Inside NC Labor Podcast

January 2020

Episode 28 features special guest Labor Commissioner Cherie Berry talking about her time as commissioner and a year in review for 2019.

Episode 29 features special guest Harriet Hopkins discussing the Retaliatory Employment Discrimination Bureau.

December 2019

Episode 27 features special guest Felicia Gore Hoover, general counsel for the N.C. Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.

November 2019

Episode 25 features special guest Jeremy Smith, Boiler Safety assistant bureau chief, discussing historical boilers.

Episode 26 features special guest Shannon Council, Wage and Hour, discussing the Youth Employment Certificate.

October 2019

Episode 23 features special guests Labor Commissioner Cherie Berry; Amanda Scott, president of the Carolina Star Board; Carey West, member of the Carolina Star Board; LaMont Smith, NCDOL recognition program manager. This episode was recorded the during the Carolina Star Safety Conference in Greensboro.

Episode 24 features special guests Clifford Lowe, manager of the State Fair SkyGazer; Steve Hardin, Tommy Petty, Eric White; Elevator and Amusement Device Bureau; Jeremy Smith, Boiler Safety Bureau. This episode was recorded at the N.C. State Fair in Raleigh.

September 2019

Episode 21 features special guest Lee Peacock, OSH district supervisor, discussing NCDOL's drone program.

Episode 22 features special guest Heather Overton, assistant director of Public Affairs for the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, discussing the upcoming N.C. State Fair in Raleigh.

August 2019

Episode 19 features special guest Kevin Beauregard, director of the NCDOL Occupational Safety and Health Division, discussing the Safe + Sound campaign.

Episode 20 features special guest LaMont Smith, Recognition Program Manager, discussing the upcoming Carolina Star Conference in Greensboro.

July 2019

Episode 17 features special guest Hollis Yelverton, ETTA, discussing symptoms and ways to prevent heat related illnesses.

Episode 18 features special guest Jeff Wilson, Publications, discussing the Labor Ledger and other graphic designs he has been apart of during his time at NCDOL.

June 2019

Episode 15 features special guest Wes Sells, safety coordinator for B.R.S. Inc. and member of the National Utility Contractors Association.

Episode 16 features special guests Sharon Owens, Flowserve; Jeff Palombo and Jared Selkirk, Robins & Morton; Eursula Joyner, NCDOL; and Labor Commissioner Cherie Berry. This episode was recorded the morning of the Raleigh Safety Awards Banquet.

May 2019

Episode 12 features special guest Bill Stricker, Carolinas AGC.

Episode 13 features special guests Marcy Collyer, NCDOL's Education, Training and Technical Assistance Bureau; Wendy Shepherd, Southeastern OTI Education Center; Roger Richards, Sanders Utility Construction Co.; Brett Sondergard, United Rentals; Ron Adams, Baker Roofing.

Episode 14 features special guest Joe Long, NCDOL's Education, Training and Technical Assistance Bureau.

April 2019

Episode 10 features special guest, Nick Vincelli, NCDOL librarian.

Episode 11 features special guests Marcy Collyer, NCDOL's Education, Training and Technical Assistance Bureau; Wendy Laing, NC State Industry Expansion Solutions; Matt Thompson, Safety and Health Council of NC.

March 2019

Episode 8 features special guest, Beth Rodman, Agricultural Safety and Health Bureau.

Episode 9 features several special guests at the 42nd Annual N.C. Mine Safety and Health Conference.

February 2019

Episode 6 features special guest, Eursula Joyner, Safety Awards Coordinator.

Episode 7 features special guest, Don Kinney, Boiler Safety Bureau.

January 2019

Episode 4 features special guest, Tommy Petty, Elevator and Amusement Device Bureau.

Episode 5 features special guest, Todd McNoldy, Survey Manager of NCDOL.

December 2018

Episode 2 features special guest, Labor Commissioner Cherie Berry.

Episode 3 features special guest, Kevin O'Barr, Consultative Services Bureau.

November 2018

The Communications Division at the N.C. Department of Labor introduces the podcast and the department.

Hosts: Dolores Quesenberry, Mary Katherine Revels, Natalie Bouchard.

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