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‘The State Of Things’ Producer Picks: A Look Back At 2015 With Anita Rao

Image of Host Frank Stasio, Avett Brothers' Cellist Joe Kwon, and SOT Producer Anita Rao
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State of Things Producer Anita Rao talks with Host Frank Stasio about her favorite segments of the year, including a conversation with Avett Brothers' Cellist Joe Kwon (pictured here).

The year is coming to an end, and “The State of Things” staff is taking a moment to reflect on some of the year’s most memorable conversations. Producer Anita Rao’s favorite segments include , one of the three Muslim students shot and killed in Chapel Hill in February. Rao also chose.

She also picked , and one that looks at . She ends the hour talking about . Host Frank Stasio talks with Producer Anita Rao about her favorite conversations of the year. 

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Anita Rao is an award-winning journalist, host, creator, and executive editor of "Embodied," a weekly radio show and podcast about sex, relationships & health.
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 app Director.