BLAINESWORLD
Positive news and information about people and organizations in both Western NC and throughout the country.
Episodes
438 episodes
3.28.2026 - Tim Sampson, Delina Hensley, & Alison Lamasney discuss "The Dolls of New Albion, A Steampunk Opera."
It will run from April 16-26 at Ashville Performing Arts Academy. For tickets: https://tinyurl.com/2xpdzxjz
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3.24.2026 - Carey Harnash--Executive Director, WNC Harvest & Heritage Foundation
The WNC Whiskey Festival takes place on Saturday, May 30. For more information and tickets, click: https://www.wncwhiskeyfest.com/
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3.21.2026 - Chuck Schwing--Pianist and Singer, who sings three songs.
One of them is arguably the greatest rock song of all time ("Happy Together" at the 30:03 mark).
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3.20.2026 - Bill Scobie--Owner, Scobie.Net
Small Business & Home Compute Networking & Support
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3.18.2026 - Alex McDonald Villarreal, Actor/Playwright
He discusses "Ethnically Ambiguous," his one-man show that will run at HART Theatre from March 20=29. For tickets, click: https://tinyurl.com/3unhd22d
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3.17.2026 - Todd Weatherly--President & Principal Consultant with Stucker, Smith & Weatherly
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3.16.2026 - Jared Pone & Matt Debnam, both with the North Carolina Department of Public Safety
They discuss the North Carolina S.A.F.E. (Secure All Firearms Effectively) initiative
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3.11.2026 - Mike Martinelli--Movie reviewer extraordinaire who discusses his Oscar predictions
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3.10.2026 - William (Bill) Schutt--Retired business founder/owner, engineer, entrepreneur, author
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3.9..2026 - Peter Samuelson-- Film Producer, Educator, Media Executive, Philanthropist, Author
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3.3.2026 = Elaine Robinson Beattie--Global Leadership Strategist, International Speaker, Author, and Executive Coach
Global Leadership Strategist, International Speaker, Author, and Executive Coach
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2.16.2026 - Graeme Browning, Semi-Retired National Journalist
Links mentioned on 2.16.2026 BLAINESWORLD podcast (and a few others), courtesy of Graeme BrowningBBC SurveyLargest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory...
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2.17.2026 - Katie Jones--Co-Artistic Director, Phantom Lamp Theatre Company
She discusses "Close Quarters," opening on Feb. 20 and running through March 1 at Lamplight AVL. For tickets: https://pltc.simpletix.com/ ... To watch or listen, go to www.blainesworld.net and find the episode dated 2.17.2026. From there...
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2.17.2026 - Mike Yow & Will Ezzell discuss the play they're in: “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)."
Aaron Ybarra also stars. ... To watch or listen, go to www.blainesworld.net and find the episode dated 2.17.2026. From there, you can watch on YouTube or listen on your favorite podcast platform. ... PS. The show will run from Feb/ 20-March 1 a...
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2.14.2026 - Mark Jones, Candice Burchill & Elly Leidner discuss "Tonya & Nancy: The Rock Opera"
Dogged Utopia's darkly comic musical will run from Deb. 26-March 8 at The Bebe Theatre. For tickets, click: https://doggedutopia.simpletix.com/
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2.10.2026 - Dr. Susan Clark Muntean, Associate Professor of Business at UNCA
Note: To read Dr. Muntean's insightful op-ed piece that she mentioned in the podcast, click:https://ashevillecitizentimes-nc.newsmemory.com/?publink=2645a5ea3_1351f94
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2.9.2026 - Caleb Owololabi, Media Producer, & Stephanie Stepson-Twitty, CEO of Eagle Markets Streets Development Corp.
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2.3.2026 - Interim Chief Jackie Stepp & Public Information Officer Rick Rice of the Asheville Police Dept.
What’s happening in Asheville from a law enforcement perspective? I spoke with these two individuals on BLAINESWORLD. Watch or listen here: www.blainesworld.net (Feb. 3 episode).
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