3247: Ryan Pitkin of The Queen City Nerve
The Black Guy Who Tips Podcast
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4.9 • 2.9K Ratings
🗓️ 31 March 2026
⏱️ 111 minutes
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Rod and Karen are joined by local journalist Ryan Pitkin the co-founder of the Queen City Nerve to discuss how he got his start as a journalist, interning for Creative Loafing, starting the Queen City Nerve after Creative Loafing was shut down, artificial intelligence in writing, Duke losing, being a boss, covering local politics, remaining objective, covering Charlotte during the ICE raids, meeting Mike Collins, how Ryan found The Black Guy Who Tips, meeting Mike Collins, woman shoots man after he dares her to shoot him, woman attempts arson while being evicted, man guns down grandmother over withheld allowance and sword ratchetness.
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