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26/07/2025

When it rains, it really pours 🌧️ Researchers say climate change is sending the water cycle into overdrive, increasing risks of heavy rain and flooding. Learn more with Sci NC!

Researchers say climate change is sending the water cycle into overdrive, increasing risks of heavy rain and flooding.

26/07/2025

Was Peggy Shippen the real mastermind behind Benedict Arnold’s betrayal? Peggy successfully fooled the most powerful men in America, including George Washington, into believing she was just an innocent and naive creature. It wasn’t until 150 years later that her role in the plot was discovered, when pages of secret correspondence were uncovered.

25/07/2025

A powerful David v. Goliath story of tenants fighting back against corruption and greed, VOCES “Slumlord Millionaire” premieres Monday, July 28 at 10 PM on PBS NC and the PBS app.

A co-presentation of Latino Public Broadcasting, Firelight Media, and Center for Asian American Media in association with PBS. Directed by Steph Ching and Ellen Martinez, Executive Produced by Sandie Viquez Pedlow, Stanley Nelson, and Marcia Smith, Stephen Gong and Donald Young, and produced by Ellen Martinez, Steph Ching, and Nicole Tsien.

25/07/2025

What’s at stake following federal funding cuts to public media? PBS North Carolina CEO David Crabtree discusses the impact to our community – and how we move forward together.

25/07/2025

This week on State Lines, host Kelly McCullen and panelists Colin Campbell (North Carolina Public Radio - WUNC), Scott Falmlen (Nexus Strategies), Brooke Medina (State Policy Network) and Paul Shumaker (Capitol Communications) discuss as RNC Chair Michael Whatley enters the race for U.S. Senate in NC, and former governor Roy Cooper is likely to announce a bid for same seat. Plus, the Trump administration releases some of the frozen federal funds for education. Tonight at 8:30 PM on PBS NC and streaming on the PBS app.

24/07/2025

Heather Burgiss, the host and executive producer of “My Home, NC,” looks back at the show’s visit to the Grand Old Opry to meet one of North Carolina’s favorite sons, Randy Travis. Born in Marshville, NC, Randy became a Nashville legend, winning seven Grammy Awards and selling more than 20 million albums. Learn more about where Randy is now in this 10-year lookback.

Watch Season 10 of My Home, NC on PBS NC and on the PBS app.

24/07/2025

The first phase of the new expansion planned for the NC Aquarium at Fort Fisher includes the largest shark habitat in NC, a live coral reef habitat and a state-of-the-art education center 🤩 Learn more with Sci NC!

The first phase includes the largest shark habitat in NC, a live coral reef habitat and a state-of-the-art education center.

23/07/2025

Stream Shaped by Sound's full Fancy Gap playlist now on YouTube! We've added more performances featuring more of their lush and expansive songs as the duo aims for pure pop-rock bliss.

The indie duo Fancy Gap, a new musical collaboration by Raleigh natives Stuart McLamb (of The Love Language) and Charles Crossingham, aims for pure pop-rock ...

23/07/2025

Researchers at Duke University are studying the microbiome of the sink. In other words, they want to know what’s living down there. Turns out, it’s a lot. Microbes thrive around the drain, under the flap and in biofilms inside the P-trap, the curved pipe under the sink. What lives there depends on how you clean and how you use your sink. Learn more with Sci NC!

22/07/2025

Did you know there was almost a state named Franklin right beside North Carolina?

The State of Franklin was carved from land claimed by the Cherokee and North Carolina in what is now eastern Tennessee. When settlers formed their own government and chose their own leaders, they sparked fierce resistance. But political turmoil, armed conflict and a decisive vote ultimately ended the experiment.

Discover more North Carolina history and share your own story at pbsnc.org/homegrown-history

Image of the Battle of Franklin by John Alan Maxwell generously provided by the Tipton-Haynes Historical Association Inc.

22/07/2025

"If not us, then who? If not now...then when?"

The Snowbird Cherokee fight to preserve their language and customs before it’s too late. Watch the new PBS NC documentary, A Sacred Thread on July 31 at 9:30 PM on PBS NC and stream it on the PBS app.

21/07/2025

Meet Ava, your friendly neighborhood scientist! 👩‍🔬🧪 She invites you and her friends to explore STEAM concepts in Mini Fab Science Lab! Don't miss the premiere on August 2 on YouTube and the free PBS app.

Ava N. Simmons, also known as Ava The STEM Princess® and Ava The STEM Ambassador™, is a 12-year-old science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) ambassador, entrepreneur, toy designer, author and creator of educational toy brand Team Genius Squad. Diagnosed with dyslexia and dysgraphia in 2021, Ava used STEM and entrepreneurial activities to help overcome her academic challenges and build her confidence.

To share her learning journey and encourage others, Ava creates engaging STEM-based educational videos, authors STEM books, conducts peer-to-peer STEM activities in the community and develops STEM toys for children ages 5–13, including children who are neurodivergent or in underserved areas. Over 700,000 households have viewed her educational videos, and she has conducted thousands of peer-to-peer STEM experiments with children in the community, authored 3 books and developed 15 branded STEM educational toys.

Mini Fab Science Lab premieres Aug 5 across Rootle PBS KIDS, YouTube and the PBS app!