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Mad @ 60!

WUNC | By Frank Stasio,

Shawn Wen

Published November 30, 2012 at 10:56 AM EST

A recent Mad Magazine cover

Mad Magazine turns 60 this year. Since 1952, its offices on Madison Avenue have buzzed as writers and artists drew parodies, spoofs and takeoffs of the culture of the day. “Totally Mad: 60 Years of Humor, Satire, Stupidity and Stupidity” (Time Home Entertainment/2012) came out this fall to high sales.

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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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Shawn Wen joined the staff of The State of Things in March 2012 and served as associate producer until February 2014.

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