Frank Stasio
Host, "The State of Things"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.
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Republicans outperformed polls in North Carolina and much of the nation in last night’s general election. But many results are still unclear and likely… -
Republicans outperformed polls in North Carolina and much of the nation in last night’s general election. But many results are still unclear and likely…
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Election Day has arrived. North Carolinians must visit the polls today or turn in their absentee ballots to get their votes cast in the 2020 election. How… -
Report cards have been distributed for the first time in the 2020-21 school year, and in many school districts across the state, students have yet to set… -
Report cards have been distributed for the first time in the 2020-21 school year, and in many school districts across the state, students have yet to set…
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Law enforcement officers pepper sprayed peaceful protesters in Alamance County this weekend on the last day of early voting. The group of about 150 people… -
While he sprints toward the sand pit, his coach shouts and claps to offer direction. 16 steps. That is all it takes before Lex Gillette flies. After… -
While he sprints toward the sand pit, his coach shouts and claps to offer direction. 16 steps. That is all it takes before Lex Gillette flies. After…
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More than a third of registered voters in the U.S. have already cast their ballots. North Carolina saw visits from the president and vice president this… -
South of Fayetteville along I-95 is North Carolina’s outlier county. It is one of the most diverse and poorest of the hundred. But, like the state as a…
