Charlotte Talks
Summary: Launched in April 1998, Charlotte Talks with Mike Collins has become the region's exclusive forum for the discussion of politics, arts, culture, social issues, literature, human interest, the environment and more. If something is of interest to the Charlotte region, listeners and leaders know the topic is bound to be discussed on Charlotte Talks. Follow along: @CharlotteTalks.
Podcasts:
Friday, October 6 2017 On the local news roundup, state lawmakers are back in session – a special session – and override gubernatorial vetoes while pushing to redraw judicial districts. Cam Newton's remarks about a female reporter in a press conference go viral. The State Supreme Court dismisses a last-chance appeal to halt the I-77 toll lanes. The homicide count in Charlotte continues to rise, and in fact, officials adjust the count for 2016. And President Trump arrives here this weekend. Mike
Thursday, October 5, 2017 It’s race week again as NASCAR prepares for the Bank of America 500 and surrounding events at Charlotte Motor Speedway. NASCAR stars from all over the country are coming to town, and attention is focused on local NASCAR royalty as Dale Earnhardt, Jr. prepares for his final race at the end of the season. We talk about that with analysts from the Motor Racing Network and NBC Sports, and also revisit our previous conversations with Jeff Gordon and Humpy Wheeler.
Wednesday, October 4, 2017 The shooting this Sunday night in Las Vegas has put gun control front and center of many political conversations but we’re also talking about race as the result of President Trump’s comments about the NFL and Charlottesville and the Supreme Court is back in session with cases that could have an impact here. Mike Collins and political experts give us a political update.
Tuesday, October 3, 2017 Another mass shooting. This time Las Vegas . No doubt this will temporarily renew talk about gun control, public safety and mental illness. A conversation about how to make sense of this and what to do about it.
Monday, Oct. 2, 2017 Is a Christian prayer in a government meeting unconstitutional? Rowan County doesn't think so, and has asked the Supreme Court to decide. Mike Collins dives into the case, and what other courts have said.
Friday, September 29, 2017 On the local news roundup, NFL protests spark nationwide discussions about athletes, teams and First Amendment rights but the Panthers don’t take part. Prayer returns to City Council while Rowan County Commissioners seek court permission to say Christian prayer. The Citizen Review Board rules against CMPD for the first time in its history. And Hurricane Maria prompts evacuations along North Carolina’s Outer Banks. Mike Collins and our roundtable of reporters cover
Thursday, September 28, 2017 Jeannette Walls' best-selling memoir The Glass Castle tells the story of her challenging upbringing. It has now been made into a movie.
Wednesday, September 27, 2017 We hear about the human toll of the opioid epidemic from those who have lived through it: those who have struggled with addiction and those who have lost loved ones to it.
Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017 Brain research isn’t just for humans. Dr. Gregory Berns has been using it to get inside the minds of dogs. Mike Collins asks what they're thinking.
Monday, September 25, 2017 The way Americans consume and produce energy is changing and diversifying. The future of energy in all its forms takes center stage in Charlotte, as an energy hub city- we’ll explore what that future may hold, when Charlotte Talks, with guest host David Boraks.
Friday, September 22, 2017 Host Mike Collins and our roundtable of reporters is set to fill in all the details of the week's top stories, including several remembrances on the one-year anniversary of the Keith Scott Shooting, and CMPD Chief Kerr Putney’s response to recommendations from the Citizens Review Board following the Keith Scott shooting. City Council opens their Monday meeting without a prayer which has been a longtime tradition. We’ll tell you the reason for the change. And the debate
Thursday, September 21, 2017 The shooting of Keith Lamont Scott on September 20, 2016 and the protests that followed shook Charlotte. It started conversations, sometimes uncomfortable ones, across the city that continue today. On the one year anniversary of the shooting, a WFAE Public Conversation examined what has changed, what hasn’t, and looked at some of the work that’s been done over the past year.
Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017 Younger faces are looking to influence Charlotte and North Carolina politics. Guest host Michael Bitzer talks with millennial politicians, then discusses a growing divide between the Trump White House and business leaders.
Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017 The rise and fall of the PTL empire is revisited in a new book. A conversation with the author, then a look at an acclaimed play on religion, "The Christians," making its Charlotte debut.
This week marks one year since Charlotte police fatally shot Keith Lamont Scott and protests erupted across the city. On today's Charlotte Talks, host Mike Collins and WFAE reporters talk to key people who found themselves at the center of those events last year. We hear their impressions of what happened, their reactions in the moment and with the distance of time.
