Carolina Curious
88.5 WFDD presents Carolina Curious, a series where our reporters find answers to your questions. What have you also wanted to know about your community? From the serious to the quirky, anything goes. Check out past Carolina Curious episodes here to find out what questions we've already tackled.
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High Point resident Ahmed Salim noticed an oddly large amount of bamboo in his neighborhood. WFDD's Amy Diaz spoke with a local expert on invasive plants to find out why there's so much of it in the area. -
What happens to community health if a data center moves in nearby? We asked a researcher who’s studying the issue for this week's Carolina Curious. -
WFDD listener Judith Rush recently asked how exactly the beverage became the drink of the South. For this edition of Carolina Curious, WFDD's DJ Simmons spoke with an award-winning food writer and educator to learn more. -
With springtime in the air, WFDD's David Ford was wondering how best to go about feeding some of the native animals that are now visiting his yard. -
Secret tunnels. A mysterious brick. Machine guns?? For this edition of Carolina Curious, we traced the rumors under Winston-Salem and found ... more than we expected. -
What's the story behind University of North Carolina at Greensboro's mascot Spiro the Spartan? For the latest edition of Carolina Curious, WFDD's Amy Diaz traces its century-old origins with University Archivist Erin Lawrimore. -
In the 1980s and 90s, hang gliders regularly launched from a site near a broadcasting tower in the Sauratown Mountains. Then the flights stopped. Here’s what happened. -
Creeks play a major role in the health of the environment, the quality of the drinking water and more. WFDD reporter David Ford discovers how important they are in this week's edition of Carolina Curious. -
You probably learned about the Boston Tea Party in history class. But you might not have heard about the Edenton Tea Party — a women-led protest for the same cause along North Carolina's coast. -
At least two theaters in North Carolina showed films with sound in the 1920s.
