Anita Rao is a journalist and podcast host. She is the managing editor and one of the hosts of the flagship daily NCPU station WUNC's show "The State of Things." She also launched and hosts the podcast "Embodied."Previously, Rao produced for StoryCorps. She began her radio career at WUNC as an intern for the nationally distributed public radio program "The Story."Rao received her B.A. in Women's Studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.