School of Government Podcasts
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.
- Update frequency
- every 14 days
- Average duration
- 30 minutes
- Episodes
- 99
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
Episode 9: NC Criminal Debrief
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 p…
00:35:46 |
Thu 22 Jun 2023
Episode 8: NC Criminal Debrief
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 capac…
00:49:31 |
Thu 15 Jun 2023
Elected Ed: Season 1, Episode 6: My House is worth WHAT?!
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 ar…
00:20:13 |
Thu 08 Jun 2023
Elected Ed: Season 1, Episode 5: Elected Officials Learn Whether Property Reappraisals are Equitable
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 a…
00:24:06 |
Wed 10 May 2023
Elected Ed: Season 1, Episode 4: Elected Officials Face Challenges in Hiring and Keeping Local Public Health Worker
This episode explores recent findings of the NC Institute of Medicine’s Task Force on the Future of the Public Health Workforce in NC.
00:32:03 |
Wed 12 Apr 2023
Elected Ed: Season 1, Episode 3: Shedding Light for Elected Leaders: Sex Trafficking Can Look Normal to the Uninformed
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.
00:28:26 |
Wed 08 Mar 2023
Episode 7: NC Criminal Debrief
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,…
00:46:24 |
Fri 03 Mar 2023
Elected Ed: Season 1, Episode 2: Elected Officials Learn Trafficking Indicators and the Importance of Staff Training
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…
00:19:23 |
Wed 22 Feb 2023
Elected Ed: Season 1, Episode 1: Local Elected Officials Can Help Stop Human Trafficking
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 ab…
00:23:22 |
Fri 03 Feb 2023
Episode 6: NC Criminal Debrief
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, forfeitu…
00:44:08 |
Mon 28 Nov 2022
Episode 5: NC Criminal Debrief
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 st…
01:02:08 |
Mon 31 Oct 2022
Episode 4: NC Criminal Debrief
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 p…
00:39:04 |
Tue 27 Sep 2022
Episode 2: NC Criminal Debrief
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…
01:04:35 |
Tue 14 Jun 2022
Episode 1: Inaugural NC Criminal Debrief Episode
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.
01:11:25 |
Tue 03 May 2022
Ep. 7: Understanding Property Revaluation
Faculty member Kirk Boone describes the basics of property revaluation, what it means for various stakeholders, and the role and responsibilities of local elected leaders during the revaluation proce…
00:19:11 |
Thu 25 Mar 2021
Ep. 6: What’s Your Form Of Government?
Faculty Members Kim Nelson and Carl Stenberg summarize the various forms of local government in North Carolina. These include the prevailing Manager/Council and County Manager forms, and the Mayor/C…
00:20:48 |
Thu 25 Mar 2021
Ep. 7: Understanding Property Revaluation
Faculty member Kirk Boone describes the basics of property revaluation, what it means for various stakeholders, and the role and responsibilities of local elected leaders during the revaluation proce…
00:22:24 |
Thu 25 Mar 2021
Ep. 6: What’s Your Form of Government?
Faculty Members Kim Nelson and Carl Stenberg summarize the various forms of local government in North Carolina. These include the prevailing Manager/Council and County Manager forms, and the Mayor/C…
00:20:48 |
Thu 25 Mar 2021
Ep. 5: The Lingo Of Mental Disabilities In NC
The words that describe the different kinds of mental disabilities can be confounding for laymen, and the terminology for the organizational structures are equally confusing. In this podcast Mark Bo…
00:38:19 |
Thu 12 Nov 2020
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