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We explore what the new legislative session will hold in 2023. The General Assembly will convene this week without Republicans holding a supermajority. What does that mean? What is the GOP-controlled body likely to take up?

Norm Lewis, who has starred in numerous Broadway productions is the lead in the touring production of "A Soldier’s Play," in Charlotte for two weeks. He and others join Mike Collins to explore this powerful Pulitzer Prize-winning play.

The case for a four-day workweek. We speak with one of the lead researchers on a project that did workplace tests that uncovered benefits for both employees and employers. But is it practical? We find out.

For our monthly conversation with Mayor Lyles, we will discuss several recommendations to council involving CATS and the decision of CATS drivers to strike. Plus her thoughts on housing and jobs.

Election Day is Tuesday, and North Carolinians are voting in elections ranging from the U.S. Senate to the North Carolina Supreme Court to local races. We break down the races with three current and former political reporters.

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?

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.

The overturning of Roe v. Wade seemed like an election-year gift to Democrats, especially with Republicans leaning into that decision. But sentiment seems to have cooled. Mike Collins and our panel of guests look at the possible impact of abortion on the midterms.

A public conversation about disability. Is Charlotte an accessible city for those with disabilities? Do we even know what that would look like? We bring together some folks who do and find out.

A shooting at UVA takes the lives of three, one a Hough High graduate. The Carolina Panthers and Rock Hill reach a tentative settlement in the nixed headquarters deal and the city of Charlotte makes Juneteenth a paid holiday. Those stories and more on the Charlotte Talks local news roundup.

Many experts thought the midterms would result in a national “red wave,” but it turned out to be just a trickle. North Carolina, however, is a different story. We discuss the winners, losers and if North Carolina can still be considered “purple."

The fascinating story of artist Romare Bearden’s life — a Charlotte native — is detailed in a book by Glenda Gilmore.

Bird is the word! Birdwatching as a hobby has taken flight in recent years, and there is plenty to see in the Charlotte region. Local bird enthusiasts fill us in and answer your questions.

A possible collision is worrying health care officials. A rough flu season, an increase in RSV, and the ever-looming threat of COVID-19 could lead to what's being called a tripledemic. What should people know to keep themselves safe heading into another holiday season?

Author and National Book Award winner Imani Perry and guest host Erik Spanberg talk about how the South became the "repository for the nation's sins."

About 30 miles from Charlotte, Piedmont Lithium is seeking to open a lithium mine. But some nearby landowners aren't so keen on the project. We sit down with an area resident as well as two energy reporters and analysts.

An argument over legislative control of elections to be argued at the Supreme Court has roots in North Carolina and presents serious questions about the future of free elections.

Charlotte wants to be carbon-free by 2030. They had a plan in place, but now that plan is going to cost 25% more than anticipated. We look at the causes behind the rising cost of going green.

On the local news roundup we talk about the attack on a Moore County power station, a North Carolina case in the Supreme Court, more trouble for Madison Cawthorn and a decision on the route of the light rail Silver Line. Those stories and more with Mike Collins and Charlotte area journalists.

In the aftermath of the Sandy Hook tragedy, 10 years ago this month, victims' families were then forced to contend with hateful conspiracy theories. We sit down with an author that writes “Sandy Hook was the first mass tragedy to spawn an online circle of people impermeable and hostile to reality.”