Frank Stasio
sot@wunc.org
Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.From there he went to National Public Radio, where he rose from associate producer to newscaster for All Things Considered. He left that job in 1990 to help start an alternative school in Washington, DC. Frank returned to NPR as a freelance news anchor, guest host of Talk of The Nation and other national programs, and host of special news coverage.
He also presents audio theater workshops for children and teachers and conducts radio journalism workshops for broadcasters in former Soviet-bloc countries. He lives in Durham.
Reports and features by Frank Stasio
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Jade City Pharaoh - Ibrahim & the Real Americans
Thursday, February 09 2012 Frank Stasio and Lindsay ThomasJade City Pharaoh - Episode 5
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Fringe-ology
Thursday, February 09 2012 Alex Granados and Frank StasioJournalist Steve Volk took a paranormal experience from his childhood and turned it into a hunt for the truth about supernatural activity.
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The Festival of the Black Christ
Wednesday, February 08 2012 Frank Stasio and Lindsay ThomasEl Cristo Negro is a life-sized figure of Jesus carved from dark mahogany in Portobelo, Panama.
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Viet Nam's Haunting Legacy
Tuesday, February 07 2012 Frank Stasio and Susan DavisLegendary journalist Marvin Kalb and his daughter, Deborah Kalb, explore how the Viet Nam War affects past and present American presidencies.
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Meet Lauren Winner
Monday, February 06 2012 Frank Stasio and Lindsay ThomasTheologian Lauren Winner discusses her spiritual conversion from Judaism to Christianity and how she maintained her faith in the wake of crises.
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Carolina Valentine
Friday, February 03 2012 Frank Stasio and Susan DavisPoet and longtime UNC-Chapel Hill librarian Jeffery Beam retires to devote more time to his writing.
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Cymbeline
Friday, February 03 2012 Frank Stasio and Susan DavisFiasco Theater Company presents Shakespeare's "Cymbeline" at Duke Performances.



