In 2001, some state lawmakers were engaged in a less-than-sweet debate: Which berry should be named the official berry of North Carolina? We tracked down the teacher and fourth-graders who started it all with a class project and got a lot more than they bargained for. Plus, meet the former state senator who voted against EVERY new state symbol. His reasoning says a lot about the things we pick to represent us.
Hosted and mixed by: Jeremy Markovich
Produced by: James Mieczkowski and Jeremy Markovich
Editor-in-chief: Elizabeth Hudson
Music by: Blue Dot Sessions
Closing Song: Carolina's The Place I Gotta Be, by Charlie Albertson
Special Thanks: Gerry Cohen, Lauren Horsch
S3 E8: The Rookie
S3 Bonus: Moving To Mayberry
S3 E7: An Island Of Your Own
S3 E6: Searching for Squatch In All The Wrong Places
S3 E5: The Concert on Powder Horn Mountain
S3 E4: How To Get To Space
Replay: What Once Was Lost
S3 E3: Stop Making Cents
S3 E2: A Rescue In The Linville Gorge
A Preview of Away Message: Season 3
S2 Bonus: Deck Your Halls With Rauch Balls
S2 E9: Florence
S2 E8: 32 Miles Off The Coast
S2 E7: Stealing Bill
S2 E6: The Round of Golf That Changed A City
S2 E5: The Nuke They Left Behind
S2 Bonus: The Bridge To Nowhere
S2 E4: How To Get Away With Murder (In 1892)
S2 E3: The Riches Underneath Charlotte
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