Anisa Khalifa
Podcast Producer and HostAnisa Khalifa is an award-winning podcast producer and host at WUNC. She grew up in a public radio household, and fell in love with podcasts shortly before her friends convinced her to start one with them about Korean dramas. Since joining WUNC in 2021, Anisa has produced Me and My Muslim Friends, CREEP, Tested and Dating While Gray, and is the host of WUNC's weekly podcast The Broadside.
Anisa is also the co-creator of indie podcasts Dramas Over Flowers and Muslim in Plain Sight. In her non-podcast life, she’s a culture writer, poet, visual artist and chronic insomniac, who is fascinated by the stories we tell about ourselves and each other.
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An old photograph and a call to action from one of the world's most famous athletes sends us on a fascinating adventure. -
This holiday season, something is threatening to wipe out America’s favorite Christmas tree.
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An excerpt from The Broadside's recent episode "The world's biggest video game is from North Carolina." -
The option to end one's own life through prescribed, lethal medication is legal in 10 states and in Washington D.C. Guest host Anisa Khalifa talks to two researchers about what the assisted death debate illuminates about dying in the United States. -
Turns out, sharing stories live and in person has never been bigger.
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Fortnite is a bona fide cultural phenomenon. But it was an unlikely hit from an unlikely place.
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Three veteran political reporters answer a single question: what’s the most bizarre story you've ever covered?
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The rise, fall and reinvention of North Carolina's furniture industry has left average Americans with few good options.
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We spent the day at the NC State Fair and brought you back some funnel cake.
