• Meteorologist Lee Ringer breaks down how weather models work
    Jan 28 2026

    Spectrum News meteorologist Lee Ringer joins Tim to talk in depth about the modeling meteorologists use to try and predict the weather. This recent winter weather showed the delicate nature when some people shared early models with significant snow, but days later the forecast completely changed and disappointed snow lovers.

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    35 min
  • Duke professor on President Trump's foreign policy approach
    Jan 21 2026

    On this week's episode of Tying it Together, Dr. Bruce Jentleson joins host Tim Boyum to explain the story behind all the foreign policy battles garnering the attention of President Trump — from Iran, Venezuela, Ukraine, to Greenland.

    Jentleson is a professor at the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University.

    He's a former senior adviser at the State Department under the Obama and Clinton administrations. He also served as a senior foreign policy advisor to the Al Gore presidential campaign and lectures around the world on foreign policy.

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    34 min
  • N.C. Senator sues Whirlpool over AI altered TED Talk ad
    Jan 14 2026

    This week, State Senator DeAndrea Salvador (D-Mecklenburg) joins host Tim Boyum to tell the unbelievable story of a 2018 TED Talk she gave that was altered by artificial intelligence to make her say things she never said during the speech.

    That AI material was then used in an ad by Whirlpool and even won an award, and she's now filed suit.

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    42 min
  • Immigration advocate and baker's perspective on November immigration raids
    Jan 7 2026

    Tim sits down with a Colombian native and U.S. citizen with his unique perspective on the November immigration raids by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol.

    Manolo Betancur owns a bakery but shut it down when the raids began.

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    21 min
  • The history behind North Carolina's state capitol building
    Dec 31 2025

    On this week's episode, we take a deep dive into the fascinating history of North Carolina's state capitol.

    Kara Deadmon, the site administrator, will share the building's story, from its fiery destruction to its relocation.

    She talks about the enslaved who helped build it, and even etchings on a window dating back to the 1800s.

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    39 min
  • 2025: End of year extravaganza
    Dec 24 2025

    On this week's episode of Tying it Together, it's our annual holiday extravaganza. Host Tim Boyum and political insiders Billy Warden and Brian Lewis look back at 2025.

    They will honor longtime Gov. Jim Hunt, who died in December, and review another wild year in politics in North Carolina and beyond.

    Warden is a marketing and communications expert with RLF Communications. Lewis is a lobbyist with New Frame.

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    40 min
  • Kyle Kondik discusses early expectations about 2026 midterms
    Dec 17 2025

    Political prognosticator Kyle Kondik joins host Tim Boyum to talk about early expectations for the 2026 midterm elections.

    They will talk about the nation's most watched Senate race in North Carolina, how redistricting could impact the power in Congress, and whether affordability will dominate voter's intentions.

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    38 min
  • Sitting down with North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson
    Dec 10 2025

    This week, North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson sits down with host Tim Boyum to talk about his first year in the position.

    The Democrat talks about his process of deciding whether to sue the Trump administration, trying his first case ever in front of the state supreme court and his latest work involving artificial intelligence.

    They also talk in depth about Jackson's passion to avoid "outrage politics" and why he thinks his explainer videos caught on and went viral.

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    35 min