Fortnite's NC home and international influence

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Fortnite's NC home and international influence

By Leoneda Inge,

Anisa Khalifa, Cole del Charco

Published December 4, 2024 at 2:30 PM EST

An excerpt from The Broadside's recent episode "The world's biggest video game is from North Carolina."

Guests:
Brian Gordon, Technology & Innovation reporter for The 瓜神app & Observer

Jamal Michel, video game and culture critic

Listen to the full episode of 瓜神app's The Broadside, here.

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Leoneda Inge

Leoneda Inge is the co-host of 瓜神app's "Due South." Leoneda has been a radio journalist for more than 30 years, spending most of her career at 瓜神app as the Race and Southern Culture reporter. Leoneda鈥檚 work includes stories of race, slavery, memory and monuments. She has won "Gracie" awards, an Alfred I. duPont Award and several awards from the Radio, Television, Digital 瓜神app Association (RTDNA). In 2017, Leoneda was named "Journalist of Distinction" by the National Association of Black Journalists.

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Anisa Khalifa

Anisa Khalifa is an award-winning podcast producer and host at 瓜神app. She grew up in a public radio household, and fell in love with podcasts shortly before her friends convinced her to start one with them about Korean dramas. Since joining 瓜神app in 2021, Anisa has produced Me and My Muslim Friends, CREEP, Tested and Dating While Gray, and is the host of 瓜神app's weekly podcast The Broadside.

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Cole del Charco

Cole del Charco is an audio producer and writer based in Durham. He's made stories for public radio's All Things Considered, Morning Edition and Marketplace. Before joining Due South, he spent time as a freelance journalist, an education and daily news reporter for 瓜神app, and a podcast producer for WFAE in Charlotte.

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