How ‘I Can’t Breathe’ ended up at NC Freedom Park
For the week of Aug. 28, 2023, News & Observer Capitol bureau chief and podcast host Dawn Vaughan talks with retired UNC Chapel Hill history professor Reginald Hildebrand and N.C. Sen. Natalie Murdock...
28 Aug 202328min
Boards, overrides and elections power plays
For the week of Aug. 21, 2023, News & Observer Capitol bureau chief and podcast Dawn Vaughan talks with N&O politics team colleagues Kyle Ingram and Korie Dean about the busy one-day voting session la...
21 Aug 202323min
Talking state employees with SEANC lobbyist Suzanne Beasley
For the week of Aug. 14, 2023, News & Observer Capitol bureau chief and podcast host Dawn Vaughan talks with Suzanne Beasley, the government relations director for the State Employees Association of N...
14 Aug 202320min
What’s next for Tim Moore, plus NC connections to Donald Trump's indictment
For the week of Aug. 7, 2023, N&O politics reporter Kyle Ingram is podcast host for Dawn Vaughan. First up is a look into the North Carolina Speaker of the House position, which longtime Speaker Tim M...
7 Aug 202314min
2023 local elections in Durham and Wake counties, ALEC and Florida vs. NC
For the week of July 31, 2023, we broke down our episode into two segments. First up are two of our local government reporters, because while statewide elections are more than a year away, local ones ...
31 Jul 202325min
Stalled budgets of yore feat. WUNC’s Colin Campbell
For the week of July 24, 2023, News & Observer Capitol bureau chief and podcast host Dawn Vaughan talked with WUNC Capitol Bureau Chief Colin Campbell, a longtime legislative reporter. The NC state bu...
24 Jul 202322min
Rep. Marcia Morey, a Durham Democrat, on court decisions, athletes and guns
For the week of July 17, 2023, News & Observer Capitol bureau chief and podcast host Dawn Vaughan interviews N.C. Rep. Marcia Morey, a Durham Democrat who is also a former judge and Olympian, and the ...
17 Jul 202324min
Three vetoed transgender bills are up for override and what else to expect at the General Assembly this week
For the week of July 10, 2023, Under the Dome politics podcast host and News & Observer Capitol bureau chief Dawn Vaughan talks with her politics team colleagues, legislative correspondent Kyle Ingram...
10 Jul 202321min
