Revolution Calling: How does someone find and buy NFT art? BPR's Matt Peiken takes steps toward a purchase

Revolution Calling: An Asheville collaboration makes an early pitch for NFTs in vinyl album releases

Revolution Calling: More than the artwork, investors are drawn to the community that comes with NFTs

Revolution Calling: Filmmaker-turned-NFT artist Kira Bursky is a model for success in this nascent platform

Revolution Calling: Artists are viewing NFTs as a gateway to validation and sustainability

The Porch: Growing older in the mountains

In this special episode of The Porch, we hear from rural retirees about what their lives are like in the mountains.

The Porch: Snakecharmer

On this episode of The Porch, a production of the BPR news team, we hear from -

The growing GOP schism, and will it matter at the polls

The nation's political eyes are on North Carolina. First, for the gerrymandering lawsuit that the state supreme court is expected to rule that will de...

Waiting on the NC Supreme Court

Bob Orr has had a long career in the public eye. His latest career move actually falls in line with what he first went to UNC Chapel Hill to study.The...

The Porch: Pulling The Pin

On this episode of The Porch, a production of the BPR news team, we hear from -

Green burials: How to combat climate change from the grave

A lot contributes to climate change. A Warren Wilson College professor decided to examine one factor that many might find uncomfortable to talk about...

Closing out 2021 into 2022's uncertainty

2021 in North Carolina politics saw a lot of what marked the state's politics in the prior decade - lawsuits and court rulings that left just as many...

The Porch: We Have All The Time In The World

In this episode of The Porch, a production of the BPR news team, we hear from -

It's not even 2022 yet

New maps made new lines. Those inspired Western North Carolina's Congressman to run somewhere else, meaning the region will have a member of Congress...

Section 8 program in the South reinforcing segregation

A federal government housing voucher program is making the problems it was designed to alleviate only worse in the South. That's according to a six-mo...

Reparations - and the pace and need for them in Asheville - headline annual conference

Just one month after the protests following the police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Asheville City Council approved a resolution calling for...

'It got worse': UNC Asheville faculty release annual Political Terror Scale

For almost 40 years, faculty at UNC Asheville have helped in the creation of the annual global Political Terror Scale. The report measures and codes h...

The Porch: The River

In this episode of The Porch, a production of the BPR news team, we hear from -

2021 Haywood County Floods, One Month Later: An Audio Postcard

On August 17th, historic flooding caused by the remnants of Tropical Storm Fred devastated Western North Carolina. Haywood County was hit hardest, as...

What Will It Take To Take It Seriously

On August 17th, flash floods caused by the remnants of Tropical Storm Fred left six people dead in Haywood County, and devastated homes and businesses...

'Embrace The Complexity' - North Carolina's New State Historian On His Approach

Dr. Darin Waters will take over next month as North Carolina's Deputy Secretary for Archives and History. The job in the state department of Natural a...

The Porch: Summer Sun

In this episode of The Porch, a production of the BPR news team, we hear from:

How WNC Bucked The National Trend In The 2020 U.S. Census

The 2020 U.S. Census figures arrived last week eagerly anticipated - and late (for a variety of reasons). One of the big early takeaways from the init...

The Porch: Viral Humor

Since BPR launched "The Porch" last summer, the news team has produced episodes centered on racial justice movements, policing, the insurrection on th...

The Porch: One Year Later, How Closer Are We To Racial Justice?

One year after the racial justice protests following the police murder of George Floyd, how much closer are we to the goals stated by the marchers in...

BPR News Presents: The Porch Episode 008

In this episode of The Porch, from BPR News, we explore this question: If communities benefit from the work and presence of artists, what is our colle...

BPR News Presents: The Porch Episode 007

In this episode of The Porch, a production of the BPR news team, we hear from - BPR's Lilly Knoepp about her reporting on the independent monitor task...

BPR News Presents: The Porch Episode 006

In this episode of BPR News Presents: The Porch, we talk with-- Musician, poet and writer Chelsea Labate Mike Martinez of the ska-rock band Natural Bo...

BPR News Presents: The Porch Episode 005

In this episode of BPR News Presents: The Porch, we talk with - Emma Johnson, the climate science fellow for The Pulitzer Center On Crisis Reporting....

BPR News Presents: The Porch Episode 004

In this episode of BPR News Presents: The Porch - We feature an episode of WUNC's podcast Tested titled 'An American Coup' which looks at the only vio...

BPR News Presents: The Porch Episode 003

In this episode, we talk with - - Dr. David Ellis, the chief medical officer for Pardee Hospital in Hendersonville, where the first COVID-19 vaccines...

BPR News Presents: The Porch Episode 002

In this episode, we talk with - - Dr. Chris Cooper of Western Carolina University, about why partisanship was the biggest winner in this week's electi...

How The Sale Of Mission Health Went Down

The sale of Mission Health to HCA made be concluded as a financial transaction, but the details of how it was reached are few and far between. Peter L...

BPR News Presents: Curtain Call

What is the future of live performance in Asheville? BPR's Matt Peiken checks in with local performers working in contemporary and classical music, al...

BPR News Presents: 2020 Local Election Special

BPR News Presents: 2020 Local Election Special, is a production of the Blue Ridge Public Radio news team. It's three segments include an interview wit...

2020 WNC Early Voting Guide: Locations, Dates, & Times

Early voting in North Carolina runs from Thursday October 15th to Saturday October 31st ahead of the November 3rd general election.

BPR News Presents: #NC11 Congressional Candidate Forum

On September 4 th and 5 th Blue Ridge Public Radio in partnership with Smoky Mountain News and Mountain Xpress held two forums with the major party ca...

Superintendent Leads 'Hikes for Healing' In Great Smoky Mountains National Park

For the superintendent of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the killing of George Floyd over the summer hit especially hard.

BPR News Presents: The Porch Episode 001

At this particular moment in history, we think it's vital that we give ourselves more time to listen to what's happening in Western North Carolina and...

North Carolina Is The First To Mail Out Mail-In Ballots

North Carolina will be one of the state's that decides this fall's presidential election, plus which party controls the U.S. Senate. It also has one o...