Hady Mawajdeh
Hady Mawajdeh is a native Texan, born and raised in San Antonio. He listened to Fresh Air growing up and fell in love with public radio. He earned his B.A. in Mass Communication at Texas State University and specialized in electronic media. He worked at NPR affiliate stations KUT and KUTX in Austin, Texas as an intern, producer, social media coordinator, and a late-night deejay.
Hady joined the team at The State of Things in 2014 as a producer. Though he is new to North Carolina, he is already a fan of the Durham Bulls and the newly-reformed Charlotte Hornets. In his spare time, Hady enjoys playing pick-up basketball, reading, seeing live music, and listening to a variety of podcasts.
Hady left WUNC in August 2015.
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The uproar over the New York Shakespeare in the Park production of Julius Caesar has spread to other cities. And it appears to be only because they are companies with the word "Shakespeare" in their name. Staff at Shakespeare Dallas have received death threats, even though the company isn't performing Shakespeare at the moment.
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Note: This program is a rebroadcast from April 27. 2015. Sub-Saharan Africa has the most serious HIV and AIDS epidemic in the world . In 2012, roughly...
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Republican leaders in the state house and senate have finally reached an agreement on at least part of the state budget. They have made a deal that sets...
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Pediatric oncologist Dr. Raymond Barfield has always loved storytelling. As a child he would often sit and listen to his grandfather tell tales, and in...
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North Carolina education leaders are proposing dramatic changes to the state's public education system. A group tasked with retooling the Common Core...
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In the 1940's and 1950's, several professors at Black Mountain College in Western North Carolina attracted the attention of the Federal Bureau of...
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During the summer of 2015, a group of Durham high school students have been working on a documentary theatre production based on the true life stories...
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Kamasi Washington has long been known in the world of musical performers, but he is becoming a more popular name in mainstream music in 2015. He...