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[ ![Episode  5: Government Open, Immigration, and Local Races](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/images/podcasts/3%20Guys/2025/episode%205/The%203%20Guys-Episode5-intro.png) ](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/podcast/the-3-guys-podcast/episode-5-government-open-immigration-and-local-races)

The hosts discuss the federal shutdown’s political fallout, North Carolina immigration raids revealing party divisions and public support for stricter controls, and how Rep. Ted Davis’s retirement shapes local GOP electoral strategy in Wilmington.

  19 November 2025

 

 

 

 

[ ![Episode 4:  Analyzing the Wilmington Elections](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/images/podcasts/3%20Guys/2025/episode4/Episode4-Intro.png) ](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/podcast/the-3-guys-podcast/episode-4-analyzing-the-wilmington-elections)

In Episode 4 of "Three Guys Podcast," hosts Reuel Sample, Nick Craig, and Ben Schachtman analyze the results of the Wilmington elections, noting a significant shift in local political dynamics. Democrats swept the Wilmington City Council, leaving no Republican representation, while the county commission retained a Republican majority. The hosts discuss how this split will shape local governance and the growing animosity between city and county entities.

  06 November 2025

 

 

 

 

 

[ ![The 3 Guys Podcast: Episode 3 - Wilmington Elections](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/images/podcasts/3%20Guys/2025/Episode3/3Guys-Episode3-Intro.png) ](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/podcast/the-3-guys-podcast/the-3-guys-podcast-episode-3-wilmington-elections)

In this special episode of the Three Guys Podcast, hosts Reuel Sample, Nick Craig, and Ben Schachtman dive deep into the highly anticipated 2025 Wilmington city elections.

  16 October 2025

 

 

 

 

 

[ ![Episode 2:  Government Shutdown and Mass Shootings](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/images/podcasts/3%20Guys/2025/Episode2/The%203%20Guys-%20Episode%202%20-%20BuzzSprout.png) ](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/podcast/the-3-guys-podcast/episode-2-government-shutdown-and-mass-shootings)

Ongoing government shutdown in the United States and the complex intersection of mental illness, gun control, and individual rights.

  01 October 2025

 

 

 

 

 

[ ![Episode 1](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/images/podcasts/3%20Guys/2025/Episode1UNCWRock/Episode1-Square.png) ](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/podcast/the-3-guys-podcast/episode-1-uncw-rock-and-free-speech)

The first episode of the "Three Guys Podcast" dives into the recent controversy at the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) surrounding the Spirit Rock—a campus tradition where students paint the rock to express messages, typically respecting an unspoken 24-hour display rule.

  22 September 2025