This episode is presented by Create A Video – The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction reports that student enrollment declined in 105 of the state's 115 districts. While some education officials are blaming a declining birthrate, I have another theory.

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This episode is presented by <a href="https://createavideo.com/">Create A Video</a> &ndash; The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction reports that student enrollment declined in 105 of the state's 115 districts. While some education officials are blaming a declining birthrate, I have another theory. Subscribe to the podcast at: <a href="https://thepetekalinershow.com/">https://ThePetePod.com/</a>&nbsp; All the links to Pete's Prep are free:<a href="https://patreon.com/petekalinershow"> https://patreon.com/petekalinershow</a>&nbsp; Media Bias Check: <a href="https://ground.news/checkout/all?fpr=pete">GroundNews promo code!</a> Advertising and Booking inquiries: <a href="mailto:Pete@ThePeteKalinerShow.com">Pete@ThePeteKalinerShow.com</a><a href="https://thepetekalinershow.com/" rel="payment">Get exclusive content here!: https://thepetekalinershow.com/</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

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Student enrollment continues to decline in NC... I have a theory (12-16-2025--Hour2)

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This episode is presented by Create A Video – We are learning of more courageous and heroic behavior by Australian civilians who tried to thwart the jihadist attack on a Hannukah celebration on Bondi Beach over the weekend. 

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This episode is presented by <a href="https://createavideo.com/">Create A Video</a> &ndash; We are learning of more courageous and heroic behavior by Australian civilians who tried to thwart the jihadist attack on a Hannukah celebration on Bondi Beach over the weekend.&nbsp; Subscribe to the podcast at: <a href="https://thepetekalinershow.com/">https://ThePetePod.com/</a>&nbsp; All the links to Pete's Prep are free:<a href="https://patreon.com/petekalinershow"> https://patreon.com/petekalinershow</a>&nbsp; Media Bias Check: <a href="https://ground.news/checkout/all?fpr=pete">GroundNews promo code!</a> Advertising and Booking inquiries: <a href="mailto:Pete@ThePeteKalinerShow.com">Pete@ThePeteKalinerShow.com</a><a href="https://thepetekalinershow.com/" rel="payment">Get exclusive content here!: https://thepetekalinershow.com/</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

More details from the Bondi Beach massacre (12-16-2025--Hour3)

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This episode is presented by Create A Video – Andrew Dunn is the publisher of Longleaf Politics and  a contributing columnist to The Charlotte Observer - where he wrote about the "chicken and egg problem" of North Carolina's public schools and the confidence that lawmakers and parents are losing in them.

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This episode is presented by <a href="https://createavideo.com/">Create A Video</a> &ndash; Andrew Dunn is the publisher of <a href="https://www.longleafpol.com/">Longleaf Politics</a> and&nbsp; a contributing columnist to The Charlotte Observer - where he wrote about the "chicken and egg problem" of North Carolina's public schools and the confidence that lawmakers and parents are losing in them. Subscribe to the podcast at: <a href="https://thepetekalinershow.com/">https://ThePetePod.com/</a>&nbsp; All the links to Pete's Prep are free:<a href="https://patreon.com/petekalinershow"> https://patreon.com/petekalinershow</a>&nbsp; Media Bias Check: <a href="https://ground.news/checkout/all?fpr=pete">GroundNews promo code!</a> Advertising and Booking inquiries: <a href="mailto:Pete@ThePeteKalinerShow.com">Pete@ThePeteKalinerShow.com</a><a href="https://thepetekalinershow.com/" rel="payment">Get exclusive content here!: https://thepetekalinershow.com/</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Dunn: "NC is running a trust deficit with it public schools." (12-16-2025--Hour1)

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This episode is presented by Create A Video – Chapel Hill-Carrboro school leaders were dragged before a House Oversight Committee hearing over their apparent refusal to follow the recently-passed state law dubbed a "Parents' Bill of Rights." Plus, a lawsuit has been filed against Ardrey Kell High School over its malicious prosecution of a student who painted the "spirit rock" with a Charlie Kirk memorial. AP Dillon joins me to discuss. She is a reporter for the North State Journal. Read her reporting at NSJonline.com. She publishes a Substack.com newsletter called More To The Story.

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This episode is presented by <a href="https://createavideo.com/">Create A Video</a> &ndash; Chapel Hill-Carrboro school leaders were dragged before a House Oversight Committee hearing over their apparent refusal to follow the recently-passed state law dubbed a "Parents' Bill of Rights." Plus, a lawsuit has been filed against Ardrey Kell High School over its malicious prosecution of a student who painted the "spirit rock" with a Charlie Kirk memorial. AP Dillon joins me to discuss. She is a reporter for the <a href="https://nsjonline.com/article/author/apdillon/">North State Journal.</a> Read her reporting at NSJonline.com. She publishes a Substack.com newsletter called <a href="https://apdillon.substack.com/">More To The Story</a>. Subscribe to the podcast at: <a href="https://thepetekalinershow.com/">https://ThePetePod.com/</a>&nbsp; All the links to Pete's Prep are free:<a href="https://patreon.com/petekalinershow"> https://patreon.com/petekalinershow</a>&nbsp; Media Bias Check: <a href="https://ground.news/checkout/all?fpr=pete">GroundNews promo code!</a> Advertising and Booking inquiries: <a href="mailto:Pete@ThePeteKalinerShow.com">Pete@ThePeteKalinerShow.com</a><a href="https://thepetekalinershow.com/" rel="payment">Get exclusive content here!: https://thepetekalinershow.com/</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Dirty books and painted rocks (12-15-2025--Hour3)

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Student enrollment continues to decline in NC... I have a theory (12-16-2025--Hour2)

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