Big Decisions Are Best Made With Hot Dogs

By Shawn Wen,

Published December 12, 2013 at 12:01 PM EST

Joe Hudson's new book is a collection of essays he wrote for his weekly column in the Statesville Record & Landmark.

Joe Hudson's weekly column in the Statesville Record & Landmark entertains readers with its stories about family, friendship, and Southern culture.

Now his essays have been collected into a book "Big Decisions Are Best Made with Hot Dogs." Host Frank Stasio speaks to Joe Hudson about writing about community life.

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Shawn Wen

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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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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