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WHQR's CoastLine Coastline is a call-in variety news hour. Every week, we'll look into issues that matter in the Cape Fear Region. Host Rachel Lewis Hilburn will interview expert guests and invite you to join the conversation. Tell us what topics you would like discussed on CoastLine. Email thoughts and suggestions to coastline@whqr.org.
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Coastline is a call-in variety news hour. Every week, we'll look into issues that matter in the Cape Fear Region. Host Rachel Lewis Hilburn will interview expert guests and invite you to join the conversation. Tell us what topics you would like discussed on CoastLine. Email thoughts and suggestions to coastline@whqr.org.

Most Recent Episodes

CoastLine: Photojournalist Alexander Rivera, Jr., descendant of 1898 victim, influenced U....

One photojournalist from North Carolina influenced the civil rights struggle in the United States, enjoyed a friendship with President Richard Nixon, was a member of the first African American press delegation on an official U.S. diplomatic trip overseas, and descended from one of the victims of the Wilmington 1898 coup d'etat. Alexander Rivera, Jr. also lit a fire in the imagination of UNCW History Professor Glen Harris, who wrote his biography: Social Justice and Liberation Struggles: The photojournalistic and public relations career of Alexander McAllister Rivera Junior

CoastLine: Photojournalist Alexander Rivera, Jr., descendant of 1898 victim, influenced U....

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CoastLine: Dana Sachs on joining the volunteer effort to help migrants suffering in Greek ...

So many who brave dangerous treks across unfriendly terrain and tumultuous oceans to escape war, violence, and poverty find themselves stuck in camps that do not satisfy the most basic human needs: sanitation, enough food, dry clothes. Author Dana Sachs explains how a grassroots volunteer effort has sprung up where governments and NGOs have failed.

CoastLine: Dana Sachs on joining the volunteer effort to help migrants suffering in Greek ...

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CoastLine: Blues musician Robert Lighthouse says tour of war-torn Ukraine fundamentally changed him

Blues musician Robert Lighthouse may have grown up in Sweden, but as soon as he turned 18 he came to the United States to live with a native American family on a Hopi reservation and learn about his beloved Mississippi Delta Blues. He had no idea that decades later, he'd travel to a war zone to make music for people living with daily terror. He also had no idea how profoundly that trip would affect him.

CoastLine: Blues musician Robert Lighthouse says tour of war-torn Ukraine fundamentally changed him

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CoastLine: Roger Shew on the Seven Natural Wonders of SE NC

He calls them the Seven Natural Wonders of southeastern North Carolina. Can you guess what they are? We live in a biodiversity hotspot – for now, anyway — and environmental scientist Roger Shew is hoping that the more people learn about these natural wonders, the more they'll care about saving them.

CoastLine: Michelin star chef Iliana Regan on gender, fear, and foraging

Iliana Regan is owner and chef of The Milkweed Inn – a rustic, woodsy, and hard-to-reach getaway in the Hiawatha National Forest on Michigan's Upper Peninsula. She's also a Michelin starred chef and the author of two books. On this episode, how she thinks about gender – especially her own, how she deals with fear and why people are scary, and what she found on a foraging trip through the saltwater marshes of southeastern North Carolina.

CoastLine: Michelin star chef Iliana Regan on gender, fear, and foraging

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CoastLine: Ellie Foumbi explores trauma and forgiveness in Our Father, the Devil

Our Father, the Devil is Ellie Foumbi's first feature film, and she has a distribution deal. The Tribeca Film Festival calls the lead performances "Oscar-worthy" — in a story that explores trauma, what forgiveness means, and whether anything is unforgiveable.

CoastLine: Ellie Foumbi explores trauma and forgiveness in Our Father, the Devil

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CoastLine: Cape Fear Chorale turns 25; Founder Jerry Cribbs passes baton to Dr. Aaron Peisner

In 1998, Jerry Cribbs took a risk and started a choral group that performs two free, high-quality concerts a year. 25 years later, a new artistic director takes the helm, Dr. Aaron Peisner, as Cape Fear Chorale – Jerry's original vision – is going strong.

CoastLine: Cape Fear Chorale turns 25; Founder Jerry Cribbs passes baton to Dr. Aaron Peisner

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CoastLine: Brave Conversations on Race explores cultural gaps, fosters unlikely friendships

Legions of people have tried to bridge gaps – gaps between political opposites, between the genders, between generations, and among races. Some have varying levels of success, for a time. But what happens when the structured conversations go away? Do people continue their connections? One local effort seems to be fostering real friendships among people of different backgrounds and races.

CoastLine: Brave Conversations on Race explores cultural gaps, fosters unlikely friendships

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CoastLine: Mama Bears doc explores how a group of Christian women support their LGBTQ kids...

Gay or trans kids are at infinitely higher risk of harm if rejected by the adults around them. In ultra-conservative churches that condemn LGBTQ+ identities, parents often have to decide between their child and their church community. But a group of women that call themselves the Mama Bears is seeking to change that. Filmmaker Daresha Kyi joined us to talk about the power of Mama Bear love.

CoastLine: Mama Bears doc explores how a group of Christian women support their LGBTQ kids...

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CoastLine: Frying Pan Shoals study to document fish behavior and shoals makeup — possibly...

Finding sand for beach renourishment is a never-ending quest for beach towns. Could Frying Pan Shoals be the answer? BOEM is paying for a study of the shoals as the National Marine Fisheries Service worries dredging could harm this essential fish habitat.

CoastLine: Frying Pan Shoals study to document fish behavior and shoals makeup — possibly...

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