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Plus: An affordable holiday trip to Boone Share with a friend     Hey, it’s Billy. Jessica F. Simmons has a fascinating report on a new NC-based podcast.  “Outlawed,” hosted by Duke Health OB-GYNs Dr. Beverly A. Gray and Dr. Jonas Swartz, was created to talk about the state of reproductive rights in North Carolina.…

Plus: Where are the Buddhist monks heading next? Share with a friend     Hey, it’s Billy. Justice for the pickle. The pickle is not just a briny cucumber. It’s not just an afterthought, something to complement your burger or put on the side of the plate. The pickle deserves its own “Rocky”-style training montage.…

Plus: 3 things happening in NC this week. Share with a friend Hey, it’s Billy. Below, we’ve got NC’s role in “the best year in movie history,” and a troubling new study on gambling addiction, but first:   Since I’ve been a kid—and I’m 43 years old—people have been talking about getting young people to vote.…

Plus: This could change politics in NC. Share with a friend Hey, it’s Billy. Since 2010, politics in America has changed.  The US Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision allowed corporations and outside groups to spend unlimited amounts of money to influence elections.  It has increasingly made non-local politics into a game played only by the…