State of Things

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.

September 5, 2008Lunar X Prize
September 5, 2008Sam Frazier
September 5, 2008Charlotte Literary Festival
September 4, 2008Reviewing the Conventions
September 4, 2008Breaking Cover
September 4, 2008Hi Mom! Film Festival
September 3, 2008Midtown Dickens
September 3, 2008Truth & Consequences in Medical Trials
September 2, 2008Rethinking Teachers’ Pay
September 2, 2008Without Precedent
September 1, 2008Meet Nick Meglin
August 28, 2008N.C.’s Probation Violations
August 28, 2008Lights...Camera...Orgeron!
August 27, 2008Age & Alcohol
August 26, 2008Gunning for Games
August 26, 2008Winning Isn’t Everything
August 26, 2008Playing for Keeps
August 25, 2008Meet Glenda Gilmore
August 22, 2008Django Haskins
August 22, 2008Conventionally Speaking
August 22, 2008Uranium Mining
August 21, 2008Student Loans
August 21, 2008Getting the Best Out of College
August 21, 2008The Legal Limit
August 20, 2008Tar River Writing Project
August 20, 2008Will North Carolina Swing?
August 20, 2008El Greco to Velázquez
August 19, 2008Discipline in the Schools
August 18, 2008Meet Nancy Olson
August 15, 2008The Bible Salesman
August 15, 2008Dana & Susan Robinson
August 14, 2008What the Frock?
August 14, 2008Making Sense of the Economy
August 13, 2008The Infertility Treadmill
August 12, 2008Reporting Rumors
August 12, 2008Slavery and the Church
August 12, 2008A Temple Looming
August 11, 2008Meet Aaron McCrae
August 8, 2008Remembering Blind Boy Fuller
August 7, 2008Finding Angela Shelton
August 6, 2008Meeting David Wilson
August 4, 2008The New Doom
August 4, 2008Meet Andy Rothschild
August 1, 2008Remembering Yusuf Salim
August 1, 2008The Carolina Chocolate Drops
August 1, 2008The Jesse Kalisher Gallery
July 31, 2008Worried Sick
July 31, 2008Insuring Coastal Property
July 30, 2008Murder in the Military
July 29, 2008China Calling
July 28, 2008Meet Walt Wolfram
July 25, 2008The International Criminal Court
July 25, 2008Robin and Linda Williams
July 25, 2008The Bridge of the Purple Martins
July 24, 2008The Hills Are Alive
July 24, 2008Capitol City Five
July 24, 2008Constructal Theory
July 23, 2008Black Doctors
July 22, 2008Poole's Diner
July 22, 2008Palace Council
July 21, 2008Meet Jan Boxill
July 18, 2008Bluegrass is My Second Language
July 18, 2008Clean Air Update
July 17, 2008A Touch of Sugga
July 17, 2008Remembering Joseph Mitchell
July 16, 2008Women and Crime
July 15, 2008Raleigh’s Home Run Hero
July 15, 2008Hearing is Believing
July 15, 2008The Raleigh Quarterly
July 14, 2008Meet D.R. Bryan
July 11, 2008The Greencards
July 11, 2008Portsmouth
July 11, 2008Preserving the Graveyard of the Atlantic
July 10, 2008Going Geothermal
July 10, 2008Black and White
July 9, 2008Ten by Ten in the Triangle
July 9, 2008Mr. Gatling's Terrible Marvel
July 9, 2008Raleigh's Resurgent Garment Industry
July 8, 2008Shooting the Moon
July 8, 2008Remembering Jesse
July 8, 2008Offshore Drilling Back in the Spotlight
July 7, 2008Meet Gerald Prokopowicz
July 4, 2008Frank's Favorites
July 3, 2008Lindsay's Favorites
July 2, 2008Katy's Favorites
July 1, 2008Susan's Favorites
June 30, 2008Olympia's Favorites
June 27, 2008Orpheus and Euridice
June 27, 2008ADF Honors Laura Dean
June 26, 2008Transportation Forum
June 26, 2008"Hear's My Story"
June 26, 2008The People's Republic of Capitalism
June 25, 2008Violent Crime in N.C.
June 24, 2008State Labor Commissioner
June 24, 2008On The Road to Freedom
June 23, 2008Meet Nick Meglin
June 20, 2008Bull City Lit
June 20, 2008Mary Johnson Rockers
June 20, 2008Myrtle Beach Bike Rallies
June 19, 2008Gossip of the Starlings
June 19, 2008Child Trafficking
June 19, 2008Smithfield Justice Ad Campaign
June 18, 2008The Infertility Treadmill
June 13, 2008David Wilcox
June 13, 2008Batter up!
June 12, 2008Matching Skin
June 12, 2008Sili-gone?
June 12, 2008Fruit of Labor
June 11, 2008No Child Left Behind Ad
June 11, 2008Bloody Blackbeard
June 11, 2008The Last Days of Black Beard the Pirate
June 10, 2008The Bucket Brigade
June 10, 2008Making Notes
June 9, 2008Meet Juliana Nfah-Abbenyi
June 6, 2008Online Opportunities
June 6, 2008The Gift of Modern Art
June 6, 2008The Strugglers
June 5, 2008The New Doom
June 4, 2008McCain v. Obama in N.C.
June 4, 2008Photographing the Ninth Ward
June 4, 2008Off the Deep End
June 3, 2008The Sugar Queen
June 3, 2008A Conversation With the Chancellor
June 3, 2008Triangle Transportation
June 2, 2008Meet Justin Catanoso
May 30, 2008Tavis Talks Economic Empowerment
May 30, 2008Darrell Scott
May 30, 2008A Tree Grows in Chapel Hill
May 29, 2008The Beats and Beyond
May 28, 2008Sounds of Suriname
May 27, 2008Wake drops SAT, ACT
May 27, 2008Family Bible
May 27, 2008Ben Folds
May 26, 2008The History of Memorial Day
May 26, 2008The Civil War and Movies
May 26, 2008The March
May 23, 2008Old 86
May 23, 2008Same-Sex Marriage & North Carolina
May 22, 2008Race and Public Education
May 21, 2008Suicide and the Civil War
May 21, 2008Southern Cultures
May 20, 2008Fistful of Love
May 20, 2008The Killer's Wife
May 20, 2008Remembering Vivian Austin Edmonds
May 19, 2008Meet Andy Rothschild
May 16, 2008ELM Collective
May 16, 2008Bridge Over the Wadi
May 16, 2008Chains & Mirrors
May 15, 2008The Return of Tony Earley
May 15, 2008The Panama Canal and the Reagan Revolution
May 14, 2008Foster Care in North Carolina
May 13, 2008For the Children
May 13, 2008ADF turns 75
May 13, 2008JFK & the Unspeakable
May 12, 2008Meet Angela Shelton
May 9, 2008American Aquarium
May 9, 2008Meet Holden Thorp
May 8, 2008Lessons from the Drought
May 8, 2008On Account of Conspicuous Women
May 8, 2008WebComic Coffee Clatch
May 7, 2008Primary Night Recap
May 7, 2008The Black Church
May 6, 2008The Voice of the Voter
May 5, 2008Meet Larry Larson
May 2, 2008Robo-calls and Voter Deception
May 2, 2008Justin Roberts, "Pop Fly"
May 1, 2008Meet Richard Moore
April 30, 2008Mental Health PSAs
April 30, 2008New Israel Fund
April 30, 2008The Pressure Boys Reunion
April 29, 2008Meet Kay Hagan
April 28, 2008Meet Jim Neal
April 25, 2008Meet Bev Perdue
April 24, 2008Hebrew Republic
April 24, 2008Corporate U
April 23, 2008Maxine Swalin Tribute
April 23, 2008Iceblink
April 23, 2008The Art of Political Satire
April 22, 2008N.C.’s Endangered River
April 22, 2008The Monti
April 22, 2008An Artist’s Double Life
April 21, 2008Meet J. Oliver Williams
April 18, 2008Arrested Development
April 18, 2008Sleepsound
April 18, 2008Murder in Marion
April 17, 2008Art, Spirituality & the Environment
April 17, 2008Honoring Billy Taylor
April 17, 2008Art, Spirituality & the Environment
April 16, 2008The Death Penalty Examined
April 15, 2008Tax Day Tickler
April 15, 2008House Demolitions
April 15, 2008National Poetry Month
April 15, 2008Uncounted
April 14, 2008Meet Charlie Nelms
April 11, 2008Tom Rhodes
April 11, 2008Tom Rhodes
April 11, 2008Return to Comboland
April 11, 2008Return to Comboland
April 10, 2008Richard Wright Centennial
April 10, 2008Richard Wright Centennial
April 10, 2008The Paradox of Tar Heel Politics
April 10, 2008The Paradox of Tar Heel Politics
April 9, 2008Meeting David Wilson
April 9, 2008Meeting David Wilson
April 8, 2008USA vs. Al-Arian
April 8, 2008Voting 101
April 8, 2008CHEER!
April 8, 2008USA vs. Al-Arian
April 8, 2008Voting 101
April 8, 2008CHEER!
April 7, 2008Meet Anne Firor Scott
April 7, 2008Meet Anne Firor Scott
April 4, 2008Choice
April 4, 2008Gary Louris
April 4, 2008Choice
April 4, 2008Gary Louris
April 3, 2008Leatherheads
April 3, 2008Carnegie Concert Debut
April 3, 2008Cradle of the Game
April 3, 2008Leatherheads
April 3, 2008Carnegie Concert Debut
April 3, 2008Cradle of the Game
April 2, 2008In A Dream
April 2, 2008In A Dream
April 2, 2008The Siamese Connection
April 2, 2008Ambassador Hesham Youssef and the Middle East
April 1, 2008Reforming Mental Health Reform
March 31, 2008Meet Bouna Ndiaye
March 28, 2008Hillary visits N.C.
March 28, 2008Holy Samba!
March 28, 2008Transcending Borders
March 27, 2008The Journey of Big Jack Armstrong
March 27, 2008Shades of Discrimination
March 27, 2008Wounded Veterans
March 26, 2008If You Lived Here
March 26, 2008Why work?
March 25, 2008My Life in Zines
March 25, 2008No-Man’s Lands
March 24, 2008Meet Carol Quigless
March 21, 2008Adrian Duke Projek
March 21, 2008Change Comes Knocking
March 20, 2008Obama visits N.C.
March 20, 2008Mountaintop Removal
March 20, 2008Afghanistan Adventure
March 19, 2008Criminal Justice and the Eve Carson Case
March 18, 2008High Court takes on N.C. Voting Case
March 18, 2008Wilmington 1898
March 18, 2008NCAA 101
March 17, 2008Meet Emil Kang
March 14, 2008Bird Brains
March 14, 2008Sea Cow
March 14, 2008Beyond Belief
March 13, 2008Environmental Justice
March 12, 2008Families of Abraham
March 12, 2008Mobility Without Mayhem
March 12, 2008In Search of the Ivory
March 11, 2008Thomas Wright Update
March 11, 2008Thomas Wright Update
March 11, 2008Rethinking Regionalism
March 10, 2008Meet Joseph Moylan
March 7, 2008Chatham County Line
March 7, 2008Sacred Objects
March 7, 2008The Art of the Latte
March 6, 2008Cummins Wide
March 6, 2008Cuban Hip-hop
March 6, 2008Financing Films
March 5, 2008Young Minds on Heavy Meds
March 5, 2008Puppet Fusion
March 4, 2008NAACP Greensboro Inquiry
March 4, 2008Ethics of Relationships
March 3, 2008Meet Elin O'Hara Slavick
February 29, 2008So long to Schoolkids
February 29, 2008Barkley Hendricks: Birth of the Cool
February 29, 2008The Urban Sophisticates
February 28, 2008Benefit for Esten
February 28, 2008Cheat Sheet
February 27, 2008Gordon Parks Photography Retrospective
February 27, 2008George Lakoff
February 26, 2008God's Problem
February 26, 2008Playmakers' Double Feature
February 25, 2008Meet Philip Freelon
February 25, 2008Meet Philip Freelon
February 22, 2008St. John Passion
February 22, 2008Butner Protest
February 22, 2008Funny or Die
February 21, 2008The History of African-American Education
February 21, 2008Another Universe?
February 20, 2008Remembering Blind Boy Fuller
February 19, 2008Americanos
February 19, 2008Biodefense lab in Butner?
February 19, 2008PRINTED: Contemporary Prints & Books by North Carolina Artists
February 18, 2008Meet Susan Harbage Page
February 15, 2008The Cruelest Cuts
February 15, 2008Writers for Readers
February 15, 2008Don Byron
February 14, 2008"Because We're Still Here "
February 14, 2008The Big Oyster
February 14, 2008Rosetta Baldwin Class of 1963
February 13, 2008Meet Dorothy Kitchen
February 12, 2008North Carolina’s Primary
February 12, 2008Coming of Age at Minimum Wage
February 11, 2008Meet Sarah Susanka
February 8, 2008Redeveloping Greensboro
February 8, 2008Grievances
February 8, 2008The Rosebuds
February 7, 2008Homefullness
February 6, 2008Higher Education Spending
February 6, 2008The Cole Nobody Knows
February 6, 2008The Cole Nobody Knows
February 6, 2008Mrs. Warren’s Profession
February 5, 2008Why Coal?
February 4, 2008Meet Darren "Jaz" Vincent
February 1, 2008Harriet Tubman: Myth and Memory
February 1, 2008Greensboro Sit-Ins Anniversary
February 1, 2008Kim Arrington
January 31, 2008Looking for Hamlet
January 31, 2008Charles W. Chesnutt Stamp
January 30, 2008Hillary and Obama
January 29, 2008Home Births in N.C.
January 29, 2008Consuming Less
January 28, 2008Meet Kevin Keck
January 25, 2008College Wealth Gap
January 25, 2008Europe Central
January 25, 2008Jew
January 24, 2008Caregiving
January 23, 2008The Economics of Obesity
January 22, 2008Rural Poverty & Childhood Development
January 22, 2008Silent Choices
January 21, 2008Meet Iris Carlton-LaNey
January 18, 2008MLK Day at Smithfield
January 18, 2008Poetry & Prayer
January 18, 2008Jeff Crawford
January 17, 2008Put To The Test
January 16, 2008Wilson Murder Case Update
January 16, 2008Doubletime
January 16, 2008The Selling Sound
January 15, 2008Senator No
January 14, 2008Meet Wade Smith
January 11, 2008Tony Williamson Band
January 11, 2008Blade Runner: The Final Cut
January 11, 2008Spill