The State of Things

By North Carolina Public Radio - WUNC

WUNC's The State of Things brings the issues, personalities, and places of North Carolina to you. The State of Things Podcast presents new stories every weekday with topics from our show. To subscribe... more

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The State of Things episodes:

April 28, 2016 Blue Cross Software Glitches Delay Claim Payments
Nearly a hundred health care providers have filed complaints saying Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina has not paid their claims for months.
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12min
April 27, 2016 Life After Foster Care
More than 400,000 children in the United States are living in foster care. The statistics about what happens to these children later in life are...
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18min
April 27, 2016 'The Mind Club' Asks Who Or What Has A Mind
It's easy to assume every human has a brain, but what about a mind? Psychologists Daniel M. Wegner and Kurt Gray say constructing a mind is more about...
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20min
April 27, 2016 The Effects Of Mass Incarceration On Children In NC
More than 179,000 children in North Carolina have had a parent incarcerated, according to a new report. As a result, these children are more likely to...
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12min
April 26, 2016 NC Voter ID Upheld, Budget Priorities Revealed, And HB2 Controversy Continues At Legislature Opening
A federal district court judge upheld North Carolina's voter identification measures in a 485 page decision issued yesterday.
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49min
April 25, 2016 Mastering The Art Of The Haiku: Meet North Carolina Poet Lenard Moore
Lenard Moore's bus ride to his segregated school in Jacksonville, North Carolina, was long, and often boring, but he quickly found that books could...
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49min
April 22, 2016 Jim Avett On Music And Family
For Jim Avett, music is just as much a part of life as eating and sleeping. The son of a minister and a pianist, Jim grew up singing in the church...
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18min
April 22, 2016 The Response Of Religious Communities To HB2
The politics of North Carolina’s House Bill 2 continue to make national headlines, as religious communities weigh in on the law's effects. Supporters...
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20min
April 22, 2016 Governor McCrory’s Budget Proposal And The Politics of House Bill
Governor Pat McCrory announced his $22.3 billion proposed budget plan this morning, which represents a 2.8 percent increase in total state spending. He...
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12min
April 21, 2016 What Hiking The Keystone XL Pipeline Taught Ken Ilgunas About Fossil Fuels And Climate Change
Ken Ilgunas was working as a dishwasher near the oil refineries of Alaska when his friend suggested they should hike the entire length of the proposed...
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18min

FAQs about The State of Things:

How many episodes does The State of Things have?

The podcast currently has 2,202 episodes available.