Tying It Together with Tim Boyum

In 2020, big cities across the state and country saw most of the attention during protests over racial justice issues and Confederate statues. However, some small towns, like Sylva, North Carolina, started facing their own past-related struggles.

On this week’s episode of Tying It Together With Tim Boyum, Tim travels to the tiny mountain town located about 50 miles west of Asheville to learn more about its unique story.

The town has played a backdrop for movies like Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and The Fugitive, but also has a fascinating script of its own. It involves a former pro-wrestler, a town board looking to make a change, and a community with a changing identity.

It’s also a story that, so far, has yet to write its ending.

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As 2023 wraps up, host Tim Boyum sits down with North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper. Gov. Cooper gives us behind-the-scenes insight on finally getting Medicaid expansion past the finish line.

He also talks about his push next year to get past school vouchers, his plans for 2024 without having his own campaign for the first time in decades, and his future after 2024.

They also discuss the recent death of UNC legend Eric Montross, and Gov. Cooper gives a glimpse of how he finds ways to unwind from the stress of leading a state.

This week we dive into the precarious situation of insuring homes along the coast and the impact on every homeowner in North Carolina.

As more storms and stronger storms impact our state, it’s having and will continue to have profound impacts on the future of insurance and how much you pay. What are state, insurance industry and other leaders doing to ensure we call all afford our homes and insurance? Do people across the state help subsidize the high cost of coastal insurance?

Industry expert Joe Stewart, a long time well-known name in North Carolina politics, joins host Tim Boyum to break it all down.

Durham County Commissioner Nida Allam made state history when she was elected to office, becoming the first Muslim woman to win a seat in North Carolina. As she was sworn-in, however, the excitement was subdued by 15 hateful voicemails she received that morning.

But that's just the beginning of the story.

On this episode of “Tying It Together With Tim Boyum,” Tim talks with Allam, whose tale is, in a way, about achieving the American dream. Her path to elected office, however, was anything but easy.

The story includes racism and even a homicide. Despite that, she's paving a path for other young Muslim women to follow in her footsteps.

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Jim Martin was governor of North Carolina from 1985-1993. He was one of only two Republican governors in the 20th century.

Even more interesting, he is a chemist by profession, and as a Republican recently wrote a book about science and faith.

On this episode of “Tying It Together With Tim Boyum,” Tim will dig deep into why Martin thinks people of faith can believe in science as well.

This week marks a milestone as every single living governor in North Carolina will have appeared on the podcast. This one is quite unique.

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