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CoastLine ​, a call-in, variety news show airs Wednesdays and Thursdays from 12pm - 1pm on WHQR. Every week, we’ll look into issues that matter in the Cape Fear Region. Host Rachel Lewis Hilburn will interview expert guests and invite you to join the conversation. Tell us what topics you would like discussed on CoastLine . Email thoughts and suggestions to [email protected] . You can now subscribe to our CoastLine podcast on iTunes . Search WHQR-FM: CoastLine to hear our most recent shows. Remember, this is a LIVE broadcast so please call or email comments and questions to: CoastLine phone: 910.343.1138 Email: [email protected] !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); Each Sunday, the show is rebroadcast on 91.3 FM and 98.9 FM HQR News. Thursday's

  • A Fond Farewell to Rachel Lewis Hilburn
    22 April 2024, 1:42 pm
  • 49 minutes 59 seconds
    CoastLine: David Gessner and daughter Hadley on what climate science reveals about the earth in 2063 and why it's personal (rebroadcast from January 16, 2024)
    A Traveler’s Guide to the End of the World: Tales of Fire, Wind, and Water, is the newest book from nature writer and New York Times bestselling author David Gessner. His daughter, Hadley, is an undergraduate at New York University. They join us to explore what climate science tells us about the prospect of a hotter, drier, more storm-prone, less livable planet by 2063, the year she turns 60.
    18 March 2024, 7:00 pm
  • 48 minutes 29 seconds
    CoastLine: Orrin Pilkey on surviving climate change catastrophes
    Climate change is coming for life on earth – in the form of floods, more severe and destructive storms, drought, ocean acidification, marine and terrestrial heat waves, water supply problems, air pollution. The list goes on, but humans can adapt, mitigate, and maybe even survive.That's the focus of Dr. Orrin Pilkey's newest book, Escaping Nature: How to Survive Global Climate Change.
    15 March 2024, 11:58 pm
  • 49 minutes 56 seconds
    CoastLine: Remembering Lenny Simpson (1948-2024) and his "pay it forward" credo
    When Lenny Simpson was just 5 years old, tennis great Althea Gibson handed him a tennis racket and called him "champ". That moment changed his life. He went on at age 15 to play his mentor Arthur Ashe in the U.S. Open. Lenny Simpson returned to Wilmington in 2013 and launched One Love Tennis in honor of the mentors who did so much to help him live into his potential.
    12 March 2024, 3:52 pm
  • 50 minutes
    CoastLine: Artist Thomas Sayre, musician Tift Merritt explore sacred space in Four Walls at the CAM
    Singer / songwriter Tift Merritt and visual artist Thomas Sayre explore the unorthodox making of an upcoming show at the Cameron Art Museum called Four Walls.In this episode, Sayre raises questions about the sacred structures that undergird society, Tift Merritt interrogates the form of concert, and CAM Executive Director Heather Wilson explains why the ongoing challenge to previously-accepted concepts is part of her job.
    6 March 2024, 4:53 pm
  • 50 minutes
    CoastLine: How Peace Corps service influenced four volunteers who worked in Ukraine, Namibia, Armenia, and Tonga
    Since 1961, the Peace Corps, envisioned and created by President John F. Kennedy, has sent volunteers around the globe to help developing countries. The obvious aim is to meet the goals identified by the host country – not the Americans. But just as important are the relationships that develop from this work, promoting world peace and friendship.
    26 February 2024, 5:36 pm
  • 50 minutes
    CoastLine: Palestinian-American on his culture and why he started rescuing animals in the West Bank (Rebroadcast from December 19, 2023)
    "Mahatma Gandi said the way you measure a society is how they treat the weakest in the society."Maad Abu-Ghazalah says this is why he started rescuing abused and abandoned dogs and donkeys in the West Bank. As a Palestinian-American with family still there, he explores his culture and his hopes for peace.
    20 February 2024, 5:00 pm
  • 49 minutes 55 seconds
    CoastLine: Appearing on The Voice transformed the way musician Carlos Rising saw his "weaknesses" (Rebroadcast from December 19, 2023)
    He won a spot on Blake Shelton's last team in 2023, after caving to family pressure to audition for the NBC show. And that's when the way Carlos Rising thought about his musical talent began to shift.
    12 February 2024, 5:04 pm
  • 49 minutes 34 seconds
    CoastLine: Breaking the News is a study on inclusivity for both film team and the news team at The 19th*
    Breaking The News was supposed to be a documentary about a new nonpartisan, nonprofit newsroom called The 19th*, started by two women who wanted to cover news at the intersection of gender, politics, and policy. But when The 19th* launched in early 2020, so did an international pandemic. The way the filmmakers had to film changed. And the story they thought they were telling also changed.
    7 February 2024, 5:47 pm
  • 49 minutes 57 seconds
    CoastLine: Disappearing grasslands major threat to biodiversity in coastal plain of SE NC
    UNCW restoration ecologist Amy Long is rehabilitating local tidal marshes, grasslands, and savannahs. Strategic restoration can bring back biodiversity that was nearly lost, as evidenced by the New Hanover County Landfill property. Two dramatic examples: diverse butterfly populations and regular sightings of bald eagles.
    30 January 2024, 9:10 pm
  • 49 minutes 56 seconds
    CoastLine: UNCW Study raises questions about mental health and disconnect from nature
    Research clearly shows that spending time in nature is critical for mental, physical, even cognitive health. Can our mental health crises make a stronger case for conservation?
    23 January 2024, 4:14 pm
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