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Summary: Stories from WUNC's The State of Things with Frank Stasio.

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 How The President's Executive Order Affects North Carolina Immigrants | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 686

President Obama announced an executive order last night that paves the way for millions of undocumented immigrants to stay in the United States. The...

 State Of Things News Roundup | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1114

North Carolina’s First District Representative G.K. Butterfield takes the helm of the Congressional Black Caucus. Meanwhile, at the state level...

 The Emily Musolino Band | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1049

When Durham native Emily Musolino left for the Berklee College of Music, the only thing she knew she wanted to do with her life was to make music.

 Expanding The Gender Spectrum | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 690

November 20 is the Transgender Day of Remembrance. It is meant to honor those who have died from violence against transgender people. On top of the...

 Is Solitary Confinement Torture? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1533

A recent report released by the Human Rights Policy Seminar at the University of North Carolina School of Law says that long-term solitary confinement...

 Is Solitary Confinement Torture? New Report From UNC School Of Law | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1533

Long-term solitary confinement is a cruel, inhumane and degrading form of punishment, according to a new report from The University of North Carolina...

 A Muse And A Maze: The Mysteries Of Fiction Writing | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 688

Here's a riddle: What does the craft of writing fiction have to do with mystery, magic, and puzzles?

 The Global Food Crisis | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 696

More than one billion people worldwide do not have enough to eat. Some experts estimate a need for more food in the next 40 years than in the last 10...

 A Chapel Hill Playwright's Social Commentary On World War I | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1184

At the peak of the Great Depression in the 1930s, legendary Chapel Hill playwright Paul Green collaborated with composer Kurt Weill to create a...

 The Great Gatsby - An American Rite Of Passage | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1049

Reading F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby is a rite of passage these days. The novel is mandatory reading for many high schoolers across the country.

 City Makes Move For Greensboro Civil Rights Museum | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 720

The International Civil Rights Center & Museum in Greensboro was built to commemorate a transformative moment in civil rights history when four NC...

 “Cello and Bass…Seriously?” | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1050

Bassist Paul Sharpe and Cellist Brooks Whitehouse are a bestselling cello-bass duo who developed a new genre of music that puts string instruments in a...

 Javier Diaz de Leon Advises Mexicans In North Carolina As Washington Talks Immigration Reform | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2883

Nearly 30 percent of immigrants in the United States are from Mexico, but migration between the two countries is changing. A study from the Pew...

 Political Junkie Ken Rudin | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 686

The dust has settled from last week’s elections and both parties are looking to the future. State house members gear up for their internal contest to...

 Behind The Scenes of The 2014 North Carolina Comicon | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1186

Comicons, or conventions of comic fans, are best known for throngs of costume-clad attendees and access to the industry’s best comics creators.

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