NC Deep Dive
Diving in to local issues within Holly Springs and Fuquay Varina, building community, sharing perspectives, and keeping you better informed!
Episodes
86 episodes
86: Beth Pugh Farrell (R) - 2026 Wake Soil & Water Conservation District Supervisor
Your ballot can include offices that rarely make headlines but still shape the water you drink, the flooding you see after big storms, and whether working farms can survive in a fast-growing county. We’re talking about the Wake County Soil and ...
85: Christina Gordon (D) - 2026 Wake County Board of Education District 2
The fastest way to understand what’s at stake in your local school board race is to follow the money and then watch how it hits real life. Wake County Board of Education District 2 candidate Christina Gordon joins us to explain how persistent u...
84: Amalia Mercedes Restucha (D) - 2026 NC District Court Judge, District 10D Seat 02
Court isn’t abstract when it’s your custody case, your misdemeanor charge, your juvenile matter, or your small civil dispute. That’s why we wanted a clear, voter-friendly conversation about the North Carolina district court judge race for Distr...
83: Anita Earls (D) - 2026 NC Supreme Court Associate Justice Seat 01
A Supreme Court justice doesn’t “represent” you in the courtroom, but the decisions they help write can still touch your wallet, your vote, and your child’s education. We’re joined by Justice Anita Earls, the Democratic candidate for the North ...
82: Julie von Haefen (D) - 2026 NC House District 36
Wake County is booming, but a booming region can still feel squeezed. We sit down with Julie Vvon Haefen, the Democratic candidate for North Carolina House District 36, to get specific about what’s driving anxiety in Apex, Cary, and Holly Sprin...
81: Constitutional Amendments & Bond Referenda on 2026 Ballot
Five ballot questions can look simple on paper, then get complicated the moment you ask, “What changes next year, and what changes forever?” We break down North Carolina’s 2026 ballot so you can vote with your eyes open, not your party reflexes...
80: Robert van Brederode (R) - 2026 NC Senate District 13
Growth is reshaping southern Wake County fast, and the choices on your ballot decide how we pay for it, regulate it, and live with it. Join us as we sit down with Robert Von Brederode, the Republican candidate for North Carolina State Senate Di...
79: Tobias (Toby) Hampson (D) - 2026 NC Court of Appeals Seat 02
Most people never see the North Carolina Court of Appeals at work, yet its decisions reach into everyday life across all 100 counties. We sat down with Judge Toby Hampson, a Democratic candidate for the NC Court of Appeals Seat 02, to pull back...
78: Christine Kushner (D) - 2026 Wake County Board of Commissioners At-Large
County government is where politics stops being abstract and starts showing up in your everyday life, in the schools your kids attend, the roads you sit on, the housing costs that keep climbing, and whether mental health care is actually availa...
77: Michael C. Byrne (R) - 2026 NC Court of Appeals Seat 01
Appeals aren’t TV courtroom drama, and they aren’t a second shot at arguing the facts. They’re where the rules get enforced, errors get corrected, and precedent gets set and for most North Carolina cases, the Court of Appeals is the final stop....
76: John S. Arrowood (D) - 2026 NC Court of Appeals Seat 1
Most people can explain what a governor or a legislator does. Far fewer can tell you what the North Carolina Court of Appeals decides even though it is often the final stop for the vast majority of appeals and the place where real lives quietly...
75: Mona Singh (D) - 2026 Wake County Board of Commissioners - At Large
Growth in Wake County is changing everything at once: commutes, school capacity, housing prices, healthcare access, and even how we think about data privacy. We sit down with Mona Singh, a Democratic candidate for the Wake County Board of Commi...
74: Samantha Krop (D) - 2026 Wake Soil & Water Conservation District Supervisor
Flooding, drought, dirty creeks after a storm, disappearing trees, vanishing farmland, and rising water demand can feel like separate problems until you trace them back to one place: how we use land in Wake County. That’s why this conversation ...
73: CeCe Grant (D) - 2026 Wake Soil & Water Conservation District Supervisor
Growth is reshaping Wake County fast, and the question hiding in plain sight is simple: will we still have clean water, working watersheds, and enough farmland when the next wave of development hits? I sit down with CeCe Grant, a candidate for ...
72: Mary Insprucker (R) - 2026 NC House District 36
Your ballot can feel like a maze, especially after redistricting, but the stakes are simple: the choices in Raleigh shape your rent, your commute, your kids’ schools, and how safe you feel when you lock the door at night. Amanda Benbow Lunn sit...
71: Gary Dale Hartong (R) - 2026 Wake County Board of Commissioners - At Large
Wake County is growing at a pace that feels exciting until you sit in traffic, open your property tax bill, or try to find a home you can actually afford. We sit down with Wake County Board of Commissioners at-large Republican candidate Gary Ha...
70: Safiyah Jackson (D) - 2026 Wake County Board of Commissioners District 2
Wake County is growing fast, and that growth shows up everywhere: school construction, EMS staffing, park demand, housing costs, and the property tax bill that funds most of it. I sit down with Safiyah Jackson, the democratic candidate for Wake...
69. Lisa Grafstein (D) - 2026 NC Senate District 13
Your ballot can feel overwhelming until you slow down and hear how a candidate thinks when the questions get specific. I sit down with State Senator Lisa Grafstein, who’s running for re-election in North Carolina Senate District 13, to talk thr...
68: Winn Decker (D) - 2026 NC House District 37
Your ballot can feel like a wall of names and amendments, but the stakes are personal: grocery bills, child care costs, crowded classrooms, traffic that steals time, and property taxes that keep climbing. We sit down with Winn Decker, democrati...
67: Jim White (R) - 2026 Wake Soil & Water Conservation District Supervisor
The most overlooked races on your ballot can have the most day-to-day impact on where you live. In Southern Wake County, the Wake County Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor contest sits right at the crossroads of development, clean ...
Episode 66: John Adcock (R) - 2026 Wake County Board of Commissioners District 2
We talk with John Adcock, Republican candidate for Wake County Board of Commissioners District 2, about what Southern Wake needs from county government and how he plans to measure every decision against local impact. We focus on affordability, ...
Episode 65: 2026 NC Court of Appeals Seat 03 - Christine Walczyk (D)
Judicial races are the ones most people skip and they might be the ones that shape your life the fastest. We sit down with Christine Walczyk, a Wake County trial judge and democratic candidate for the North Carolina Court of Appeals Seat 3 race...
Episode 64: 2026 US House District 13 - Paul Barringer (D)
Your rent is up, groceries cost more than they did last year, and health care still feels like a maze with a price tag attached. That’s the backdrop for our Candidate Conversation with Paul Barringer, the Democratic candidate for U.S. House of ...
Episode 63: 2026 NC Senate District 17 - Shirley Johnson (R)
Politics gets real when it touches the streets you drive, the schools your kids sit in, and the bills that show up every month. That’s why we sat down with NC Senate District 17 Republican candidate Shirley Johnson for a wide-ranging, specific ...
Democratic Ballot: NC House of Representatives District 37
This episode breaks down the Democratic primary for North Carolina House District 37, where Winn Decker, Ralph Clements, and Marcus Gadson are competing to face Republican incumbent Erin Paré in November.Decker leans on his bipart...