Anisa Khalifa
Podcast Producer and HostAnisa Khalifa is an award-winning podcast producer and host at ¼ª²ÊÍøÍøÕ¾. She grew up in a public radio household, and fell in love with podcasts shortly before her friends convinced her to start one with them about Korean dramas. Since joining ¼ª²ÊÍøÍøÕ¾ in 2021, Anisa has produced Me and My Muslim Friends, CREEP, Tested and Dating While Gray, and is the host of ¼ª²ÊÍøÍøÕ¾'s weekly podcast The Broadside.
Anisa is also the co-creator of indie podcasts Dramas Over Flowers and Muslim in Plain Sight. In her non-podcast life, she’s a culture writer, poet, visual artist and chronic insomniac, who is fascinated by the stories we tell about ourselves and each other.
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The subculture that embraced taboo during segregation endures and is strutting into the 21st century. -
Sasquatch is Southern. And its cultural and economic impact on Appalachia is sizable.
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The iconic Southern carnivore’s biggest threat is also its best hope for survival: humans.
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The project to save North Carolina’s Sugarloaf Island could offer a solution for coastal erosion across the country.
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A small-town aquarium in Western North Carolina claimed a stingray got impregnated by a shark. Then, things got weird.
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The final years of legendary jazz musician Mary Lou Williams’ life were shrouded in mystery. Until now.
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A rural community has endured living next to North Carolina's largest landfill for generations. But its residents are determined to keep fighting for a clean home.
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A deadly fungus is devastating worldwide banana crops. The cure may be in an office park in North Carolina.
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A little more than 75 years ago, Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in baseball's major leagues. But integration in the South took a slightly different path.
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The Carolinas are the only two states that ban all government employees from unionizing.
