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WUNCPolitics Podcast: A Conversation With Jonathan Kappler

WUNC | By Jeff Tiberii

Published October 27, 2017 at 9:05 AM EDT

Jonathan Kappler got hooked on North Carolina politics during high school when he served in the House as a page. Today he's the Executive Director of the NC Free Enterprise Foundation.

Kappler joins WUNC Capitol Bureau Chief Jeff Tiberii for a conversation about the most recent redistricting development, re-election announcements at the state and federal level, and an extended forecast of the 2018 congressional races across the state.WUNC Capitol Bureau Chief Jeff Tiberii talks with Jonathan Kappler, executive director of the NC Free Enterprise Foundation on the latest episode of the WUNCPolitics Podcast.

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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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