-Februaru 11, 2013-

Hour 1
3:00 -- The GOP takes over the NC Legislature and proposes to dismiss every member of state Boards & Commissions to appoint like-minded people. Is this an abuse of power?

 

Hour 2
4:00 -- Mitch Kokai, the Director of Communications at the John Locke Foundation, joins us to talk about state politics.

 

Hour 3
5:00 -- Papal prophecies, the impending Presidential visit, and the US Labor Secretary says NC should keep borrowing money from the federal government for unemployment benefits.

 

-Februaru 12, 2013-

Hour 1
3:00 -- What can we expect from the big State of the Union speech tonight?

 

Hour 2
4:00 -- A new e-book claims the attack on the American consulate in Benghazi was blowback, after a secret US hit squad targeted al-Qaida militia leaders in Libya.

 

Hour 3
5:00 -- Blake Butler joins us from Raleigh to chat about the "Emerging Issues Forum."

 

-February 13, 2013-

Hour 1
3:00 -- President Obama visits Asheville. We listen to his remarks from the Linamar plant in Arden.
3:30 -- Dr. Merrill Matthews, Resident Scholar at the Institute for Policy Innovation,  joins us to review the State of the Union speech from last night.

 

Hour 2
4:00 --  It's Xpress Wednesday! The folks from Mountain Xpress join us to talk about their latest edition.
4:30 -- Former NC Supreme Court Justice Bob Orr joins us to talk about his efforts to create a non-partisan redistricting process.

 

Hour 3
5:00 -- Congressman Patrick McHenry (R-NC) and Congressman Mark Meadows (R-NC) join us to talk about the President's visit to Asheville and the State of Union address.

 

-February 14, 2013-

Hour 1
3:00 --  Dr. Chris Cooper, Chairman of the Political Science & Public Affairs Dept. at Western Carolina University, joins us to talk about the President's State of the Union speech, the Presidential visit to Asheville, and some state legislation.
3:30 -- Why increasing the minimum wage hurts the very people proponents claim to want to help.

 

Hour 2
4:00 -- Kevin King from the Tribune Papers, joins us to talk about the latest edition on news stands today.
4:30 -- The City of Asheville approves redevelopment plans for a Harris Teeter on Merrimon Ave.

 

Hour 3
5:00 -- Should NC lawmakers ban female toplessness?

 

-February 15, 2013-

Hour 1
3:00 -- Two meteors in one day! Earth almost died. Plus how could folks run out of food on that Carnival cruise? They have a buffet!
3:30 - Stu Morris, from NewsRadio 94.3 in Charleston, SC, joins us to talk about the race to replace Tim Scott (R) in Congressional District 1.  Scott was named US Senator after Jim DeMint resigned to take a job at the Heritage Foundation.

 

Hour 2
4:00 -- Larry Pratt, President of Gunowners of America, talks about universal background checks.

 

Hour 3
5:00 -- The NC House of Representatives votes not to expand Medicaid. A listen to some of the remarks from legislators may prompt aneurysms.