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[![Freedom of the Press — Or Freedom from Responsibility? July 13, 2026](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/images/thumbnails/mod_minifrontpagepro/0a54b3b0234e8cf86439ab6b7e75ced0.png)](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/podcast/the-daily-update/freedom-of-the-press-or-freedom-from-responsibility-july-13-2026)

 

[![Homeless and Humanity - July 10, 2026](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/images/thumbnails/mod_minifrontpagepro/9edd8f32e663f0e84110bc6de05ac958.png)](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/podcast/the-daily-update/homeless-and-humanity-july-10-2026)

####  [ Homeless and Humanity - July 10, 2026 ](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/podcast/the-daily-update/homeless-and-humanity-july-10-2026) 

 Stein vetoes HB 437; we unpack what it does, street encampments, and real, humane responses to homelessness in North Carolina.

Friday, 10 July 2026 09:21



 

[![Presbyterians and Puberty Blockers - July 9, 2026](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/images/thumbnails/mod_minifrontpagepro/efba409c3f3aa8f10ba6bb347b563009.png)](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/podcast/the-daily-update/presbyterians-and-puberty-blockers-july-9-2026)

 

 

 

 

 











[![What If Republicans Finally Took the Big Hit to Govern?](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/images/thumbnails/mod_minifrontpagepro/2afeec10b035275293b93ba5629b236c.png)](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/ai-thought-experiments/what-if-republicans-finally-took-the-big-hit-to-govern)

 

[![Social Security At 90](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/images/thumbnails/mod_minifrontpagepro/2a1c8248121be546e87241b3ed1c4a03.png)](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/smith-articles/social-security-at-90)

[Johnston Smith](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/smith-articles)

####  [ Social Security At 90 ](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/smith-articles/social-security-at-90) 

 Social Security is nearly 90 and running out of money. Johnston Smith explains why the system is failing and what reforms could save Americans’ retirement.

Johnston Smith - Tuesday, 23 June 2026 12:17



 

[![Accountability Flows Downstream](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/images/thumbnails/mod_minifrontpagepro/fcd9696e636c2d6607304825f9035dba.png)](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/trevor-blackwelder/accountability-flows-downstream)

[Trevor Blackwelder](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/trevor-blackwelder)

####  [ Accountability Flows Downstream ](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/trevor-blackwelder/accountability-flows-downstream) 

 Conservatives should demand Chemours, not taxpayers, pay for PFAS pollution in the Cape Fear River and restore clean water and property rights.

Trevor Blackwelder - Wednesday, 17 June 2026 16:50



 

 

 

 

 











[![Builder Versus Critic - Episode 46](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/images/thumbnails/mod_minifrontpagepro/99a78aafca62447d8c8644176278df41.png)](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/podcast/reagan-faulkner-show/builder-versus-critic-episode-46)

####  [ Builder Versus Critic - Episode 46 ](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/podcast/reagan-faulkner-show/builder-versus-critic-episode-46) 

Thursday, 09 July 2026 11:15

 Reagan Faulkner contrasts builders and critics, arguing America has a formation shortage and calling this generation back into the arena.

 

 

 

 

 

[![First In Freedom](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/images/thumbnails/mod_minifrontpagepro/69d3d3f218290e816aa92b5d2153d8e0.png)](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/podcast/reagan-faulkner-show/first-in-freedom)

####  [ First In Freedom ](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/podcast/reagan-faulkner-show/first-in-freedom) 

 Reagan Faulkner calls Gen Z to reclaim America 250, using North Carolina’s “First in Freedom” story to show why this experiment is still worth fighting for.FirstinFreedom.

Friday, 03 July 2026 10:21



 

[![Why Politics Became Identity First - Episode 44](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/images/thumbnails/mod_minifrontpagepro/65cde03f435588350e4ffa98f5be8f1c.png)](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/podcast/reagan-faulkner-show/why-politics-became-identity-first-episode-44)

 

 

 

 

 

















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