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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
FAQs about The State of Things:How many episodes does The State of Things have?The podcast currently has 2,202 episodes available.
October 18, 2019Carrboro Rock Singer Builds LGBTQ And Women-Led Music FestivalNo one ever asks Henbrain to turn up the bass. The band features two electric basses chugging alongside one another, which defines its low-frequency acid rock sound. Michelle Sontheimer plays lead axe, running her sound through a guitar amplifier and effects processor, which produces a meaty buzz that she describes as a “2,000 pound angry bee.” Cutting through the low-frequency symphony are Erika Libero’s vocals. Her lyrics are a select cross-section of mythology, exploring topics from the Greek...more22minPlay
October 17, 2019Movies On The Radio: The Films Of Steven SpielbergSteven Spielberg was named the highest-grossing filmmaker in U.S. history last year....more50minPlay
October 16, 2019Embodied: The Elusive Science Of SleepA solid eight hours can be hard to come by in our non-stop, tech-saturated world. But the modern science of sleep shows that shut-eye is just as critical as diet and exercise in shaping both mental and physical health....more49minPlay
October 15, 2019Businessman Greg Lindberg Ran Surveillance Operations On Women, According To Wall Street JournalRecent reporting from The Wall Street Journal paints an even more complicated portrait of indicted Durham businessman Greg Lindberg....more12minPlay
October 15, 2019'Race Traitor' Mab Segrest Looks Back At 25 Years Of HateMab Segrest is a lesbian feminist who spent the ‘80s monitoring Ku Klux Klan rallies and tracking the activity of hate groups in North Carolina. But social activism was an unlikely career path for a woman whose grandfather was a klansman and whose parents who fought to keep schools segregated....more20minPlay
October 15, 2019The Best Way To Fight ‘Divide And Conquer?’ 'Unite And Build’Why do people vote against their own economic interests? In the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump won states populated by mostly white, working class voters — like Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Ohio — but his tax cuts benefit the rich....more18minPlay
October 14, 2019With Her Abuela’s Recipe And Her Mother’s Ambition, She Runs ‘So Good Pupusas’: Meet Cecilia PolancoCecilia Polanco’s parents did not dream of their daughter owning a food truck when they emigrated from El Salvador to the United States in the early 1980s. Their expectation was that she would get a respectable profession after college, or even better, a career, like her older sisters who work in law and insurance....more48minPlay
October 11, 2019California Law Could Catalyze A New Future For College SportsCollege sports is big business, and while schools and media organizations have long raked in the profits, students themselves have remained without pay. With a new California law, the landscape of college athletics is changing....more32minPlay
October 11, 2019Rissi Palmer Honors Michael Brown, A Miscarriage And The March For Our Lives On New AlbumFans of Southern Soul have been yearning for new music from country crossover artist Rissi Palmer. Slated for release on Oct. 22, 2019, “Revival” will be her first album since “The Back Porch Sessions” EP in 2015....more20minPlay
October 10, 2019New Reporting Questions UNC-CH Concussion ResearchA report from sports media outlet The Athletic calls into question concussion research that was conducted at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and headed by now-Interim Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz....more12minPlay
FAQs about The State of Things:How many episodes does The State of Things have?The podcast currently has 2,202 episodes available.