Charlotte Newsmakers

Rell Lowrey discusses anti-trans legislation, trans visibility in Charlotte and how the Queen City can improve.

After a year off due to COVID, the Charlotte Knights are finally resuming play in the Queen City.

A Charlotte City Councilman has a unique proposal to help Charlotte traffic.

Joe Bruno talks to Coleman Montgomery of Gaston Talks.

Joe Bruno talks to the West Boulevard Neighborhood Association about their quest to bring a grocery store to their area. 

From the Charlotte Post and QC Football Chronicle, Ashley Mahoney joins Joe Bruno to discuss all things soccer in the Queen City, starting with Charlotte FC's season ticket controversy.

A chicken farmer, advocate for the homeless and unaffiliated voter, Stacy Phillips is not an ordinary elected official. Stacy joins the Charlotte Newmakers podcast to discuss her background and some of the top issues facing Huntersville in 2021. 

Plaza Midwood continues to change. The latest proposal would bring housing to the old Peculiar Rabbit site but neighbors want Charlotte City Council to reject the project. 

Mecklenburg County Deputy Health Director Dr. Raynard Washington joins new Newsmakers host Joe Bruno to discuss the county's COVID response, and those viral videos showing packed bars and restaurants in Charlotte's South End.

What does the future of Charlotte look like? Host Konata Edwards sits down with Ely Portillo of The UNCC Urban Development center to discuss the wealth gap in Charlotte and how it can be remedied. 

Queen City Nerve's Justin LaFrancois found himself trapped with hundreds of other protesters in Uptown Charlotte on Tuesday, June 2, 2020. What happened next made national news. Justin talks with host Konata Edwards about the incident.   NOTE: Contains adult language.

Charlotte LGBT advocate James Rice III talks with host Konata Edwards about the issues, COVID-19 and otherwise, facing Charlotte's LGBT youth.

Host Konata Edwards talks with Heal Charlotte's Executive Director Greg Jackson, about the organizations origins, and the tough road ahead for all Charlotte's underserved communities.

Host Konata Edwards talks with Charlotte restauranteur Greg Collier about COVID-19s affect on the restaurant industry, his journey as a chef, and hip hop music.

Host Konata Edwards talks with Charlotte Agenda's Michael Graff about the city's response to COVID-19, and the struggles of low-income families in Charlotte.

Host Konata Edwards talks with Charlotte journalist and entrepreneur Jennifer Moxley (Sunshine Media Network) about COVID-19's effect on the media freelance market, and how to value your work, and how to seek work as a freelancer in difficult times.

Host Konata Edwards talks with Ashley Mahoney from The Charlotte Post, and The Athletic's Jourdan Rodrigue about the effect COVID-19 has had on doing their jobs covering arts and entertainment, and sports in Charlotte.

Mecklenburg County's eviction rate is nearly twice the national average, and it's not even the highest in North Carolina. What are so many families being evicted? Sarah Blake Morgan is joined in-studio by Natalia Botella from The Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy to discuss the city's eviction epidemic.

In The Queen City Podcast Network's first residency recording at Uptown Charlotte coffee shop Coco and the Director, Ely Portillo joins host Sarah Blake Morgan to discuss Charlotte's reputation of bulldozing its past, the sustainability of the city's rapid growth, and to offer some perspective about the city's traffic.

In Part two of this recording of a live event, Sarah Blake Morgan moderates a panel discussion of this country's opioid epidemic. In this installment, Part Two of the panel, Sarah Blake is joined by physicians Dr. Patrick Connor , former Carolina Panthers John Kasay, Muhsin Muhammad and Mike Rucker,  and Debbie Dalton, who lost her son to opioid abuse. The discussion was presented by the OrthoCarolina Research Institute, and held at Uptown Charlotte's Knight Theater on September 10, 2019.