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The State Of Things Producer Picks: A 2014 Look Back With Hady Mawajdeh

WUNC | By Hady Mawajdeh,
Frank Stasio
Published December 26, 2014 at 12:00 PM EST
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As the year draws to a close, The State of Things staff take a look back at some of their favorite segments of 2014. 

Producer Hady Mawajdeh highlights conversations with the quilters of Gee's Bend, Alabama, civil rights icon John Lewis, Czech emigree Hanna Pichova and many more. Host Frank Stasio and producer Hady Mawajdeh talk about some of the best segments of 2014.

Complete audio to these segments can be found by clicking the links below:

The State of ThingsChefA Chef's LifeVivian HowardDelta RaeSOT Live MusicLive PerformanceGee's BendAlabamaQuiltsArtHana PichovaczechoslovakiaCommunismImmigrationThe Cosby ShowMark Anthony NealNatalie Bullock BrownTelevisionThe Lone BellowJohn LewisCivil RightsThe State of Things
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Hady Mawajdeh
Hady Mawajdeh is a native Texan, born and raised in San Antonio. He listened to Fresh Air growing up and fell in love with public radio. He earned his B.A. in Mass Communication at Texas State University and specialized in electronic media. He worked at NPR affiliate stations KUT and KUTX in Austin, Texas as an intern, producer, social media coordinator, and a late-night deejay.
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Frank Stasio
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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