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.
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Podcasts:
Host Frank Stasio talks to WUNC producer and Education Reporter Dave Dewitt about the latest developments in education around the area.
Host Frank Stasio talks to Davy Rothbart about his new book, "My Heart is an Idiot."
Host Frank Stasio talks to Peter Rothbard about his new music album.
Host Frank Stasio discusses the life and work of Edvard Munch with two guest experts.
Host Frank Stasio talks about changes in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders with professor Dan Blazer.
Host Frank Stasio talks about the brewing battle over beer regulations.
Host Frank Stasio talks Christmas music with an opera singer.
Host Frank Stasio talks to Rachel Myrick about being a Rhodes Scholar.
Host Frank Stasio talks about graphic design in post World War II Japan.
Host Frank Stasio talks to Nnenna Freelon and John Brown about their new album.
Darlene Nicgorski was a nun serving in Los Amates, Guatemala in 1981 when her pastor was assassinated miles away. That early experience helped shape her decision to help Central American refugees seeking shelter in the United States.
Host Frank Stasio talks to a panel of experts about the plight of the Wilmington 10.
Host Frank Stasio interviews The Blue Ribbon Healers, and they perform live in the studio.
In the past two years alone, it has cost the state and federal governments more than $22 million to repair Highway 12. The iconic road on North Carolina's Outer Banks is a lifeline for permanent residents and an economic boon to the region and the state during tourism season. But the shifting sands of the barrier islands may make a permanent road impossible in the near future. Host Frank Stasio discusses the future of Highway 12.
Elizabeth Catlett is amongst some of the more well-known artists in American art history. Catlett was a printmaker and sculptor whose work was focused on Black-American history and the Civil Rights movement. Many people don’t know that Catlett spent about two years teaching in Durham in the mid-1930s.
