Archive for March, 2006

Billy Arthur And More

Friday, March 31st, 2006

Renowned Chapel Hill resident Billy Arthur died this week. Arthur was well-known as a columnist, newspaperman, and owner of a local hobby store. Host Frank Stasio speaks with Amy Wood, marketing director of “Our State” magazine about Arthur’s writing life and hears from his longtime friend and newspaper colleague Roland Giduz. Listener Call-In. (20:00)

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The Watsons

Friday, March 31st, 2006

Hair braiding, boat building and basketball – they’re all topics that winners of the Thomas J. Watson Fellowship will be studying next year. Davidson College is the only North Carolina school that participates in the Watson program, a one year grant for independent study outside the United States. Host Frank Stasio speaks with Davidson College senior and Watson winner Chris Clunie about this creative fellowship program and how he plans to use it. Plus, Davidson alumnus Patrick Montoya tells us how his year studying dance in Latin America has informed his career. (9:00)

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Word Power

Friday, March 31st, 2006

Word Power: Does the mere thought of a vocabulary quiz give you horripilation? Not so for North Carolina Word Power champ Hannah Baker, who will represent our state this year at the Reader’s Digest Word Power national championship. Host Frank Stasio challenges Hannah to a vocabulary quiz, hosted by The State of Things senior producer Susan Davis. (3:00)

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Songs For Sixty-Five Roses

Friday, March 31st, 2006

When Chapel Hill musician and producer John Plymale learned his daughter had cystic fibrosis, he wanted a way to draw attention to the disease. The result is a veritable jukebox of songs from the Tar Heel music scene in the 80’s and 90’s. Host Frank Stasio talks with John Plymale about the benefit CD “Songs for Sixty-Five Roses.” Musicians Claire Holley, John Howie and Greg Humphreys perform live versions of the songs they recorded. (17:30)

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News Roundup

Thursday, March 30th, 2006

Our show begins with the launch of the lottery which North carolina Public Radio/WUNC capitol reporter Laura Leslie discusses with host Frank Stasio. Frank and Laura then move on to the embattled Speaker of the NC House, Jim Black, and Rob Christiansen, a political columnist with the News & Observer, joins the conversation. Then Frank speaks with Merrill Lunch of the Nature Conservancy about a large purchase of land in Western North Carolina for conservation. Staying in the western part of the state, Julie Ball, a reporter with the Asheville Citizen-Times joins Frank to discuss the proposed “road to nowhere. . .” And then Lee Weisbecker of the Triangle Business Journal joins Frank to discuss $15 million that a Swiss firm was supposed to invest on behalf of the Golden Leaf foundation. And finally, Bruce Japsen of the Chicago Tribune and Duke professor Karla Halloway join Frank to discuss the Polyheme Blood substitute study being conducted in Durham. (59:00)

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