Eye on the Triangle

Eye on the Triangle WKNC 88.1 FM HD-1/HD-2 news podcast

About the Podcast

“Eye on the Triangle” is your source for local news and long-form interviews. Tune in to hear about news and events around Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill and the surrounding communities. To find out more about our program or learn how NC State students can join the team, email us at [email protected].

Established by former Technician editor-in-chief Saja Hindi, EOT has broadcast more than 400 episodes since its debut in August 2009.

Podcast Episodes

  • EOT181 Tir Na Nog Closing, Modest Mouth, End of Year Sign Off

    Marissa gives us an on the street look at the impact the closing of the bar Tir Na Nog has had on the community. Next up, Nick Weaver brings you his roundup of his best albums of 2015 during this week’s Modest Mouth Review. Then we have our end of y

  • EOT180 Windhover Open Mic 12/09/15

    This week on EOT: Windhover is NC State’s literary magazine featuring visual, literary and auditory art from students, faculty and alumni. On November 19, the Windhover had an open mic night and this week we bring you the recording from the first half

  • EOT179 Peripheral Vision 12/02/15

    This week on EOT: This week, Nick Weaver brings you the Modest Mouth Review; he reviews the album “Peripheral Vision” by Turnover. Jake Winters brings you Snowverated; this week he reviews the film “In Bruges” named after a beautiful city in Belgium

  • EOT178 Haw River Ranch 11/25/15

    This week on EOT: In the wake of the Paris attacks, fear and concern over Syrian and Iraqi refugees has grown. Thirty governors, including Pat McCrory, called for President Obama to stop sending Syrians to their states, saying they don’t know enough ab

  • EOT177 John Balaban 11/18/15

    This week on EOT: In the Poetry Corner, Nikita Chintalapudi brings us the first of a two-part series with author, translator and poet, John Balaban. He reads two poems and discusses his career and his poetry. Saif Hassan has the News Beyond the Hea

  • EOT176 Emel Mathlouthi 11/10/15

    This week on EOT: Ian Grice brings us an interview with Emel Mathlouthi, the Tunisian singer-songwriter known as the “voice of the Tunisian revolution” a revolution that sparked the Arab Spring. Nick Weaver brings you the Modest Mouth Review; this w

  • EOT175 Brittni Jessie 11/03/15

    This week on EOT: Mirtha Donastorg talks to Brittni Jessie, backup singer to meteoric star Leon Bridges, about life on the road, what it’s like being a backup singer and how cold Jimmy Fallon’s studio is. Nick Weaver brings you the Modest Mouth Revi

  • EOT174 It’s On Us 10/27/15

    This week on EOT: The North Carolina State Fair is a place covered with rides, games, attractions…and germs. Mirtha Donastorg finds out how you can go home with nothing more than good memories. Coleen Kineen-Ferguson interviews Carson Shepard about

  • EOT173 Semester at CMAST 10/20/15

    This week on EOT: Phian Tran revives our poetry corner with prison poetry from George T. Wilkerson in Central Prison. She reads two poems that he sent to us: “Birth of a Revolution” and “Senseless.” An NC State professor is helping lead the maiden

  • EOT172 Diversity Education Week 10/13/15

    This week on EOT: Diversity Education Week 2015 kicked off on Sunday, October 11th. We are participating by bringing you programming that promotes awareness about cultural enrichment and fosters intercultural understanding. Kevin Kronk interviews D

  • EOT171 Raleigh Sidewalk Ordinance 10/06/15

    This week on EOT: Today is the Raleigh City Council and Mayoral election; I hope you got a chance to vote. This year’s election is being drawn on party lines. Not Democrat or Republican, but continuing the downtown party noise or shutting it down. Mirt

  • EOT170 Student Political Involvement 9/29/15

    This week on EOT: In anticipation of the City Council elections next week, Tuesday, October 6th, Mirtha Donastorg highlights the voices trying to involve students in politics. New club, Youth Government Association, is a nonpartisan group in Raleigh in

  • EOT169 Student Vigil 9/22/15

    This week on EOT: The Wolfpack lost a member of its family last week. Joseph Alexander Banks fell off the eighth floor of Dabney Hall. People gathered together to mourn and remember Joseph the next evening, Tuesday the 15th. Mirtha Donastorg was at the

  • EOT168 A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence, News Beyond the Headlines

    Tonight, Jake Winters with our weekly movie review on Roy Anderson’s A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence. The third entry in the absurdist comedy “Living Trilogy.” Afterwards, we have the “Community Calendar” by Peter Svizeny and well as “Ne

  • EOT167 What are You Listening To? , News Beyond the Headlines

    This week we have “What are You Listening To?” with Kevin Kronk, as well as the weather with Jasmine Smith. Later, we will have news updates on “News Beyond the Headlines” by Saif Hassan on clashes between the National Guard and nationals in the Ukraine,

  • EOT166 Raleigh Biergarten, Carmichael II, Stand Up that Mountain

    This week we’ve got a report on Glenwood South’s newest saloon, the Raleigh Biergarten. Afterwards, Kevin Kronk will be speaking with Jason Spivey about the renovations happening at Carmichael Gymnasium. Still further on, we have an interview Jay Erski

  • EOT165 Voter Suppression Trial, Park Deal, Carmichael I

    This week we have Gavin Stone reporting on the trial to determine if North Carolina’s Republican leadership passed a bill with the intent to suppress voter populations. Later, we’ll get into the 52 million dollar deal that the city of Raleigh made to est

  • EOT164 What is WKNC listening to? 7/14/15

    This week we have a story about how Abdul Malik Abu, a starting forward on the NC State Basketball team, continues to play and practice on the court during Ramadan the Muslim fasting holiday by Zack Tanner. A review of mewithoutyou’s new album pale hor

  • EOT163 Argument Mentality 6/30/15

    Michaela O’Connor interviews Shevaun Neupert about argument mentality, pre-argument stressors. Rachel Smith talks with NC State students about their experiences at Bonnaroo. Inez Nicholson offers helpful tips and resources for preventing the freshm

  • EOT162 TheatreFest 6/16/15

    Michaela O’Connor interviews Shevaun Neupert about argument mentality, pre-argument stressors. Rachel Smith talks with NC State students about their experiences at Bonnaroo. Inez Nicholson offers helpful tips and resources for preventing the freshm