WUNC State of Things - North Carolina Public Radio

Just about everyone feels lonely, and yet loneliness is still so often private and difficult to articulate. Tom Dumm is a professor of political science at Amherst College and author of the book “Loneliness as a Way of Life” (Harvard University Press/ 2008).

Is America still the land of opportunity? Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Hedrick Smith takes on that question in his new book, “Who Stole the American Dream?” (Random House/2012).

Luke Powery’s father was a minister, but Powery wanted to go a different route.

. Host Frank Stasio will be joined by two local political reporters to weigh in on elections across North Carolina.

Local film buffs organize a Triangle Home Movie Day each year to collect some of these old home films and hold a grand showing.

A band of old time musicians who call themselves The Five Point Rounders join host Frank Stasio in the studio for a do-si-do and live performance

Jonathan Horowitz' “Your Land/My Land” is an installation commenting and interacting with the presidential election.

There are many people in Durham with their own ideas about their city, but 27 share their particular insight in the new book “27 Views of Durham: The Bull City in Prose & Poetry” (Eno Publishers/2012).

North Carolina had a unique role in shaping the evolution of negative political advertising.

Bill Friday spent his entire adult life devoted to higher education in North Carolina, including serving as president of the University of North Carolina system for 30 years.

Greensboro Bureau Chief Jeff Tiberri gives host Frank Stasio a roundup of Triad news.

Host Frank Stasio talks to UNC-Greensboro professor Mark Rifkin about his book, "When Did Indians Become Straight?"

The Greensboro band "The Brand New Life" joins host Frank Stasio at the Triad Stage and performs live.

Walter Bennett joins host Frank Stasio to talk about “Leaving Tuscaloosa” and his life.

Former UNC System President William Friday died this morning at the age of 92.