Inviting Strangers To Live With You

By Laura Lee,

Published October 30, 2013 at 12:16 PM EDT

For most people, the home is a private sanctuary. But for Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove and his family, inviting strangers to live in their house is just a way of life.

The devotee of radical hospitality opens his home to some of Durham’s most needy. Host Frank Stasio talks with Wilson-Hartgrove about the experiences and his latest book, “Strangers At My Door: An Experiment In Radical Hospitality” (Convergent Books/2013).

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Laura Lee

Laura Lee was the managing editor of The State of Things until mid February 2017. Born and raised in Monroe, North Carolina, Laura returned to the Old North state in 2013 after several years in Washington, DC. She received her B.A. in political science and international studies from UNC-Chapel Hill in 2002 and her J.D. from UNC-Chapel Hill School of Law in 2007.

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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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