This Guy Turns Your Trash Into Trolls and Let's Get Xmas Lit

About this episode

The episode features Thomas Dambo discussing his giant troll sculptures made from recycled materials and highlights local good news in Wake County.

Thomas Dambo spent three weeks building five giant trolls from recycled materials at Dix Park—and what he's done with 24 tons of trash and a mission called "Waste No More" is something you need to see. Also: emergency response times improving and the biggest Christmas light displays returning to Wake County. Your daily dose of good news from Wake County with Steve Rhode. Stories: Wake EMS response times improving: https://www.cbs17.com/news/cbs17-investigates/new-data-shows-wake-ems-response-time-for-high-priority-calls-is-dropping/ Lake Myra Christmas Lights returning to Wendell: https://triangleonthecheap.com/lake-myra-christmas-lights-wendell/ NC Chinese Lantern Festival 10th anniversary: https://ground.news/article/nc-chinese-lantern-festival-2025-back-for-its-10th-year-at-koka-booth-amphitheatre Thomas Dambo trolls at Dix Park: https://indyweek.com/culture/trolls-thomas-dambo-dix-park-raleigh/ More about Thomas Dambo's work: https://www.visitraleigh.com/plan-a-trip/visitraleigh-insider-blog/post/thomas-dambo-trolls-dix-park-raleigh/ Dix Park Conservancy info: https://www.dixparkconservancy.org/art/dambo-trolls Raleigh Christmas Parade info…

People in this episode

Host: Steve Rhode

Guest: Thomas Dambo

Topics covered

• recycling
• public art
• community events
• emergency services
• holiday celebrations

Keywords

• Thomas Dambo
• trolls
• recycled materials
• Wake EMS
• Christmas lights
• Dix Park
• community news

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Wake EMS, Dix Park Conservancy

Places: Dix Park, Wake County, Lake Myra

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