Frank Stasio
sot@wunc.org
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.From there he went to National Public Radio, where he rose from associate producer to newscaster for All Things Considered. He left that job in 1990 to help start an alternative school in Washington, DC. Frank returned to NPR as a freelance news anchor, guest host of Talk of The Nation and other national programs, and host of special news coverage.
He also presents audio theater workshops for children and teachers and conducts radio journalism workshops for broadcasters in former Soviet-bloc countries. He lives in Durham.
Reports and features by Frank Stasio
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Contemporary Iran in Context
Thursday, December 04 2008 Frank Stasio, Katy Barron, and Roshen SethnaBroadening the scope of the conversation about Iran beyond nuclear weapons and “Death to Israel.”
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Raleigh 2030
Thursday, December 04 2008 Frank Stasio and Susan DavisA new plan called Raleigh 2030 was unveiled to the public at the Raleigh convention Center last night.
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The Hills Are Alive
Wednesday, December 03 2008 Frank Stasio and Jon Hillpart of a project devoted to cataloging every form of life in the mountains. It’s called the “All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory,”
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Fast, Easy, Fresh
Wednesday, December 03 2008 Frank Stasio and Susan DavisBon Appetite editor-in-chief Barbara Fairchild has just the thing for the stressful holiday cooking season, a new cookbook called "Fast, East, Fresh" (Wiley/2008.)
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Asian Dining Rules
Wednesday, December 03 2008 Frank Stasio and Susan DavisSteven Shaw on his new book,"Asian Dining Rules."
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Squirrel Nut Zippers
Tuesday, December 02 2008 Daniel Zola and Frank Stasio -
Somay Ku
Tuesday, December 02 2008 Frank Stasio and Lindsay Thomas“Somay Ku” is about a Ugandan war refugee’s journey to play tennis in the United States.

