Carolina Connection podcast: How bargain stores fund a Republican megadonor’s political spending

09/04/2025 9 min
Carolina Connection podcast: How bargain stores fund a Republican megadonor’s political spending

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Episode Synopsis

Businessman Art Pope - who recently acquired more than 200 Big Lots stores, manages a discount store empire that also includes such chains as Roses and Maxway. But Pope also is arguably the fuel for the N.C. Republican Party. Madeleine Ahmadi reports for the Carolina Connection podcast.