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Online sports gambling was legalized statewide last March — and as wagers increased, so did calls to a hotline for those seeking help. Who is at risk for problem gambling? How can they get support? We ask the experts.

Protests erupt across North Carolina over the still-unsettled state Supreme Court race. Clues emerge in the case of Asha Degree, missing since 2000. And Senate leader Phil Berger is unconcerned about a potential drop in state revenue.

Donald Trump and Elon Musk have stopped funding, ended programs and fired thousands of federal workers. Some of that funding comes to North Carolina. Last year, the state got more than 40% of its revenue from federal funding. Some of those workers work in North Carolina, not Washington, D.C. A look at the possible economic hit.

On the next Charlotte Talks, a conversation with Mark Jerrell, chair of the Mecklenburg County Commission, elected in 2018 and rose to the top spot in December after George Dunlap decided not to seek another term as leader. Jerrell said he will focus on improving equity and affordability. We’ll ask him about those priorities, the climate, taxes, and more.

A conversation with the man who took Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant’s careers to legendary heights. From the biggest deals in the history of sports marketing to a campaign against the NCAA, we sit down with Sonny Vaccaro and his co-author, Armen Keteyian, to discuss his new book "Legends and Soles."

On the local news roundup, there's movement on the transit plan in Raleigh, while microtransit service begins in north Mecklenburg. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Superintendent Crystal Hill apologizes for how the system handled threats made to several schools last week. And singer Roberta Flack, born in Black Mountain and a profound influence on American music, dies.

Artificial intelligence is weaving itself into many aspects of our lives, including medicine. We look at the promise and peril of that intersection.

We take a closer look at what’s been going on in the General Assembly since it returned to session and which proposed bills have a chance to advance.

Matthews’ opposition to the transit plan may be easing, while wildfires burn across the Carolinas. Overdose deaths in Mecklenburg County have increased dramatically among Black and Hispanic residents since 2019. Meanwhile, the Carolina Theatre prepares to open after 47 years.

Alexander Vindman joins Charlotte Talks to talk about the importance of Ukraine to our safety and how mistakes the West made after the fall of the Soviet Union have led us to where we are today.

Five years ago, we had no idea what was about to hit us. We were suddenly faced with trying to figure out what the COVID-19 virus would do. On the next Charlotte Talks, we turn to some of the familiar voices we heard throughout the pandemic to reflect on its impact and what we’ve learned.

Kwamé Ryan was born in Canada, raised in Trinidad, and studied music in Europe before being officially named to his new position in late 2023. He says he felt connected to Charlotte on his first visit here. We talk about that, his musical philosophy, and his vision for the orchestra.

We break down the rising influence of cryptocurrency and moves by federal and state governments to embrace it, including in North Carolina.

We speak with a journalist covering higher education to better understand the fast-moving, far-reaching changes at the Department of Education. We’ll also hear from two HBCU leaders at Johnson C. Smith University and Clinton College about how their campuses are doing as they face potential federal funding cuts.

Need a good laugh? We look at the expanding and serious business of comedy, and how the Queen City is getting in on a booming industry.

We speak with four committee leaders on Charlotte City Council about a number of issues facing residents in 2025, including a massive transit proposal, efforts to limit homicides and the cost of living.

On the next Charlotte Talks, there was some movement last week in the long-awaited Brooklyn Village Project. The developer is now proposing to replace market-rate units with affordable housing. That could finally get this project underway. But what has taken so long in this effort to develop the old Second Ward site of a historic Black neighborhood, and will this new proposal do the trick?

In 1954, the landmark U.S. Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision led to the integration of public schools and allowed young people like Charlotte's Dorothy Counts-Scoggins to be one of four Black students to break that barrier in 1957. It wasn’t easy. Counts-Scoggins and others guide us through that moment in history.

On the Local News Roundup, possible changes to the Brooklyn Village redevelopment project, the 4th Circuit Court sends the N.C. Supreme Court race back to state court, and Gov. Stein asks for $1 billion for Helene relief.

On the next Charlotte Talks, the popularity of true crime stories and the ethics of reporting and consuming them.