# Inside Carolina's Greg Barnes on the future vision of UNC basketball Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/tying-it-together-with-tim-boyum-18822/inside-carolina-s-greg-barnes-on-the-future-vision-of-unc-basketball Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/tying-it-together-with-tim-boyum-18822/inside-carolina-s-greg-barnes-on-the-future-vision-of-unc-basketball.md Podcast: [Tying It Together with Tim Boyum](https://stenobird.com/podcast/tying-it-together-with-tim-boyum-18822) Published: 2026-02-04T06:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nc/charlotte/politics/tying-it-together-with-tim-boyum Audio file: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/tyingittogether/GREG_BARNES_JAN_2026_AUDIO_POD.mp3?dest-id=1462670 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/tying-it-together-with-tim-boyum-18822/episodes/inside-carolina-s-greg-barnes-on-the-future-vision-of-unc-basketball Duration seconds: 2278 ## Resource On this week's episode, host Tim Boyum talks with Greg Barnes from Inside Carolina about perhaps the most controversial and hot topic of the future of UNC basketball. To many, it appeared the Tar Heels were poised to announce a new arena on a future campus site. But then a legendary coach released a video pleading to renovate the current arena. It's a fascinating and emotional debate for the country's oldest public university, which enjoys one of college basketball's most storied programs. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/tying-it-together-with-tim-boyum-18822/episodes/inside-carolina-s-greg-barnes-on-the-future-vision-of-unc-basketball/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/tying-it-together-with-tim-boyum-18822/inside-carolina-s-greg-barnes-on-the-future-vision-of-unc-basketball.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.