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10/25/2004 John Swofford Part IV Jim Heavner

John Swofford is the comissioner of the Atlantic Coast Conference. He joins Jim Heavner and discusses the state of the conference and its future.

10/20/2004 Mel Levine Jim Heavner

Dr. Mel Levine is a professor of pediatrics at the University of North Carolina Medical School and the director of the University's Clinical Center for the Study of Development and Learning.

10/19/2004 Judith Wegner Jim Heavner

UNC Faculty Chair

10/15/2004 Anson Dorrance and Heather OReilly Jim Heavner

Legendary UNC Women's Soccer Coach and one of his current star players

10/14/2004 Pat Sprigg Robert Seymour

October 14, 2004

10/13/2004 Moreton Neal (Part II) Wayne Pond

October 13, 2004

10/12/2004 Leslie Candless Jim Heavner

October 12, 2004

10/8/2004 Leroy Walker Jim Heavner

October 8, 2004

10/7/2004 Bruce Runberg Roland Giduz

October 7, 2004

10/6/2004 Jim Warren Jim Heavner

October 6, 2004

10/5/2004 Matt Kupec (Part II) Jim Heavner

UNC Development Specialist

09/30/2004 Peggy Jablonski Paul Hardin

September 30, 2004

09/28/2004 Jerry Lucido and Stephen Farmer Jim Heavner

September 28, 2004

09/24/2004 Kevin Best Jim Heavner

September 24, 2004

09/23/2004 Earl Peacock Roland Giduz

September 23, 2004

09/22/2004 Paul Lindsay Jim Heavner

September 22, 2004

09/21/2004 Ruell Tyson Jim Heavner

September 21, 2004

09/17/2004 Dan Hooker Jim Heavner

September 17, 2004

09/16/2004 James Carnahan Robert Porter

September 16, 2004

09/15/2004 Martha & Bob Gwen Robert Seymour

September 15, 2004

09/14/2004 Roger Perry Jim Heavner

September 14, 2004

09/10/2004 Dennis Craddock Jim Heavner

September 10, 2004

09/9/2004 Patricia Dunlavy Valenti Wayne Pond

September 9, 2004

09/8/2004 Libbie Hough Jean Bolduc

September 8, 2004

09/7/2004 Bill Leucthenburg Jim Heavner

September 7, 2004

09/2/2004 John Bunting (Part II) Jim Heavner

September 2, 2004

09/1/2004 Stan Mandel Roland Giduz

September 1, 2004

08/27/2004 Phil Ford (Part II) Jim Heavner

August 27, 2004

08/25/2004 Gerry Bolas Kimberly Kyser

August 25, 2004

08/24/2004 Jennie Barber Roland Giduz

August 24, 2004

08/20/2004 Carl Fox (Part II) Jean Bolduc

August 20, 2004

08/19/2004 Matt Epstein and Shannon Dorsey Kimberly Kyser

Kimberly Kyser interviews Matt Epstein, Executive Director of the Center for Child and Family Health and Shannon Dorsey, Local Psychologist

08/13/2004 Christy Jones Paul Hardin

President and General Manager of WCHL Radio

08/12/2004 Dr. Lloyd Kramer (Part II) Robert Porter

UNC History Department Chair

08/11/2004 Dr. Lloyd Kramer (Part I) Robert Porter

UNC History Department Chair

08/10/2004 Rick Pillsbury Jim Heavner

local Otolaryngologist

08/6/2004 Laura Gerraughty Fred Kiger

UNC Olympic hopeful in the shot put

08/5/2004 Eddie Mann Roland Giduz

August 05, 2004

08/4/2004 Reverend Ruth Harper Stevens Paul Hardin

Senior Pastor of University United Methodist Church

08/3/2004 Dr. Robert Bashford (Part II) Jim Heavner

local Psychiatrist and UNC Professor of Psychiatry

07/30/2004 William F. Little Rollie Tillman

Past Chairman of the Research Triangle Institute Foundation and active member of RTP's board since its founding

07/29/2004 Dr. Janelle Williams Robert Porter

local Dermatologist

07/28/2004 Richard Williams Roland Giduz

Chairman of UNC's Board of Trustees and Duke Power's Vice President of Diversity, Ethics and Compliance

07/27/2004 Thad Beyle (Part III) Jim Heavner

UNC Chancellor

07/23/2004 Dr. Gove Elder Robert Seymour

Dr. Elder is in charge of Refugee Resettlement for Lutheran Family Services

07/22/2004 R D Smith Roland Giduz

School Teacher, Administrator, and Civic Leader

07/21/2004 Steve and Susan Halkiotis Jean Bolduc

Steve Halkiotis, Director of Auxiliary Services for the Orange County school System and Orange County Commissioner and Susan Halkiotis, Orange County School Board Member

07/20/2004 James Moeser (Part III) Jim Heavner

UNC Chancellor

07/16/2004 P H Craig Roland Giduz

July 16, 2004

07/15/2004 Joseph Flora Wayne Pond

Atlanta Professor of Southern Culture and former Chair of the UNC English Department

07/14/2004 Dr. Clay Whitehead Robert Porter

Psychiatrist

07/13/2004 Aaron Nelson Jim Heavner

Executive Director of the Chapel Hill Chamber of Commerce

07/9/2004 Ed King Robert Seymour

President of the North Carolina Editorial Forum

07/8/2004 David Lipsky Wayne Pond

Author of Absolutely American

07/5/2004 Thad Beyle (Part I) Jim Heavner

UNC Political Science Professor

07/2/2004 Chloe Seymore Nancy Alex Day

Owner of Branch Gallery in Carrboro

07/1/2004 Susan Levy Robert Porter

Executive Director for Orange County's Habitat for Humanity

06/30/2004 Steve Barnes Freddie Kiger

The voice of the Durham Bulls

06/29/2004 Dr. Michael Luger Jim Heavner

Director of the office of Economic Development and rofessor of Public Policy, Business and Planning

06/25/2004 Dr. Phil Buchanan Nancy Alex Day

Director of Gene Care at the Clinical and Research Medical Genetics Center

06/24/2004 Jim Blackburn and Wade Smith (Part III) Jim Heavner

Jim Heavner interviews Jim Blackburn and Wade Smith as they re-argue the Jeffrey McDonald trial

06/23/2004 Jim Blackburn and Wade Smith (Part II) Jim Heavner

Jim Heavner interviews Jim Blackburn and Wade Smith as they re-argue the Jeffrey McDonald trial

06/22/2004 Jim Blackburn and Wade Smith (Part I) Jim Heavner

Jim Heavner interviews Jim Blackburn and Wade Smith as they re-argue the Jeffrey McDonald trial

06/18/2004 Barry Nakel Ron Link

former UNC Law Professor and noted Civil Rights Lawyer

06/17/2004 Walter Meers Paul Hardin

Retired, Associated Press Writer and 1977 Pulitzer Prize Winner

06/16/2004 Doug O Dell Nancy Alex Day

Owner of Chapel Hill Rare Books

06/15/2004 Bill Friday (Part II) Jim Heavner

President emeritus of the University of North Carolina System

06/11/2004 Harold Webb Paul Hardin

World War II Veteran and Tuskegee Airmen, Wake County Commissioner, retired educator and former member of UNC board of Governors

06/10/2004 Wilma Palmer Nancy Alex Day

Adoption consultant who will provide an overview of the world of adoption

06/9/2004 Dr. Fred Brooks Ron Link

Founding Chair of UNC's Department of Computer Science

06/8/2004 Clay Hamner Jim Heavner

Chapel Hill's own unique version of Donald Trump and Kenan-Flagler Business School Professor

06/4/2004 Espher Foster Ron Link

Northside Community committee member

06/3/2004 Catherine Devine Jean Bolduc

Jean Bolduc, columnist for the Chapel Hill Herald interviews Catherine DeVine, owner of DeVine Write Editorial Services in Carrboro

06/2/2004 Kevin Foy Robert Porter

Mayor of Chapel Hill

06/1/2004 Seth Kingsbury Jim Heavner

Chef, Owner, and Proprietor of Pazzo's restaurant

05/28/2004 Michael Brown Roland Giduz

local artist and Chapel Hillian

05/27/2004 Ann Johnson Robert Seymour

Has given her career to service and activism with senior adults

05/26/2004 Dr. H. Shelton Earp (Part II) Jim Heavner

Director of the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, part 2 of a 2 part series

05/25/2004 Dr. H. Shelton Earp (Part I) Jim Heavner

Director of the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, part 1 of a 2 part series

05/21/2004 Dr. John Stamm Paul Hardin

Professor and Dean of The School of Dentistry

05/20/2004 Roy Brock Robert Seymour

One of the founders of Folk Moot

05/18/2004 Sam Donaldson Jim Heavner

of ABC news in Washington, DC,

05/14/2004 John Blackfeather Jeffries Rollie Tillman

Tribal Council Member, cutural events coordinator, and Coordinator of the Hillsborough Pow-Wow

05/13/2004 Toni Bowman Mick Mixon

Local musician

05/12/2004 Saad Eddin Ibrahim Wayne Pond

Professor of Sociology at the American University of Cairo

05/11/2004 Dr. Alex Roland Jim Heavner

NASA Historian

05/7/2004 Charlie Kurzman Wayne Pond

UNC Sociology Professor

05/6/2004 Yanni Chapman Robert Porter

UNC Doctoral Candidate

05/5/2004 Matt Sullivan Paul Hardin

A member of the Crisis Reponse Unit at the Chapel Hill Police Department

05/4/2004 Robert Shelton (Part II) Jim Heavner

UNC Provost

04/30/2004 Siglinda Scarpa Nancy Alex Day

Artist, teacher and political activist

04/29/2004 David Rudolf (Part II) Ron Link

Former Defense Attorney for Michael Peterson and Rae Caruth, part two of a two part series

04/28/2004 David Rudolf Ron Link

former Defense Attorney for Michael Peterson and Rae Caruth, part one of a two part series

04/27/2004 Maxine Swalin Jim Heavner

Musician who with her husband revived the North Carolina Symphony in 1935

04/23/2004 Matthew Spangler Robert Seymour

Founding Artistic Director of the non-profit theatrical company, Word Shed

04/22/2004 Charles Lovelace Rollie Tillman

Executive Director of the Morehead Foundation

04/21/2004 Carol Shumate Paul Hardin

An award-winning writer who has educated secondary school children and college students

04/20/2004 John Brantley Jim Heavner

Director of the Raleigh Durham Airport Authority

04/19/2004 Dr. Marcia Van Riper Nancy Alex Day

UNC School of Nursing Professor who's main focus is the social and ethical implications of genetic testing

04/16/2004 Michael Brader-Araje Rollie Tillman

former school teacher turned entrepreneur, Philanthropist and Venture Capitalist

04/15/2004 Bernard Holloway Paul Hardin

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04/14/2004 Lynn York Nancy Alex Day

Author of The Piano Teacher

04/13/2004 Stephen Demorest Jim Heavner

6 time Grammy Award Winning Television Show Writer and Chapel Hill resident

04/12/2004 Cathy Thompson Roland Giduz

Director of the Chapel Hill Public Library and Bob Shriner

04/9/2004 Richard Superfine Nancy Alex Day

Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at UNC-CH

04/8/2004 Sharon VanVechten Roland Giduz

loyal UNC alumnae and adopted Chapel Hillian

04/7/2004 Stanley Hauerwas Wayne Pond

Duke University's Gilbert T. Rowe professor of Theological Ethics on Christianity and Christians in the modern world

04/6/2004 Ferrel Gullory Part II Jim Heavner

Director of the Program on Southern Politics, Media and Public Life

04/5/2004 Paula and Bob Johnson Ron Link

Founders of Family House of UNC hospitals

04/1/2004 Jerusalem Women Wayne Pond

Nahla Assali, Michal Sagi, and Nuha Khoury, three visitors to Chapel Hill from the city of Jerusalem. Three women, a Palestinian Muslim, an Israeli Jew, and a Palestinian Christian are traveling across America to make the case for peace and harmony in the Middle East. Listen for their answers and insights.

03/31/2004 Jim Evans Nancy Alex Day

UNC Hospitals Director of Clinical Cancer Genetics

03/30/2004 Georgia Kyser Jim Heavner

model and singer, longtime Chapel Hill resident and community activist

03/29/2004 Anne Barnes Roland Giduz

former NC State House representative

03/26/2004 Natalie Amarell and Chris Moran Robert Porter

About what is happening with our community shelters

03/25/2004 Shirley Ort Paul Hardin

UNC's Associate Provost and Director of the Scholarship and Student Aid Office

03/24/2004 Mary and Pete Macdowell Robert Porter

Local Activists

03/23/2004 Dick Levin Part II Jim Heavner

Retired UNC Business Professor

03/22/2004 Janice Tyler Robert Seymour

Senior Center Administrator for the Orange County Department on Aging

03/19/2004 UNC Basketball Team of 57 Jim Heavner

Rosenbluth, Brennan, Quigg, Cunningham and Kearns: Jim Heavner brings them all together to tell the story of the 1957 National Championship that changed basketball in Chapel Hill forever

03/18/2004 Joe Straley Robert Porter

UNC Professor Emeritus

03/17/2004 Thad Beyle Paul Hardin

Thomas J. Pearsall Professor of Political Science

03/16/2004 Dan Okun Part II Jim Heavner

UNC distinguished Professor of Environmental Engineering

03/15/2004 Jack Kasarda Part III Paul Hardin

Director of Kenan Business Institute for Private Interprises

03/12/2004 John Swofford Part III Jim Heavner

ACC Commissioner

03/12/2004 Jared Haas Fred Kiger

UNC Men's JV Basketball Coach

03/11/2004 Nancy Buirski Part III Kimberly Kyser

Founder and Executive Director of the Full Framed Documentary Film Festival

03/10/2004 Michael Hunt Wayne Pond

UNC History Professor and Local Author

03/9/2004 Robert Shelton Jim Heavner

UNC's Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost

03/8/2004 Kirk Wilhelmsen Nancy Alex Day

UNC Associate Professor of Genetics and Neurology who specializes in studies of the genetics of alcoholism

03/5/2004 John Jackson & Steve Kirschner Jim Heavner

John Jackson, Duke Sports Information Director and Steve Kirschner, UNC Associate Director of Athletic Communication

03/4/2004 Joanna Catherine Scott Nancy Alex Day

Local Author

03/3/2004 Joe Rowand Ron Link

Creator and Director of Somerhill Gallery

03/2/2004 Ferrel Gullory Jim Heavner

Lecturer and Director of the Program on Southern Politics

03/1/2004 Kimball King Kimberly Kyser

UNC English Professor and Author

02/27/2004 Sam Paul and Don Johnson Ron Link

UNC Men's Tennis Coaches

02/26/2004 Jeff Dangl Nancy Alex Day

Associate Director of the Carolina Center for Genome Science and Plant Geneticist

02/25/2004 Maggie Smith Kimberly Kyser

Artist who will be creating the Memorial Hall public artwork

02/24/2004 Bob Gilgor and Polly Atwater McCauley Morgan Kenney

Polly McCauley, President of the Lincoln High School Alumni Association and Bob Gilgor, who was responsible for the exhibit on Lincoln High School at the Chapel Hill Museum

02/23/2004 Jack Bearman Robert Seymour

Retired UNC Business Professor

02/20/2004 Billy Packer Part II Jim Heavner

one of the most acclaimed broadcasters in all of college basketball

02/19/2004 Chris Blue and Mario Meeks Nancy Alex Day

Mario Meeks, President of and Program Coordinator for Volunteers for Youth and Chris Blue, President of the Board of Directors for Volunteers for Youth

02/18/2004 Stanley Peele Roland Giduz

former judge and longtime Chapel Hillian

02/17/2004 Bill Roper Part II Jim Heavner

Public Health School Dean, and recently named CEO of UNC Healthcare System

02/16/2004 Alisia Roveto and Cindy Shay Rosemary Waldorf

Two of the team of experts that lead Green Building

02/13/2004 Dawn and John Bunting Paul Hardin

UNC's favorite Football couple

02/12/2004 Sally Greene and Paul Jones Robert Porter

Sally Greene, Chapel Hill Town Councilwoman and Paul Jones, Director of ibiblio.org

02/11/2004 Willie Scroggs and Karen Shelton Jim Heavner

Karen Shelton, UNC Field Hockey Coach and Willie Scroggs, UNC Assistant Athletic Director of Operations

02/10/2004 Mark Kleinschmid and Mike Nelson Robert Porter

Mike Nelson, Carrboro Mayor and Mark Kleinschmidt, Chapel Hill Town Councilman

02/9/2004 Beverly Taylor Wayne Pond

UNC English Professor

02/6/2004 Billy Packer Jim Heavner

one of the most acclaimed broadcasters in all of college basketball

02/5/2004 Moses Carey Part II Robert Seymour

member of the Orange County Board of Comissioners

02/4/2004 Margaret Brown Robert Porter

Member of the Orange County Board of Commissioners

02/3/2004 Ted Abernathy Jim Heavner

Director of Economic Development for the Research Triangle Regional Partnership

02/2/2004 Ben Adams Nancy Alex Day

Business Manager for the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees

01/30/2004 Gayle Bomar Jim Heavner

Former Quarterback and Captain of the Tar Heels

01/29/2004 Shannon St. John Rollie Tillman

Fouding President of the Triangle Community Foundation

01/28/2004 Chip Denton Ron Link

Headmaster of Trinity School of Durham and Chapel Hill

01/27/2004 Bud Harper Jim Heavner

A retired, distinguished Cardiologist

01/26/2004 Paul Fulton Rollie Tillman

Co-chair for UNC's Carolina First 1.8 billion dollar fund drive, former Dean of the Kenan-Flagler Business School, former President of Sara Lee, and former President of Hanes

01/23/2004 Richard Coop Jim Heavner

UNC School Education Professor and Sports Psychologist

01/22/2004 Mary Lycan Nancy Alex Day

Founding Director of the Women's Voices Chorus of Chapel Hill

01/21/2004 Darryl Gless Paul Hardin

Senior Associate Dean of UNC's College of Arts and Sciences and English Professor

01/20/2004 Mark Yusko Jim Heavner

UNC's Chief Investment Officer

01/19/2004 Holden Thorpe Part II Paul Hardin

Director of the Morehead Planetarium and UNC Chemistry Professor

01/16/2004 Jeff Fuchs Fred Kiger

UNC's Band Director

01/15/2004 Mark Chilton Roland Giduz

Member of the Carrboro Board of Aldermen

01/14/2004 Edward Samulski Paul Hardin

UNC Chemistry Professor and former Chairman of the Chemistry Department

01/13/2004 Edwina Woodbury Robert Seymour

President of The Chapel Hill Press

01/12/2004 William Andrews Paul Hardin