WUNC State of Things - North Carolina Public Radio show

WUNC State of Things - North Carolina Public Radio

Summary: The State of Things is a live program hosted by Frank Stasio that covers the issues, personalities, and places of North Carolina. The conversation is snappy and smart while also being full of good humor. We focus on presenting the Tar Heel experience through sound, story, discussion, commentary and listener participation through calls. Let us know your thoughts during the program at 1.877.962.9862.

Podcasts:

 Learning with Songbirds | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:11:38

Scientists are learning fascinating things by studying songbirds. Sophisticated microscopes are able to see the smallest level of detail in the brain and determine how it changes in response to learning.

 Glow Mice | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:19:13

Would you believe us if we told you that glowing mice might be the next step in saving human beings from cancer?

 All Your Science | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:17:28

Duo Ellen Stevens, aka Lu Lubenstein, and David Zielinski believe that scientists can do cool work in the lab and rock out on their free time.

 Canopy Meg | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:30:00
 Chimps and Social Networking | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:17:29

Online networking sites have become one of the primary ways humans forge connections with each another.

 Exploring Empathy | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:50:00
 The New Director | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:12:00

For six months, the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh has been searching for a new director. It finally found one. We talk to Emlyn Koster about becoming the new director of the museum.

 Hedwig Kohn | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:20:00

Hedwig Kohn was one of only three women to receive German qualification to teach physics at a university, and that was her vehicle to flee Nazi Germany. Brenda Winnewisser took special interest in Hedwig’s story and currently has a biography on her due to be published in Spring 2014.

 Low Pitch | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:17:30

Science couple Rindy Anderson and Casey Klofstad noticed something weird when they watched television news. Almost all the anchors, both men and women, seemed to have low pitched voices. They decided to work together to find out how people perceive pitch, and how that might affect the way they vote.

 Meet Walter Sinnott-Armstrong | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:50:00

In the wake of recent mass shootings, mental health has been a focus of our national dialogue. We talk with Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, a professor of philosophy at Duke with an interest in psychopathy.

 Ironing Board Sam | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:17:30

Ironing Board Sam has been playing rhythm and blues professionally since he was 16 years old in Rock Hill, SC. He's now 73, living in Chapel Hill and his passion for music-making is as strong as ever. Sam is part of Hillsborough's Music Maker Relief Foundation, and he's just released a new album, “Going Up.”

 News Roundup | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:32:00

A new governor and a new legislature are in place and ready to make big changes. The UNC system may let in more out-of-state students. And what does the latest Bank of America settlement mean for homeowners?

 The Avett Brothers | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:12:00

Tomorrow night, Concord-based folk-rock band The Avett Brothers will play in Raleigh at the Governor’s Inaugural Ball Gala. Bassist Bob Crawford joins us to talk about the evolution of the band from three guys in a van playing 200 shows a year to a Grammy-nominated, chart-topping phenomenon.

 And God Created Great Whales | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:20:00

We talk to Obie award-winner Rinde Eckert, composer, writer and actor in “And God Created Whales,” being put on by Playmakers Repertory Company at Kenan Theatre on the Campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill through Sunday.

 To the People, Food is Heaven | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:17:30

Audra Ang worked as a foreign correspondent for the AP in Beijing, China for seven years. And in her time there, she covered the devastating Sichuan earthquake, SARS, floods and political dissidents. But even in the most dire of moments, she always managed eat her way through.

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