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Working for British and Brazilian Missions in Ghana

Norkplim Mattah, a student from Ghana, takes us through her life journey that is fraught with so many incredible experiences. Mattah, a trilingual who speaks English, French, and Spanish, spent a year in Spain and worked British and Brazilian diplomatic missions in Ghana before embarking on a journey to pursue Grad school in the US.


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Ghadir Haikal

Dr. Ghadir Haikal is a civil engineering professor whose research is in the area of computational mechanics. In the episode, Dr. Haikal discusses her work modeling interfaces between construction materials, and her journey from growing up in Syria to becoming a professor at NC State. Dr. Haikal is one of the most caring professors I have had during my time at NC State and I’m grateful she took the time to talk with me. Enjoy!
Dr. Haikal’s NC State Website 


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WKNC set to host 4th annual 24-hour broadcast for World College Radio Day

Written by Mason Baker, WKNC Promotions Director

On Friday, Oct. 4, WKNC is set to host the fourth annual 24-hour celebration of World College Radio Day. 

Starting in 2012, over 600 colleges across the globe have participated in the annual World College Radio Day. October 4th will mark the fourth year WKNC has participated in the festivities, boasting 24 hours of non-stop DJ sets on our HD-1 and HD-2 channels, with a healthy assortment of entertainment on our Production Room livestreams.

WKNC will kick off the day on HD-1 with our electronic and pop block Afterhours and rap and R&B block Underground from 12 a.m. to 6 a.m. Afterwards is our indie rock block Daytime from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. rounded out by our metal Chainsaw block from 6 p.m. to 12 a.m. Additionally, our HD-2 schedule is chock full of music of all genres, including a smattering of sets from our newly trained DJs.

In addition to the live broadcast, WKNC will host a 24-hour livestream on both YouTube and Twitch. During the stream, you can catch such exhilarating activities as WKNC Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader, LEGO building, PowerPoint presentations, detective work and many more.

“I’m so excited for World College Radio Day this year! This is going to be the fourth year in a row we have celebrated it, and each year it’s only gotten better,” said Rose Kelly, WKNC’s current general manager. “It’s such an incredible way to connect with other DJs, and I know everyone is looking forward to it so much!”

WKNC HD-1 can be heard throughout the Triangle on 88.1 FM. Our HD-2 channel can be heard on HD-enabled radios. Both stations stream online at wknc.org/listen and through our Live365 mobile apps.

Schedules for WKNC HD-1, HD-2 and Production Room Livestream are below. Do note these schedules are subject to change.

WKNC HD-1 Schedule

TimeDJTheme
12-1 a.m.
Big Anthony/Steel Nipz
all the music they wouldn’t let me play during the day
1-2 a.m.dj paruko/dirty chaiTHIS WCRD WE ARE NUKING YOUR SPEAKERS
2-3 a.m.DJ Southpaw/perfume charmsafterhours x underground yaoi??
3-4 a.m.chalcopyrite (with special guests the Dungeon Master and the Crypt Keeper)Chalcopyrite and two wizards get sucked into a strange, twisting, alternate Forest. Together, they must not stray from the path in their quest to escape.
4-5 a.m.DJ MithraxAFTERHOURS? I BARELY KNOW HER!!!!
5-6 a.m.johnny ghostThe Radioman is speaking, and the Radioman says it is a beautiful night out there in Raleigh. (mostly big beat techno/sample heavy stuff)
6-7 a.m.JustinTimeplaying alt country just before sunrise
7-8 a.m.perfume charms / animus worm
Japanese & English Post-Hardcore
8-9 a.m.BodhiYour love letter to movies through music: 1940s Halloween – Aresenic & Old Lace
9-10 a.m.DJ TullykinesisNOT Vocaloid!! (daytime with a tiny touch of afterhours)
10-11 a.m.auxymoron & DJ MithraxPlaying the greatest hits from Yo Gabba Gabba’s hit recurring segment, “The Super Music Friends Show”, featuring your favorite Super Music Friends, DJ Mithrax and auxymoron!
11 a.m.-12 p.m.DJ CrushSpookiest songs heralded by your spookiest host
12-1 p.m.dj rodentmusic you can squeak to – worldwide rock, psychedelia, and shoegaze.
1-2 p.m.Claymoremixture set, like anything is game
2-3 p.m.lagomorph & tableWORLD EMO
3-4 p.m.MaddogMy 2014 playlist #lit
4-5 p.m.President Shrimpo/DJ SouthpawDo you like rock and roll? Do you enjoy eating raw onions like apples? Would you vote for President Shrimpo for four nonconsecutive presidential terms? If you said yes to any of these questions you should listen to Fireside Chats with President Shrimpo Pop! Fireside Chats is the preeminent place to find music on this hemisphere of the Earth, so listen or you’ll feel a great sense of emptiness in your life!
5-6 p.m.Fullmetal Racket/DMC Woodstockbassline b2b livemix
6-7 p.m.Wizard of GoreAll of the best from across the metal spectrum, with lots of death metal and underground extreme metal
7-8 p.m.SleepyheadMetalcore/Post Hardcore/Emo
8-9 p.m.Kjdoggy/DJ REAMQueens of the scream. Female fronted metal bands only ;p
9-10 p.m.Lead PipeDo you like strange metal music that would scare your grandparents? Then you’ll like the Sewage System Symphony. Here, we play metal in all its unholy glory in every one of its ungodly forms. Stick here and listen, or else…
10-11 p.m.ClaymoreGaming metal
11 p.m.-12 a.m.DJ Mithraxmetal, punk and very silly

WKNC HD-2 Schedule

TimeDJTheme
12-1 a.m.DJ VileThe Garden + their billion side projects + other bands that sound similar to them
1-2 a.m.DJ CherryheadacheLove and joy and whimsy and kindness
2-3 a.m.DJ Vile, DJ WaterboyHardcore
3-4 a.m.tablepsychic medium contacts the dead (GONE WRONG)
4-5 a.m.perfume charmsoldhead scaring music
5-6 a.m.shmulikfolk, psychedelic, soft rock, and other laurel canyon-y sounds
6-7 a.m.Small creaturelittle bit of a groovy funk experience
7-8 a.m.dj cornbread, jfootwork/house adjacent chunes
8-9 a.m.tableCRAZY HYPERFLIP MEGAMIX *O*
9-10 a.m.DJ Mucas & DJ Mithraxrandom stuff with some punk perchance?
10-11 a.m.DJ MucasPunk and almost punk. Expect ska
11 a.m.-12 p.m.DJ BabesicleNC based bands 🙂
12-1 p.m.Klementinefeel good, sweet, calm music
1-2 p.m.Mythossongs like east by earl sweatshirt
2-3 p.m.Klementinefeel good, loud, fervent music
3-4 p.m.DJ MotoMoto takes you on a sonic journey throughout his mind.
4-5 p.m.DJ Eysa and DJ Ranikpop set except we vote on who has better songs (sudden death!)
5-6 p.m.Rodeo RomeoOldies that will have you dancing like there’s no tomorrow
6-7 p.m.Origen
A sampling of modern (and not nazist yes that’s somehow an issue here too) neofolk
7-8 p.m.DJ REAMOne more time?
8-9 p.m.DJ Southpawtrust me its more than an MF DOOM set
9-10 p.m.moonbytesdeath rock / post punk
10-11 p.m.DJ CrushOld and new K-Pop alike
11 p.m.-12 a.m.Big Anthony1990s/2000s R&B

WKNC Livestream Schedule

TimeHost & EventDescription
12-1 a.m.chalcopyrite – Bad Music Quiz Bowlwe got double bad music hour. test your knowledge of the worst music ever made
1-2 a.m.Big Anthony – Glee Plots: Real or Fake?Glee has absurd storylines but can you tell which ones are made up by me and other station gleeks?
2-3 a.m.JustinTime – GeoguessrI play geoguessr with others
3-4 a.m.DJ Sleepy Sleep[honk shoo we are sleeping]
4-5 a.m.DJ Sleepy Sleep[honk shoo we are sleeping]
5-6 a.m.DJ Sleepy Sleep[honk shoo we are sleeping]
6-7 a.m.DJ Sleepy Sleep[honk shoo we are sleeping]
7-8 a.m.DJ Sleepy Sleep[honk shoo we are sleeping]
8-9 a.m.WKNC Fall Craft Hourjoin your 2 favorite hosts as they share hacks, tips, and tricks for fall crafts!
9-10 a.m.DJ Crush – WKNC Are You Smarter Than A Fifth GraderNo, the answer is probably no
10-11 a.m.DJ Pon-3 – Man Bites DogIn 2018 I went to the Mall of America and bought this card game. It’s time to take it out of the plastic.
11 a.m.-12 p.m.DJ Southpaw – The Promo Hourhave you wanted a promo for your set? stop by to get one recorded since you’ll be in the station anyway
12-1 p.m.
1-2 p.m.DJ Crush & President Shrimpo – WKNC Cold Cases: The PoopeningTwo of WKNC’s okayest detectives try to solve the crime of the century
2-3 p.m.DJ Sles – LEGO BuildingI love LEGOs!
3-4 p.m.DJ Southpaw – Where’s The Radio?play some custom Geoguessr maps of various college radio stations made by me
4-5 p.m.[DJ Name TBD] – Metal Lyrics or Edgy Rant?Is the provided text metal/punk lyrics? or an incel/edgelord rant? Find out in our game show!
5-6 p.m.Lagomorph – Smash Bros BracketWe got games, we got platforms, we got fighters… Bracket type tournament free to enter with small prizes
6-7 p.m.
7-8 p.m.President Shrimpo – Powerpoint NightPowerPoints. At night.
8-9 p.m.DJ Tullykinesis – WKNCcore Album Cover SkribblioI make a Skribblio with the names of many classic album covers and everyone tries to draw and guess them!
9-10 p.m.Wizard of Gore – Guess The Metal Band From The LogoMaking people try to read increasingly incomprehensible band logos
10-11 p.m.DJ Southpaw – WKNC Family Treestime to update the family tree! featuring all our new DJs over the past semester or two.
11 p.m.-12 a.m.chalcopyrite + dmc woodstock – Electronic Music Genres: Real or Fake?we present electronic subgenre names and the non-brainrotted kncers have to guess if it’s real, fake, or real to 5 people. will be harder than you think

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Chainsaw Charts 9/16/24

Chainsaw Charts

#ArtistRecordLabel
1COFFIN CURSEThe Continuous NothingMemento Mori
2CANDYIt’s Inside YouRelapse
3BRODEQUINHarbinger of WoeSeason of Mist
4CONCRETE WINDSConcrete WindsSepulchral Voice
5HIGH ON FIRECometh The StormMNRK
6ONEWAYMIRROREverything Wants Me to Write in Cursive [EP]Zegema Beach
7TORN IN HALFPrayers Returned With Pain [EP]Isolated Incidents
8ULCERATECutting The Throat Of GodDebemur Morti
9WORMEDOmegonSeason Of Mist
10KNOCKED LOOSEYou Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed ToPure Noise

Chainsaw Adds

#ArtistRecordLabel
1CONCRETE WINDSConcrete WindsSepulchral Voice
2PYRRHONExhaustWillowtip
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Afterhours Charts 9/16/24

Afterhours Charts

#ArtistRecordLabel
1OBLIVIOUSEternal LuciddreamLost Frog
2OHRAfterglowHeadstate
3SCULPTURE“Chromophoria [Xylitol Remix] / Ammonia [Sculpture Remix]” [Single]Self-Released
4ZHNOI“dream diary” [Single]Self-Released
5CARLILEHuman HumanSooper
6VITESSE X“In The Balance” [Single]Self-Released
7DUSQKGaia/RAESelf-Released
8SEKT-87Underground [EP]SWB
9OPTOMETRY“Wrong Thing” (Baths Remix) [Single]Palette
10YAEJI“Booboo” [Single]XL

Afterhours Adds

#ArtistRecordLabel
1OBLIVIOUSEternal LuciddreamLost Frog
2SCULPTURE“Chromophoria [Xylitol Remix] / Ammonia [Sculpture Remix]” [Single]Self-Released
3ZHNOI“dream diary” [Single]Self-Released
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Underground Charts 9/16/24

Underground Charts

#ArtistRecordLabel
1ROSIE LOWELover, OtherBlue Flowers/PIAS
2HAVIAH MIGHTY“Double The Fun” [Single]Mighty Gang Inc.
3WISEBOY JEREMY“Eyez Water” feat. Pink Siifu [Single]Equity
47XVETHEGENIUS“Psalm” feat. Jae Skeese [Single]Drumwork
5ROOTSTIME“They Don’t Care” [Single]Self-Released
6BROOKLISHLOLA.FMBT Worldwide
7BEATOXBeen A Long TimeMoonlite
8OMNI!OMNI! (The Rap Group)Backseat
9KEL-PBully Season Vol.2: pretty girls love afrobeatJones Worldwide/Universal France
10JAE SKEESEGround LevelDrumwork/Equity

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#ArtistRecordLabel
1ROSIE LOWELover, OtherBlue Flowers/PIAS
2HAVIAH MIGHTY“Double The Fun” [Single]Mighty Gang Inc.
3WISEBOY JEREMY“Eyez Water” feat. Pink Siifu [Single]Equity
47XVETHEGENIUS“Psalm” feat. Jae Skeese [Single]Drumwork

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Walt Wolfram

Dr. Walt Wolfram is a pioneering figure in the field of sociolinguistics and he directs the North Carolina Language and Life Project. Dr. Wolfram is the William C. Friday Distinguished University Professor at NC State and he is a recipient of the North Carolina Award, the highest civilian honor given by the state of North Carolina. In this episode, Dr. Wolfram discusses his surprising upbringing and his fascinating work on the dialects of North Carolina. Dr. Wolfram is exceedingly funny and I really enjoyed getting to speak with him. Enjoy!
Dr. Wolfram’s NC State Website


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Jazz Charts 9/16/24

Jazz Charts

#ArtistRecordLabel
1SERGIO PEREIRABOSSA+Tiger Turn
2NUBYA GARCIA“The Seer” [Single]Concord Jazz
3NOAH HAIDUStandards IISunnyside
4NATALIE CRESSMAN AND IAN FAQUINIGuingaGroundUP
5ACCORDING TO THE SOUNDPitchLosen
6GHOST NOTEMustard ‘N OnionsMack Avenue
7BK TRIOGroovin OnFlat7Always
8OBED CALVAIRE150 Million Gold FrancsSFJAZZ Collective
9TONY JONES AND JESSICA JONESHear Into The FutureReva
10JAMES ZOLLARThe Ways InJZAZ

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1JEFF RUPERTIt Gets BetterRupe
2MICHAEL MAYOFlyMack Avenue
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Top Charts 9/16/24

Top Charts

#ArtistRecordLabel
1SPRINTSLetter To SelfCity Slang
2ERICK THE ARCHITECTI’ve Never Been Here BeforeIDOL
3GLITTERERRationaleAnti-
4MEI SEMONESKabutomushi [EP]Bayonet
5OMNISouvenirSub Pop
6ADRIANNE LENKERBright Future4AD
7BEEN STELLARScream From New York, NYDirty Hit
8CAKES DA KILLABlack SheepYoung Art
9CRUMBAMAMACrumb
10GOTTS STREET PARKOn The InsideBlue Flowers/PIAS
11KILLER MIKEMichael & The Mighty Midnight Revival: Songs For Sinners And SaintsLoma Vista/Concord
12MIKEBurning DesireLex
13OCEANATOREverything Is Love And DeathPolyvinyl
14SAY LOU LOUDust Pt. 1 [EP]Cosmos
15SEAFOOD SAMStanding On Giant Shouldersdrink sum wtr
16SIDNEY PHILLIPSI’m So Tired of Being Staunchlystealthyn00b
17SPIRA MEExisting & Lingeringexisting
18TANUKICHAN“City Bus” [Single]Carpark
19MARIAS, THESubmarineAtlantic
20YEULEsoftscarsNinja Tune
21ALTERNATE LIFE FORCEA.L.F. The Initial Transmissions [EP]Self-Released
22ARLO PARKSMy Soft Machine (Deluxe)Transgressive/PIAS
23ATMOSPHERETalk Talk [EP]Rhymesayers
24BILLY WOODS AND KENNY SEGALMapsBackwoodz Studioz
25BLACKWINTERWELLSmortalAmuseio
26BLONDSHELL“Docket” feat. Bully [Single]Partisan
27BODEGAOUR BRAND COULD BE YR LIFEChrysalis
28BOLIS PUPULLetter To YuDEEWEE/Because
29BRINQHubba Hubba [EP]Self-Released
30BULLY“Atom Bomb” [Single]Sub Pop

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#ArtistRecordLabel
1SOCCER MOMMY“Driver” [Single]Loma Vista/Concord
2STARCLEANER REUNIONCafé Life [EP]Self-Released
3KATIE GAVIN“Casual Drug Use” [Single]Saddest Factory
4DEAR ROUGELonesome HighPheromone/Cadence
5SHEALAGH ROSE“Radio Silence” [Single]Self-Released

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Shadow Wars and Black Ops

Abdullah Talks to Ric Prado, a shadow warrior who spent 24 years with the CIA. His journey has taken him from the jungles of Nicaragua to the tough terrain of Afghanistan and other countries. From being a Cuban orphan in the US to becoming one of the most well-known CIA officers, Ric takes us through his life journey and its different intricacies in this 1-hour and 20-minute long conversation.


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