BPR News Presents: The Porch Episode 001

BPR News | By Matt Bush

Published September 3, 2020 at 4:19 PM EDT

At this particular moment in history, we think it's vital that we give ourselves more time to listen to what's happening in Western North Carolina and Southern Appalachia. To do that, Blue Ridge Public Radio is launching a new program from its news department - BPR News Presents: The Porch.

In our debut episode, we speak with Buncombe County elections director Corinne Duncan, Great Smoky Mountains National Park superintendent Cassius Cash, and the first Black principal in Macon County schools post-integration Shirley Parks.

(The BPR News Presents theme is The Vibes by Audiobinger. Other music included in this episode includes I Care by Loyalty Freak Music)

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Matt Bush

Matt Bush joined Blue Ridge Public Radio as news director in August 2016. Excited at the opportunity the build up the news service for both stations as well as help launch BPR News, Matt made the jump to Western North Carolina from Washington D.C. For the 8 years prior to coming to Asheville, he worked at the NPR member station in the nation's capital as a reporter and anchor. Matt primarily covered the state of Maryland, including 6 years of covering the statehouse in Annapolis. Prior to that, he worked at WMAL in Washington and Metro Networks in Pittsburgh, the city he was born and raised in.

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