Sep 30, 2020
As we enter debate season in state and national politics, we are looking back at North Carolina's most famous debates and how they compare to today.
U.S. Senator Jesse Helms and former North Carolina Governor Jim Hunt were political heavyweights who squared off in 1984. Both men were in their second terms and could...
Sep 23, 2020
On this week’s episode of Tying It Together With Tim Boyum, Tim and Ben talk with a North Carolina couple about their recent battle with COVID-19 and their new push for wearing face masks.
Angie and AJ Daoud are well known in Republican circles. AJ has been a party official, candidate for office, and helps...
Sep 16, 2020
Bev Perdue is the only woman in North Carolina history to be elected as lieutenant governor (2001-2009) and governor (2009-2013).
On this week’s episode of Tying It Together With Tim Boyum, Perdue talks with Tim and Ben about her humble beginnings growing up as a coal miner’s daughter in Virginia and her rise to...
Sep 9, 2020
On this week’s episode of Tying It Together With Tim Boyum, we are carrying on our mission to help strengthen Democracy.
We talk with North Carolina Board of Elections Director Karen Bell about running an election during a pandemic, as well as the state’s most famous political scientist, Dr. Michael Bitzer, who...
Sep 2, 2020
This week’s edition of Tying It Together with Tim Boyum is literally out of this world.
Some days 2020 can sure seem like the end of the world, but we don’t think it will happen before the end of this podcast. Katie Mack, a theoretical astrophysicist and cosmologist, is one of the biggest superstars in the world...