Tying It Together with Tim Boyum

Should the state bet on casinos?

Aug 30, 2023

As we await a final state budget plan, last-minute negotiations are intensely focused on the potential of allowing multiple casinos across North Carolina beyond the tribal casinos already in place.

It’s an intense debate that crosses party lines, and could happen in the next two weeks. Now a group of sports betting...

Former UNC chancellor on athlete scandal, ACC and his hot take on name, image likeness

Aug 23, 2023

He helped lead the effort to expand the ACC conference a dozen years ago, but also resigned from UNC Chapel Hill after the fraudulent class scandal involving athletes and “no-show” classes.

Now, Holden Thorp, a Fayetteville native, joins host Tim Boyum to talk about those times, and put into perspective the chaos...

Meet N.C.’s top health official, Kody Kinsley

Aug 16, 2023

A North Carolina native, Kody Kinsley has a fascinating story from a first in the family college graduate, to working for presidents, to now North Carolina’s top health official.

This week, host Tim Boyum discusses Kinsley’s role in changing policy to allow gay men to donate blood as a gay man himself. The two also...

Could Taylor Swift's tour topple a ticket giant?

Aug 9, 2023

The latest Taylor Swift tour created such a frenzy and fiasco on Ticketmaster that Congress held a hearing, and now, the Department of Justice may sue Ticketmaster/Live Nation for antitrust issues. Should the companies break up because of a lack of competition, or is it being overblown because of the popularity...

Rep. Destin Hall's House speaker aspirations

Aug 2, 2023

When news of Speaker Moore not running for the position next year spread, a few names popped up immediately. Republican Destin Hall from Caldwell County has already thrown his name in the hat.

He’s risen quickly in the political world, so we thought it was a good time to bring him in to get to know him better. Rep....