Away Message Podcast
1) S4 E1: 1,175 Miles
The new season of our award-winning podcast begins with some fairly basic questions. What is the Mountains-to-Sea Trail? How was it created? Who were the first people to hike the whole thing? And who ...Show More
2) Hardly anybody votes in off-year elections. Why does North Carolina have them?
Generations ago, leaders thought local elections should be protected from state and national issues. We're still dealing with the effects of that thinking today. Find this story (and more like it) by ...Show More
Hardly anybody votes in off-year elections. Why does North Carolina have them?
14:11 | Nov 4th, 2025
3) Why SO MANY houses are collapsing on the Outer Banks
The North Carolina Rabbit Hole's Jeremy Markovich and Outer Banks journalist Sam Walker talk about the collapses of oceanfront homes on the Outer Banks over the last month. What caused them? Why is th...Show More
4) Do It For Dale
On September 11, 2001, Brett Sheats was a recent graduate from Wake Forest, had just been commissioned into the Army, and was working in the campus ROTC office. On that day, he heard someone say a sin...Show More
5) The Bag of Weed at the NC Supreme Court
Recently, a lawyer dangled a baggie of cannibis in front of the North Carolina Supreme Court and dared the cops in the room to arrested him. So, how did he get away with it, and why did he do it? Toda...Show More
6) Sex, Drugs, and Ay Ziggy Zoomba (w/ Joe Ovies)
UNC and Bowling Green are polar opposites, yet they both share a weird fight song. Why? Blame a man who the CIA drugged with LSD, wrote lots of erotic novels, and sang a song that makes no sense. This...Show More
7) Why Are North Carolina Politics Like This?
In this episode, Western Carolina University political science professor Chris Cooper joins Jeremy Markovich to talk about the things that drive the political scene in our state, why candidates do the...Show More
8) What's Up With White Shirts in Abandoned Car Doors?
Once you’ve seen one broken-down junker with a white rag in the window, you start seeing them everywhere. Is this just a North Carolina thing? What’s it supposed to mean? Why do so many people do it? ...Show More
9) How Much of Greenville's Economy Relies on MrBeast? (w/ Drew Harwell)
MrBeast (aka Jimmy Donaldson) has more than 300 million total subscribers on YouTube and some of his videos have more viewers than the Super Bowl. He’s opened restaurants. He’s launched his own food ...Show More
10) The Greatest "I Voted" Sticker Ever
A sixth-grade student from the Raleigh area drew a boy riding a unicorn. It's now the official "I Voted Early" sticker for the Wake County Board of Elections. In this episode, artist Shannon Fisher ex...Show More