

WFAE News Roundup

http://66.225.205.104/CT20100331.mp3WFAE News Roundup We'll take a look back at the biggest stories to hit the Charlotte region in the past month,…

Jeannette Walls and The Glass Castle

http://66.225.205.104/CT20091106.mp3Jeannette Walls & The Glass Castle Thursday night, Charlotte Talks headed to Lenoir Rhyne University in Hickory for an…

Laurie Berkner / "No Exit"

http://66.225.205.104/CT20090324.mp3Laurie Berkner / "No Exit" In the first part of the show, we'll talk to Laurie Berkner, a rock star in the world of…

Hacking the Hacker's Mind

http://66.225.205.104/CT20081010.mp3Hacking the Hacker's Mind We'll look inside the mind and the methods of a computer hacker today on Charlotte Talks.…

The Physics of NASCAR

http://66.225.205.104/CT20080707.mp3The Physics of NASCAR Diandra Leslie-Pelecky is a physicist and author of the recent book, The Physics of NASCAR: How…

Gubernatorial Interview 2: Barbara Howe

Today is our second of three interviews with the North Carolina candidates for governor. Last week, we interviewed Republican candidate Pat McCrory. Next…

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