NoLa restaurants support AVL; Fortnite's NC ties, and UNC-G gaming


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Dec 04 2024 51 mins   5

New Orleans restaurants are helping Asheville restaurants for hurricane recovery with a dinner series called Cooks for Carolina..

An excerpt from The Broadside's recent episode "The world's biggest video game is from North Carolina."

And, Education and Esports are the basis for UNC Greensboro’s biannual weekends for middle and high school students, and educators. The goal: inform and prepare the next generation for jobs in the growing Esports industry.

Guests:

Katie Grabach and Peyton Barrell are co-owners of the restaurant Gourmand: Wine, rotisserie, and spirits which was set to open in the River Arts District of Asheville before it flooded from Hurricane Helene

Brian Gordon, Technology & Innovation reporter for The News & Observer

Jamal Michel, video game and culture critic

Sophia Priest, Assistant Director of Esports Innovation at Innovate UNCG, University of North Carolina Greensboro

Alex Johnson, Computer Science major at UNC-Greensboro who’s a video game developer and a volunteer for a recent ‘E2’ Weekend