Charlotte Talks With Mike Collins

Feb 04 2025 20 ep. 50 mins 206
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Launched in April 1998, Charlotte Talks with Mike Collins has become the region's exclusive forum for the discussion of politics, arts, culture, social issues, literature, human interest, the environment and more.

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Restoring trust in elections is a process: What are some solutions?

Feb 04 2025 50 mins  
On the next Charlotte Talks, restoring confidence in our elections. It has been diminished in recent years mostly by false allegations of voter fraud. Now, the Commission on the Future of North Carolina Election is working to help voters feel confident when casting their vote and to have trust in the process. They studied the last election, and they shared their findings with us.

Charlotte’s history with school integration and the future of teaching history

Feb 03 2025 50 mins  
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.

Local News Roundup: Riggs/Griffin race hits the courtroom; CMS raises wages; NC General Assembly begins session

Jan 31 2025 50 mins  
The final outstanding statewide election in the country moves to the courtroom where candidates make their case for a seat on the N.C. Supreme Court, CMS raises wages for some employees in order to stay competitive, state and local officials respond to President Trump’s executive orders, and boundary lines for Lincoln and Catawba counties prepare to shift.

A conversation with interim CATS CEO Brent Cagle

Jan 30 2025 50 mins  
On the next Charlotte Talks, CATS Interim CEO Brent Cagle discusses the challenges he’s faced since taking the job and what lies ahead for the transit system.

Examining the political future of Sen. Thom Tillis of NC

Jan 29 2025 50 mins  
Tillis announced his reelection intentions and he already has a challenger. How vulnerable is he? What would cause vulnerability? And, to what extent does President Trump play a role?

Duke professor with Charlotte roots shares his new book 'On the Swamp: Fighting for Indigenous Environmental Justice'

Jan 28 2025 50 mins  
On the next Charlotte Talks, stories from eastern North Carolina’s Lumbee Tribe about survival and resilience in the face of radical environmental change.

North Carolina’s rising wildfire risks

Jan 27 2025 50 mins  
On the next Charlotte Talks, wildfires. Planning for them in a warming climate, ways to prevent them and ways to mitigate the risks.

Local News Roundup: Snow, frigid temps hit Charlotte; officials get another transit update; local impact of Trump's executive orders

Jan 24 2025 50 mins  
Freezing temperatures and snow in Charlotte, local transit officials learn more about the possible cost of the transit plan, and Trump's executive orders are felt in North Carolina.

The complexities of the legal battle for a seat on the NC Supreme Court

Jan 23 2025 50 mins  
After two nonpartisan recounts in the race for a seat on the North Carolina Supreme Court, Democrat Allison Riggs was determined to be the winner, but Republican Jefferson Griffin is trying to overturn that victory. The 4th Circuit Court is set to hear oral arguments Monday. We spend the hour looking at this complex battle.

Sobriety efforts in the food service industry, the surgeon general’s warning on alcohol consumption, plus a local effort to see food as medicine

Jan 22 2025 50 mins  
On the next Charlotte Talks, alcohol consumption. Increasingly, the medical community has issued warnings about the safety of drinking alcohol – even one drink per day – due to links between that and cancer. On the flip side of consuming something potentially harmful is the concept of food as medicine, one being acted on by a cooperative effort between a behavioral health facil