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‘The State Of Things’ Producer Picks: A Look Back At 2015 With Charlie Shelton

Andrew Tie

With a new year just around the corner, “The State of Things” takes a moment to reflect on the highlights of 2015 with the program’s producers. Some of producer Charlie Shelton’s favorite segments include conversations with folklorist Bill Ferris and musician Rhiannon Giddens.

He also chose conversations about hip-hop in Chapel Hill and how comedian John Hodgmandealt with getting older. 

Host Frank Stasio talks with producer Charlie Shelton about his favorite conversations from 2015.

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Charlie Shelton-Ormond is a podcast producer for WUNC.
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.
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