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School of Government Podcasts

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

As the largest university-based local government training, advisory, and research organization in the United States, the School of Government serves more than 12,000 public officials each year. The mission of the School of Government is to improve the lives of North Carolinians by engaging in practical scholarship that helps public officials and citizens understand and improve state and local government. Our podcasts support this mission. The School is nonpartisan, policy-neutral and responsive.

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26:46

Elected Ed: Season 1, Episode 9: Growing Old in North...

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2023/10/25

Growing old is hard. For most of us, we whine and complain about our ailments and then move on to the next topic of the day. That’s not reality for many older adults. In this podcast, we explore the School of Government’s Adult Protection Network, and how elected officials can [...]

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19:35

Elected Ed: Season 1, Episode 8: What is Workplace...

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2023/08/09

How does workplace culture affect worker recruitment and retention? This topic was identified by our faculty as one of five issues to watch in 2023. We talk about what workplace culture means in the public sector and why it should matter to local governing boards.

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19:30

Elected Ed: Season 1, Episode 7: What derails an...

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2023/07/12

North Carolina elected officials described what it means to get derailed – what it looks like and what happens as a result. SOG faculty member Willow Jacobson and her colleagues discuss what we learned: who really suffers when a local elected official gets derailed?

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35:46

Episode 9: NC Criminal Debrief

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2023/06/22

This episode discusses recent legislation, including changes to satellite-based monitoring and a new offense of misdemeanor crime of domestic violence, as well as recent state cases on constructive possession, Harbison error, and expert testimony.

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49:31

Episode 8: NC Criminal Debrief

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2023/06/15

This episode discusses the filings at the U.S. Supreme Court in State v. Diaz-Tomas, monetary obligations in criminal cases, recent state legislation, as well as cases on courtroom closures and capacity to proceed.

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20:13

Elected Ed: Season 1, Episode 6: My House is worth...

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2023/06/08

Whether you own your home or rent it, the value of it affects how much you pay for it. The process for determining the true value of taxable property is called “appraisal”. Local elected officials are responsible for assuring that it’s accurate, fair, and equitable. How does that work?

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24:06

Elected Ed: Season 1, Episode 5: Elected Officials...

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2023/05/10

Elected officials want economically vibrant communities and gentrification is affecting property values in many urban areas. Learn how changing housing markets can lead to equity issues in property appraisals and appeals.

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32:03

Elected Ed: Season 1, Episode 4: Elected Officials...

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2023/04/12

This episode explores recent findings of the NC Institute of Medicine’s Task Force on the Future of the Public Health Workforce in NC.

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28:26

Elected Ed: Season 1, Episode 3: Shedding Light for...

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2023/03/08

In the final episode of our series about sex and labor trafficking, a survivor of familial trafficking shares her story of abuse, resilience, and success.

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46:24

Episode 7: NC Criminal Debrief

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2023/03/03

This episode covers the latest in criminal law, including artificial intelligence and the law, harm reduction laws, khat, the constitutionality of disorderly conducts laws, live-streaming the police, the exclusionary rule at probation, and more.

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19:23

Elected Ed: Season 1, Episode 2: Elected Officials...

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2023/02/22

We encounter the survivors of human trafficking without realizing it. This episode is the second of three in a series about sex and labor trafficking. In it, we hear from a local government elected official who was trafficked as a teenager and learn about the factors that enabled her resilience.

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23:22

Elected Ed: Season 1, Episode 1: Local Elected...

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2023/02/03

When it comes to human trafficking, elected officials might think “that doesn’t happen here.” In this podcast, the UNC School of Government’s expert in human trafficking, Margaret Henderson, talks about her recently-published bulletin on one specific form of human trafficking, familial sex trafficking, which does in fact exist here in [...]

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44:08

Episode 6: NC Criminal Debrief

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2022/11/28

This episode covers recent state and national criminal law news, along with recent criminal decisions from the NC Supreme Court and the NC Court of Appeals. Topics include 911 call analysis, forfeiture of counsel, obstruction of justice, reinstatement of charges dismissed with leave, and cannabis.

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Episode 5: NC Criminal Debrief

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2022/10/31

This episode covers the latest in federal and state criminal law news, recent Fourth Amendment cases from the Fourth Circuit, new developments in cannabis and drug identification in the state, new state cases on identity theft and going armed to the terror of the public, as well as a review [...]

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39:04

Episode 4: NC Criminal Debrief

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2022/09/27

This episode discusses recent criminal law news, along with a review of recent decisions by the North Carolina appellate division. Topics include the recent raid by the FBI of Mar-a-Lago, the trial penalty, and confrontation rights at trial and probation violation hearings.

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27:26

Episode 3: NC Criminal Debrief

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2022/08/04

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Episode 2: NC Criminal Debrief

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2022/06/14

This episode is a review of recent state criminal cases. It covers search and seizure law, First Amendment issues in criminal law, post-conviction DNA testing, the right to counsel, substitute expert analyst testimony and the Confrontation Clause, along with the first successful Batson violation in the state.

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1:11:25

Episode 1: Inaugural NC Criminal Debrief Episode

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2022/05/03

Episode one of NC Criminal Debrief focuses on recent developments in North Carolina criminal law, including recent appellate decisions, new legislation, and a new rule of general practice.

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22:41

(Episode 3) “Beyond Icebreakers: How to Help...

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2020/06/15

On this episode we are featuring Hudson Link for Higher Education in Prison. This program provides college education, life skills, and reentry support to incarcerated and formerly incarcerated men and women to help them make a positive impact on their own lives, their families, and communities. Program participation is associated [...]

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22:09

(Episode 2) “Friend Request Accepted: Using...

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2020/06/15

In this episode, “Friend Request Accepted: Using Technology and Social Capital,” we feature Family Independence Initiative of Detroit. This program partners with families to improve education, housing, and transportation for its participants. They use a unique technology application called UpTogether that allows participants to connect. For more information, visit http://aspe.hhs.gov/social-capital

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