Manta Ray - WKNC Interviews

Kendall spoke with DJ Himbo about his prospering passion turned career of DJ'ing. They talked about phobias, energies of the crowd, hobbies, and more. DJ Himbo is also part of different non-profits and is described as a multidisciplinary cultural builder. Intro and outro music by Benjamin Andrews, Dollar Signs - @benjaminandrews3931View the episode transcript. Off The Record is a podcast produced by WKNC 88.1 FM HD-1/HD-2, student-run radio from NC State University. Like what you hear? Consider supporting it with a gift to the WKNC Enhancement Fund. Visit our podcast page to hear more and follow us on all social media platforms @WKNC881. Thanks for listening.

Girl Brutal, a techno DJ from the Charlotte area, sits down with Kendall from WKNC. They talk about her identity as a DJ, life goals, and the community of techno.View the episode transcript. Off The Record is a podcast produced by WKNC 88.1 FM HD-1/HD-2, student-run radio from NC State University. Like what you hear? Consider supporting it with a gift to the WKNC Enhancement Fund. Visit our podcast page to hear more and follow us on all social media platforms @WKNC881. Thanks for listening.

Local upcoming band, Manta Ray, chats with Kendall about changing identities as a band, their newly released single ("Breathless"), and Raleigh's house show scene.View the episode transcript. Off The Record is a podcast produced by WKNC 88.1 FM HD-1/HD-2, student-run radio from NC State University. Like what you hear? Consider supporting it with a gift to the WKNC Enhancement Fund. Visit our podcast page to hear more and follow us on all social media platforms @WKNC881. Thanks for listening.

Dr. Ritwick Ghosh, an assistant professor at NC State, shares the inspiration behind his award-winning photograph in the Envisioning Research Competition, showing the importance of visually creative ways to communicate research. He delves into his journey working in environmental policy globally and talks about climate change today. His photograph is linked [here] (https://envisioning.research.ncsu.edu/2026-winners/)View the episode transcript. Off The Record is a podcast produced by WKNC 88.1 FM HD-1/HD-2, student-run radio from NC State University. Like what you hear? Consider supporting it with a gift to the WKNC Enhancement Fund. Visit our podcast page to hear more and follow us on all social media platforms @WKNC881. Thanks for listening.

WKNC's Slim Chino (Quinn Eyman) speaks with Nelward, an Atlanta-based art-pop artist mainly about his new album 'Stone Bogus'.View the episode transcript. Off The Record is a podcast produced by WKNC 88.1 FM HD-1/HD-2, student-run radio from NC State University. Like what you hear? Consider supporting it with a gift to the WKNC Enhancement Fund. Visit our podcast page to hear more and follow us on all social media platforms @WKNC881. Thanks for listening.

The Martyroshka spoke with Tanner York, an upcoming artist from North Carolina, about his newest release, being Welcome to the Shower. They discussed the creative process behind this album, as well as Tanner York's artistic influences, in addition to questions about his prior shows and upcoming multi-state tour.Tanner York will be performing in North Carolina on July 23rd in Durham, NC at the Fuzzy Needle, in addition to July 24th at Static Age in Asheville, NC.

WKNC's slacker interviews Dr. Diamond Forde, poet and professor of Creative Writing at NC State University, about performance, her creative process and the inspiration behind her newest collection, "The Book of Alice." 

In this episode of Off The Record, Lachlan Vester interviews Ajena, a Raleigh-based band. 

Constance Old is an Eco-Artist based in Connecticut spanning 2D graphic practices to 3D weaving and fiber based work utilizing 'consumer detritus', so mostly plastic. Her work calls attention to the vast surplus of packaging materials excreted by our current industrial landscape yet makes them beautiful and re-enlivened. Her recent work based in trash pick ups featuring knots of lobster trap ropes curated by the oceans vortex highlights the beauty of our natural systems and our complex relationship with them, ultimately calling to action environmental awareness. As North Carolinians who steward lands from mountains to marshes, Constance's work calls attention to the enriching opportunity for artists and community members based in clean up initiatives and creativity weaved into our daily lives by how we chose to capture and portraiture ourselves. 

NC band Lilly Flower talks their discography, evolution, collaboration and curated soundscape of inspirations. Blending punk, electronic, and ambient styles Lilly Flower is amping up the Raleigh scene after live shows at Chanel Beads and Hopscotch music festival and are brewing up new music as their bands sound grows together.