The Rant
The Rant is a news organization based in Sanford, North Carolina. It consists of a daily news site, monthly printed publication and weekly podcast. The Rant is your friend.
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Episodes
Friday May 22, 2020
Friday May 22, 2020
The Rant discusses today’s second phase of “reopening North Carolina” and talk about restaurants, as well as other tangents in what is a mostly rambling, incoherent beautiful mess of a podcast. Enjoy.
Wednesday May 13, 2020
Wednesday May 13, 2020
Stephanie Hoover, First Health of the Carolinas peer support specialist for Lee, Hoke and Montgomery counties, joins the podcast this week to talk about the rising cases of opioid overdose in Lee County and how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected addiction and addiction treatment in this area. Hoover — also a health coach, former Army spouse, mother and grandmother — lost her 22-year-old son to an opioid overdose in 2017, and since that day, she’s fought to change the outcome for other families.
Thursday May 07, 2020
Thursday May 07, 2020
Friends of The Rant hosts Gordon Anderson, Billy Liggett and Jonathan Owens talk about current COVID-19 conspiracies, the columns they wrote for the most recent edition of The Rant Monthly and Billy’s childhood friend who smoked in the fourth grade.
Saturday May 02, 2020
Saturday May 02, 2020
The Friends of The Rant podcast returns this week with longtime “friend of The Rant,” Ben Brown, creator of our theme music, and host of the national – and international – “Tourettes Podcast”. Hosts Gordon Anderson, Billy Liggett and Jonathan Owens talk about his podcast(s), time travel and the most recent edition of The Rant Monthly.
Friday Sep 13, 2019
Friday Sep 13, 2019
The Rant returns in podcast form with "Friends of the Rant." Our first guest is Jeff Towson, owner of Smoke & Barrel in Downtown Sanford. We talk food, restaurants, downtown, newspapers and more.