Heel Talk
Welcome back to Heel Talk, where Audio-Visual Editor Natalie Bradin recaps the biggest local news stories with audio reporters Lucy Wu, Amelie Fawson and Kathryn Bragg. In today's episode, the group discusses the interim chancellor's interview with the Coalition for Carolina, the runoff election for the third available seat on the Orange County Schools Board of Education and a UNC senior's one-man show at Swain Hall Black Box Theater.
info_outline The Mental Health EditionHeel Talk
Welcome to this special edition of Heel Talk. Audio-Visual Editor Natalie Bradin recaps some of the biggest mental health stories with audio reporters Kshitiz Adhikari, William Becker and Lizzie Stoner. In today's episode, the group discusses how CAPS seeks to alleviate financial burdens for students, the difficulty of finding a mental health care provider that accepts insurance and health humanities studies at the HHIVE Lab.
info_outline Monday, March 4, 2024Heel Talk
Welcome back to Heel Talk, where Audio-Visual Editor Natalie Bradin recaps the biggest local news stories with audio reporters Katie Littlejohn, Lauren Mallett and Lizzie Stoner. In today's episode, the group discusses the interim chancellor's connection to a conservative retail organization, the declining enrollment rate at Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools and the UNC Hip Hop Ensemble in Hill Hall.
info_outline Monday, February 26, 2024Heel Talk
Welcome back to Heel Talk, where Audio-Visual Editor Natalie Bradin recaps the biggest local news stories with audio reporters Lucy Wu, Kshitiz Adhikari and Emma Cooke. In today's episode, the group discusses the UNC Beat Lab in Hill Hall, lingering racial disparities at Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools and the first musical guest on the DTH's new concert series - Editors' Notes.
info_outline Monday, February 19, 2024Heel Talk
Welcome back to Heel Talk, where Audio-Visual Editor Natalie Bradin recaps the biggest local news stories with audio reporters Kshitiz Adhikari, Amelie Fawson and Coleman Rambo. In today's episode, the group discusses the University election results, a new historic marker honoring an 1898 lynching victim and an Instagram account that promotes kindness and self-acceptance across campus.
info_outline Monday, February 5, 2024Heel Talk
Welcome back to Heel Talk, where Audio-Visual Editor Natalie Bradin recaps the biggest local news stories with audio reporters Kshitiz Adhikari, Amelie Fawson and Kathryn Bragg. In today's episode, the group discusses the upcoming University election, the federal complaint filed against Senate Bill 49 and avenues for animal therapy in Chapel Hill.
info_outline Friday, February 2, 2024Heel Talk
Welcome back to Heel Talk, where Audio-Visual Editor Natalie Bradin recaps the biggest local news stories with audio reporters Kshitiz Adhikari, Amelie Fawson and Coleman Rambo. In today's episode, the group discusses a possible pattern of cancer diagnoses in McLendon Labs, a spike in COVID-19 detection in Chapel Hill and Carrboro wastewater and the restoration of the historic Carolina Theatres.
info_outline Friday, January 26, 2024 - The Housing EditionHeel Talk
Audio-Visual Editor Natalie Bradin recaps the biggest housing news of the week with staff reporters Kshitiz Adhikari, Coleman Rambo and Kathryn Bragg. In this episode, the group discusses the on-campus housing waitlist for fall 2024, a local coffee shop's closure and a Chapel Hill nonprofit that preserves historic community structures.
info_outline Friday, January 19, 2024Heel Talk
Audio-Visual Editor Natalie Bradin recaps the biggest local news of the week with staff reporters Kshitiz Adhikari, Coleman Rambo and Kathryn Bragg. In this episode, the group discusses the chancellor search process, proposed homeowner insurance rate increases and a UNC student's poetry exhibition.
info_outline Chancellor Kevin Guskewitz, Changes to Reduced Lunches in Schools and an Affirmative Action UpdateHeel Talk
This week on Heel Talk, Chancellor Kevin Guskewitz is considering leaving his position at UNC, students who qualify for reduced-price school meals will now receive them for free and the first round of applicants apply to UNC since the Supreme Court declared affirmative action unlawful.
info_outlineUNC’s deferred maintenance backlog has grown to over $900 million and counting. The facilities condition index suggests that the average of all UNC Buildings is 0.19 — falling in the poor condition category. DTH reporter Preston Fore talks about what deferred maintenance means and what implications the status of the deferred maintenance backlog has for the University moving forward. Host Evely Forte also chats with Ananya Mallik — a UNC sophomore in the middle of the pre-sale process for her debut novel, "Endless: A Villain's Love Story." Episode hosted by Evely Forte and produced by Praveena Somasundaram. Supervising producers are University Desk Editor Maddie Ellis, Digital Managing Editor Will Melfi and Editor-in-Chief Anna Pogarcic.
You can pre-order "Endless: A Villain’s Love Story" and support Mallik here.