WUNCPolitics Podcast: A Conversation About Women In Politics

WUNC | By Jeff Tiberii

Published September 21, 2017 at 4:52 PM EDT

In North Carolina, women make up more than 51 percent of the population, yet they hold less than a quarter of the seats at the state legislature.

In this week's WUNC Politics Podcast, NC Insider Reporter Lauren Horsch discusses a story she's working on about women in politics. She also details some of the big stories from the week, recommends good Twitter follows, and shares her favorite beach bar.WUNC Capitol Bureau Chief Jeff Tiberii and NC Insider Reporter Lauren Horsch talk about women in politics and other issues in the week's news.

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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.

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