Eye on the Triangle

Five tornados hit central North Carolina on Sunday, causing notable damage in the Neuse Crossing neighborhood in north Raleigh. Damage to houses, cars and roads in Wake, Johnston and Cumberland County was reported by WRAL.

Early voting is starting on October 15th and Pack the Polls, NC State's nonpartisan voting coalition, is providing shuttles and hosting several events to increase voting education and opportunity for NC State stud...

Are Flock Cameras on campus? WKNC's Hail Zulueta and The Nubian Message's Elliott Jackson get to the bottom of ALPR cameras across NC State and Raleigh. The full findings have been published in an article on The Nubian Message.

Included in today's news summary is the upcoming voter registration deadline on October 9th, Campus Health's weekly flu vaccine clinic across NC State campus and University Libraries and Theatre's Banned Book...

Talley Student Union will no longer be an early voting site this year, being replaced by the Business Service Center on Western Boulevard. Autumn Smith details the voting site change and how North Carolinians can make sure they're registered to vote before the deadline on October 9th.

Then, Autumn Smith covers the WakeMed-Atrium Health merger, and how it plans to expand the capabilities of the Raleigh-based hospital while causing al...

Vick Hernandez visits the Raleigh Fringe Festival with a deep dive into the history of fringe, organization of the festival, and special interviews with some of the artists and entertainers.

Before that, Autumn Smith sits down with Kai Nicanor and Reese Croom of the NC State Pride Center to discuss the upcoming PrideFest events.

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Raleigh's new Fourth Ward District, focusing on the entertainment block in the south downtown area, is named to commemorate and honor the Fourth Ward neighbourhood, a Black community that was destroyed in the 1970s. In this episode, Autumn Smith talks with Haley Kinsler, a PhD student at NC State and a member of the Fourth Ward Oral History Project to highlight the history of the area and community effort to preserve the memory of ...

Autumn Smith visits Game & Geek Expo and interviews celebrity guest voice actors Samantha Kelly and Kenny James who formerly voiced Princess Peach and Bowser from the Super Mario series video games.

Introducing the episode is WKNC content creator Vick Hernandez, providing updates on the NC State Physical Master Plan, campus parking concerns and the Wolfpack's women's soccer team.

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Christina Koch speaks directly with Autumn Smith of WKNC during her visit to NC State campus on August 24th.

Then, Autumn Smith speaks with Jeff Thomas and Mady Shelton from Raleigh Retro Gamers about the upcoming Game & Geek Expo on September 5th and 6th. Eye on the Triangle listeners can use the code 'WKNC881' to get 20% off when registering for the event.

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Eye on the Triangle's Autumn Smith tours Packapalooza 2026, speaking with two dozen people about NC State and how it feels to represent various departments and organizations at the Hillsborough Street event. If you didn't attend Packapalooza this year, this segment covers everything you missed.

Guest features include Dean Garey Fox from the College of Life Sciences & Agriculture, Sarah Thibault with the College of Design, Chris...

Eye on the Triangle returns for the Fall 2026 semester! In this episode, Autumn Smith interviews Donovan Zimmerman from Paperhand Puppet Project about the 2026 production "The Wild Wisdom of the World," a stage performance about the human condition. Beforehand, Hail Zulueta breaks down data about the new AI assistant 'Oscar' on NC State campus and what it says about campus sustainability efforts.

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Breyton Hill discusses the history of Earth Day on April 22 and how it came to be one of the largest secular holidays in the world. The theme of Earth Day 2026 is Our Power, Our Planet, which according to EarthDay.org, reflects a fundamental truth: environmental progress doesn’t depend on any single administration or election. It’s sustained by daily actions of communities, educators, workers, and families protecting wh...

In this episode of "Eye on the Triangle," Evie Dallman and Amanda Levinson discuss the arts' place in exciting civic engagement and ways communities can continue restoration within the individual as well as larger bodies of people. We talk radical rest, laborers' rights and artistic action.

In our second story, Evie chats with the North Carolina Museum of Art's Head Librarian, Andrew Wang, about North Carolina book culture, zine cul...

Breyton Hill attends Brain Night at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. As she explores, she talks to researchers, volunteers, and community members all attending or tabling for Brain Night. Chris Smith, the museum's Coordinator of Current Science Programs explains more about what Brain Night is. The 2026 keynote speaker was Dr. Christa Baker and her postdoc, Dr. Alexandra Venuto, talks about their research in fruit flie...

Breyton Hill interviews Dr. Kasey Wagoner, a physics professor at NC State, about his career journey, science communication and outreach, as well as why everyone should care about physics.

Originally a business major, Dr. Wagoner fell in love with physics after taking an astronomy course in undergrad. He describes how cool it was to ask questions about the origin of the universe and eventually test for the idea of other universes in...

Breyton Hill discusses the history of March being recognized as Women's History Month. She also discusses the careers and achievements of outstanding women in STEM who have changed the world for the better, including Ada Lovelace, Henrietta Lacks, Rosalind Franklin, Marie Curie, Jane Goodall, Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson. All these women and many, many more should be celebrated, especially as the 2026 theme ...

In this science news update, new public affairs content creator Breyton Hill discusses some cool science and research news that has been happening around the Triangle.

 
With the weather happening this weekend, Breyton gets into the science of snowflakes, discussing what makes each one unique.

Next, Breyton talks about how astronomers at Duke University are photographing the cosmos as part of Legacy Survey of Space and Ti...

This episode explores blind hockey and the role of adaptive sports in expanding accessibility and inclusion in athletics. Through a conversation with Craig Fitzpatrick, a blind hockey player and disability advocate, the episode looks at how sports can be reimagined to serve a wider range of participants.

The discussion covers how blind hockey works, the challenges disabled athletes face in traditional sports environments, and why ac...