Heel Talk

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Heel Talk episode 12: Faculty and staff petition UNC against return to campus

By Meredith Radford and Evely Forte | June 29

In this episode, host Evely Forte spoke to DTH reporter and incoming Assistant Copy Editor Sasha Schroeder and incoming Assistant Online Editor Praveena Somasundaram to understand why many UNC faculty members, professors and teaching assistants are petitioning UNC administration about the fall 2020 semester because of the COVID-19 pandemic, what the petitioners are really demanding and how they hope the University will implement potential changes. 

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Heel Talk episode 11: Board of Trustees lifts 16-year moratorium on renaming buildings

By Meredith Radford and Evely Forte | June 22

In this week's episode, host Evely Forte spoke to Maydha Devarajan, summer University desk editor, and former DTH reporter Hannah McClellan to better understand what the Board of Trustees decision to lift a 16-year ban on renaming buildings, monuments and landscapes on UNC’s campus meant, how this decision will affect the University moving forward and how campus leaders are responding.

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Heel Talk episode 10: UNC leaders discuss racial equity plans for the 2020-21 school year

By Meredith Radford and Evely Forte | June 15

In this episode, host Evely Forte spoke to incoming senior class president Chris Suggs; incoming Black Student Movement president Tamiya Troy; Multicultural Affairs and Diversity Outreach committee co-chairpersons Chaz Crosby and Maya Logan; and Interim Chief Diversity Officer Sibby Anderson-Thompkins, to better understand what impact the movement, against police brutality and for racial equity, will have on the upcoming semester.

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Heel Talk episode nine: Protests in the Triangle against police brutality

By Meredith Radford and Evely Forte | June 8

In this episode, host Evely Forte talks to three DTH journalists — Chase Cofield, Maydha Devarajan and Claire Perry — to discuss what activism, in the midst of a pandemic, looks like and how community members feel about the national conversation moving forward, in the wake of the murder of George Floyd and other police brutality.

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Heel Talk episode eight: Tackling food insecurity, hurricane preparation during COVID-19

By Meredith Radford and Evely Forte | June 1

Evely Forte and City & State reporter Elizabeth Egan talk about the NCDHHS's Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer program and the work of local organizations attempting to feed families impacted by the economic effects of the pandemic. Summer Online Editor Meredith Radford also breaks down how the state is preparing for the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, which officially begins today, and what residents can do to individually prepare. 

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Heel Talk episode seven: 'Zoombombings,' remote learning and a fall semester update

By Meredith Radford and Evely Forte | May 26

In this episode, Evely Forte and Maydha Devarajan, The Daily Tar Heel University desk editor, discuss a Zoombombing that occurred during a final presentation in the Hussman School of Journalism and Media's  International Projects class. Evely also explains Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz's recent announcement about reopening the University in the fall.

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Heel Talk episode six: North Carolina's plan to reopen during COVID-19

By Meredith Radford and Evely Forte | May 18

In this episode, Evely Forte and The Daily Tar Heel City & State editor Claire Perry discuss North Carolina's three-phase plan for reopening during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Heel Talk episode two: Graduate workers take COVID-19 demands to the University

By Lauren Cook and Evely Forte | April 20

In this episode, Evely Forte and DTH staff writer Rachel Crumpler discuss UNC graduate worker demands in response to COVID-19. 

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Column: Listen to 'Heel Talk,' our new University-focused podcast

By Evely Forte | April 13

Listen to the DTH University Desk's new podcast, "Heel Talk," to learn about the University's response to COVID-19 and how it could affect you.