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In its first season, the “Away Message” podcast from Our State Magazine focused on remote places in the state. For its newly-released second season, the…

In its first season, the “Away Message” podcast from Our State Magazine focused on remote places in the state. For its newly-released second season, the…

Vimala Rajendran grew up in India, and moved to North Carolina in the 1980s with her then-husband. After her marriage dissolved and she became a…

North Carolina is one of the fastest-growing states in the country, a popular destination for people looking for a good place to live. But some…

Kimani Hall, 23, is an African American man who grew up in Charlotte and Durham, and recently graduated from NC State University. He’s one of the citizen…

There's a lot of focus right now on the things that divide Americans – race, class, religion, sexual orientation, and more. Sometimes, intense shared…

Courtney Smith is a 27-year-old African American who’s lived most of her life in Durham.She works evenings at Loaf Bakery in downtown Durham with Noah…

Over the past generation, North Carolina has been transformed by immigration. A state in which Latinos were once few and far between is now about 10…

Police shootings, the Charleston massacre, Black Lives Matter -- some now familiar from our national conversation about race and social class.Many…

Can stories help to bring a community together? How about radio stories, conceived and made by citizen storytellers?Listen to a preview of Storymakers:…