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WUNCPolitics Podcast: Mark Meadows, NC09, And Hands Free Driving

Mark Meadows, special congressional elections, and hands-free driving are all fair game on this week's podcast. Chris Cooper, professor and head of the Department of Political Science and Public Affairs at Western Carolina, returns to the program to discuss some of the week's happenings.
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Mark Meadows, special congressional elections, and hands-free driving are all fair game on this week's podcast. Chris Cooper, professor and head of the Department of Political Science and Public Affairs at Western Carolina, returns to the program to discuss some of the week's happenings.

Mark Meadows, special congressional elections, and hands-free driving are all fair game on this week's podcast.

Chris Cooper, professor and head of the Department of Political Science and Public Affairs at Western Carolina, returns to the program to discuss some of the week's happenings.Chris Cooper, professor and head of the Department of Political Science and Public Affairs at Western Carolina, returns to the program to discuss some of the week's happenings.

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Jeff Tiberii first started posing questions to strangers after dinner at La Cantina Italiana, in Massachusetts, when he was two-years-old. Jeff grew up in Wayland, Ma., an avid fan of the Boston Celtics, and took summer vacations to Acadia National Park (ME) with his family. He graduated from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University with a degree in Broadcast Journalism, and moved to North Carolina in 2006. His experience with NPR member stations WAER (Syracuse), WFDD (Winston-Salem) and now WUNC, dates back 15 years.