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I'm proud to be part of NPR's yearly reading of the Declaration of Independence. But those words, at that time, did not apply to my family, my ancestors. The Emancipation Proclamation did. Today, we read the text on
@MorningEdition
. Thank you
@nprkyoung
.
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Some professional news. (It's also personal news; I work too much.) After six fabulous years
@NPR
and almost 4 years
@MorningEdition
, I'm moving on to a new chapter. I will miss hundreds of people, all of whom are in my Slack rn. More on that/them later.
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On my last day
@MorningEdition
&
@UpFirst
: THANK YOU to my colleagues-but-also-friends, to my *beloved*, co-hosts
@rachelnpr
,
@NPRinskeep
, &
@AMartinezLA
- whose DM's I will always be in, and to NPR listeners. We will all still be "radio friends" as one wisely put it.❤️📻🎙️
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Interesting details in this
@DavidFolkenflik
piece. After
@lourdesgnavarro
tweeted about Caliphate, NYT's Barbaro admonished her to demonstrate "restraint" and warned she was hurting the feelings of people at the newspaper. |
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I'm heartbroken to be losing David as a co-host, but I'm so excited to see what he does next. And I have resolved to continue texting him every morning around 2AM to say what's up, so...
I find goodbyes hard. Especially this one. But after 16 years, I have decided to leave NPR at the end of 2020. I love the place and will sorely miss so many colleagues. I will always be a storyteller. And my adventures ahead involve other passions as well:
🏈 📖 🎙 🍷
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More on my next steps | Noel King Joins Vox’s Today, Explained as Co-Host and Editorial Director via
@voxdotcom
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Responding to Secretary Pompeo's accusations
@NPR
Senior Vice President for News
@nancycbarnes
says in a statement, "Mary Louise Kelly has always conducted herself with the utmost integrity, and we stand behind this report."
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more news:💥💥leaving your radio and immediately attempting to get back on your radio 💥💥
Excited to announce WNYC Studios is working with
@voxdotcom
to distribute
@today_explained
, now hosted by
@NoelKing
! Read more here:
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💐💐💐💐💐💐 the absolute BEST news!!!!! Congratulations Leila!!! 💐💐💐💐💐🔥
So…2022 is going to be a little different. I get to join the incredible
@MorningEdition
team as a host with
@NPRinskeep
@rachelnpr
and
@AMartinezLA
. Talk to you soon on your radio or phone, or however you listen. Excuse my rambling, that happens when in EXCITED!
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@AndrewYang
'A Game Changer': Andrew Yang Explains How He'd Give Every American $1,000 Per Month
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In my many years in radio, I have been lucky to work alongside the smartest, nimblest, most insightful co-hosts out there. And now another one.
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Thanks for joining us! 🌺
OMG SOMEONE IS TAKING ME SERIOUSLY ⁉️🤡 Loves it... thanks for such an in-depth, intelligent conversation
@NoelKing
@NPR
@MorningEdition
:
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Apparently, I just need to ... not talk much for now. Thanks to
@Gail_Austin
@NPRinskeep
@williamjcjones
@lindsaytotty
,
@ninakravinsky
,
@miltonguevarajr
, & Mo El Bardicy, for helping me make it through this morning.
My friend
@NoelKing
being a hero pushing through the broadcast with a sore throat this morning. Do you need soup? Tea? Feel better soon!
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@AndrewYang
So, how does he plan to pay for it? Check out the full video here: via
@YouTube
| I know the
#YangGang
was excited to see the whole thing
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My last feature interview on
@MorningEdition
with the GREATS
@bmluse
and
@eeddings
. Couldn’t ask for a better finale.
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💐💐💐💐💐💐💐 FABULOUS NEWS!!!!! 💐💐💐💐💐💐
Some personal news!!! Ahhhh!! I would like to play it cool, but I cannot. I am so so so honored to take on this position. Growing up I never thought I could host a national news magazine, but God is so good.
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Steve, you are a Gemini too, and you know I will respond immediately and AT LENGTH with EXTENSIVE THOUGHTS on any topic — and 3:45am is probably better. 🥲
Don’t know about you, but I think I’ll just keep slacking
@NoelKing
at 4:45am and see what happens
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🤩🤩🤩🧚🏾🧚🏾🧚🏾
We were in the middle of recording some things just now when
@NoelKing
received news of a vaccine appointment and I have rarely heard anyone so happy.
@MorningEdition
@NPR
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My first episode
@today_explained
! It’s all my favorite things: charismatic leaders, high-stakes taxation, Spanx, very nice Americans who can’t agree, and a wild bid to get them all in the same room to talk it out.
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It's
@AMartinezLA
's first official day
@MorningEdition
&
@UpFirst
🌟💥💐👣🌚🌝. Sleeping pill emojis 💊💊💊 to keep it honest. 💊💊💊
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I thought my ears deceived me
‘Senator Hawley was doing something that was dumb-ass’ Republican Senator
@BenSasse
as heard on
@MorningEdition
with
@NPRinskeep
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Thank you for this. And if I may Ron, I wish you'd also heard the names of producer
@marcarivers
who put his soul into this conversation, and editor
@ScottSaloway
who shaped it. Credit where it's due
@MorningEdition
@rachelnpr
@NoelKing
@BarryJenkins
I heard him on Fresh Air earlier in the week BUT this morning's interview & Ms. King's tears.......STOPPED me in my tracks......I had to call my mom. Thank you.
#TheWorkMatters
🎙🖤🔥
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Thank you, friend. I am so excited to be joining this team.
I didn’t think
@today_explained
could get any better, but then they do this!!! Congrats
@NoelKing
,
@rameswaram
and the entire Today Explained team!!
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haaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyy
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"My phone rings all the time," says U.S. Chamber of Commerce VP who is hearing from companies hurt by - or worried about - tariffs. "For every beneficiary [of tariffs] there are at least a dozen or two dozen companies on the other side of the equation that suffer."
Listen: I was on
@NPR
@MorningEdition
with
@NoelKing
talking about how the trade war is hurting America’s heartland.
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What Russia did & is trying to do in U.S. elections isn't "meddling," it's information warfare. So says a guest on today's
@npratc
.
@NPRMichel
& her team are doing a special hour on Russian interference, election security & Pres. Trump, and it's shaping up to be a great listen.
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Proud to learn this
@MorningEdition
interview won a Gracie Award - with the great
@_aswesterman
&
@matt_kwong
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"Because I was socially awkward, books were my lifeline"
@NPRinskeep
speaking for so many of us who were that kid
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Woot!! 💐💐💐💐💐💐 Congratulations
@KA_marketplace
!!! 💐💐💐💐 and congrats
@kairyssdal
for landing a 🔥🔥🔥🔥 co-host!! Make us smart.
🎉 Big, exciting news!
@KA_marketplace
is the new co-host of
#MakeMeSmart
!
We asked Kimberly 6 questions to help you get to know her better. Any anime or space fans out there?
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'...this should be a moment of reflection for white-collar prosecutors. It should not take a special counsel to uncover millions of dollars in bank fraud, money laundering and tax evasion.' | Why Manafort and Cohen Thought They’d Get Away With It |
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Thank you for joining us Christian; this conversation was fully terrifying.
NPR's
@NoelKing
and I chat about how the president emboldens extremists through certain things he says and does - like recently sharing the video of a supporter yelling "white power."
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What do book bans get us? A ticked-off LeVar Burton and a “two-dimensional caricature of America” says
@ClintSmithIII
| with
@laurajedeed
via
@heyavishay
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💐💐💐what a *spectacular*, game-changing run
@samsanders
- will miss you on IBAM, I'm but so excited to see what your next steps will be💐💐💐
And I’d like to use this moment to share some *PROFESSIONAL NEWS* as well. I’m leaving
@npr
, after 12+ great years. My last episode of
@NPRItsBeenAMin
will run March 11. Here’s the note I sent to colleagues. (It’s a little long.)
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absolutely thrilled that
@today_explained
is coming to my local station
@wamu885
! (on which I am currently listening to riveting live coverage from
@NPRinskeep
and others.)
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Oh my - This is adorable! 😂 If you’re ever in DC, I will personally give her a tour of NPR.
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I spent most of today driving from Many Farms, AZ to Flagstaff. Now that I've arrived: *thank you* to my friends and colleagues for your lovely notes, texts & tweets. I couldn't be prouder or more excited to join the talented team
@morningedition
/
@upfirst
Two new hosts for NPR's 'Morning Edition' and 'All Things Considered'! Ailsa Chang will host
@ATC
along with Audie Cornish, Mary Louise Kelly and Ari Shapiro; Noel King will join David Greene, Steve Inskeep and Rachel Martin on
@MorningEdition
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@AndrewYang
@YouTube
Thanks to photographer
@ajchavar
and
@NPR
's awesome video team
@tseringbista
@MitoHabeEvans
& Nikolai Hammar
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Today we hiked to this waterfall with the Women’s Wilderness Discovery group in Ely, Minn., while talking about plans for copper-nickel mining in the area.
The women have a lot of concerns about it. Full story coming Friday on
@MorningEdition
.
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Thread. From a woman who changed public media for the better, and whose leadership is profoundly missed.
FWIW: The abusers aren't the whole problem. It's all the ppl protecting them, who ignore dozens of red flags. The enablers are still in their jobs, still getting raises and promotions, still more interested in keeping all that for themselves than doing the right thing.
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so excited to be back on your 📻!
Starting today, you may be able to hear
@today_explained
on your local public radio station 🎉
We’re partnering with stations across the country to bring our daily news show to your airwaves.
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"Hang in there Rachel. It's going to be okay. I love you." Dr. Justin Schrager & Dr. Rachel Patzer talk to each other on
@MorningEdition
, from opposite ends of the house. He's treating COVID-19 patients & self-quarantining to avoid getting his family sick.
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@LaFemme_Negrita
@rachelnpr
@NABJ
I'm a biracial woman. Our Executive Producer is a Black woman. I understand you didn't like this interview; I understand why, but Morning Edition is a notably diverse team who thought long and hard before airing this. If you're at
@NABJ
next year, I'd love to meet you in person.
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Our first time hosting together! 🤩🤩🤩
Working on a holiday isn't so bad when you get to do it with
@NoelKing
. Filling in on
@MorningEdition
this week. Listen today for the latest on Surfside, Afghanistan and more.
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*made her point to Ukraine on an unmarked map (she did)*
Wow.
@NPR
's
@NPRKelly
just now on
@npratc
says
@SecPompeo
was furious about being questioned about Ukraine in her interview. Took her into his office, cursed at her, dropping f-bombs, made her point to Ukraine on an unmarked map (she did). It's just...shocking.
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8 years ago, I was a freelancer doing two-ways with
@AMartinezLA
from Cairo, when he was a new-ish host
@taketwo
. Could not be happier to be sittin' alongside him this week.
Hey it’s
@AMartinezLA
on
@MorningEdition
with
@NoelKing
sounding amazing! Made my morning brighter! Bienvenido!
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Very much same, except pop cooked and it wasn’t much of a battle - ma mopped the floor with the rest of us every time 💔 RIP
Brooklyn. 1990s. Dinner time. Mom would be cooking in the kitchen, I'd set the table. Alex, on the small TV on the counter while Mom and I battled it out nightly
@Jeopardy
. Thanks for the memories Mr. Trebek.
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All this week,
@MorningEdition
is reporting along the southern border between El Paso, Texas and Juárez, Mexico — looking at how a Trump administration policy known as Remain in Mexico affects people in these communities. One of our first stops was a shelter in Juárez.
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some really sharp historical insight into Ukraine from historian
@TimothyDSnyder
Vladimir Putin says Ukraine isn’t a country. He’s wrong.
Yale history professor
@TimothyDSnyder
explains.
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Thank you, David!!
@NoelKing
leaving NPR to turn Vox podcast into public radio show - best of luck Noel! we’ll miss you.
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A great leader, who believed in us, and will be so missed. Bright side: she no longer has to get up at 3AM. Thank you for everything, Kenya.
Well
@NPRinskeep
@NoelKing
and
@rachelnpr
just took me out. Last day shout out broke me down. Pretty sure it’s gonna be a tear-jerker of a day as I say goodbye to team
@MorningEdition
.
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I talked to
@KatChow
about her brilliant memoir, 'Seeing Ghosts'. It's both hilarious and heartbreaking, and will make you want to meet everyone in her family
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Happy to be hosting
@UpFirst
&
@MorningEdition
with
@NPRDebElliott
all week long, in part because the establish "...in Orange Beach, Alabama" is a thrill every time. 🤩
Paul Thorn Brings A Softer Touch To A Rough Patch On 'Never Too Late To Call'
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“We gave them your cell phone number. Will you answer your phone?”
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DC-area folks, please keep an eye out for Aaliyah.
A terrific kid, whose parents are very worried about her.
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Thank you, sir! I wish we had time to air the whole 45 minute interview. 😂
@jvpearson
is the genius producer/editor who made it sing.
Never thought I’d hear Lil Baby
@lilbaby4PF
on
@MorningEdition
but
@NoelKing
just did a fascinating interview with him on songwriting and criminal justice etc. : NPR ✊🏽
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extraordinary voices & stories from Ukraine in today's episode
Talking today with
@NoelKing
, Kurii Vasyl and his niece Yulya try to make sense of Russia’s invasion of their country. And Kyiv Independent reporter
@IgorKossov
explains the latest from Ukraine’s capital.
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👀
Bezos says he thanks every "Amazon employee and every Amazon customer because you guys paid for all of this"
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I think we could talk
@TestKitchen
and Jack Bishop into this … 🍷🥃
I'm all for a slightly sauced
@noelking
cooking podcast. And here's a great 'what-to-do-with-the-cranberry solution!
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"I've got quite a future when I get out. I wanna live." John J. Lennon is incarcerated at Sing Sing Correctional Facility in NY. He says COVID-19 is spreading in the prison, and he's sure he - and everyone there - will get it.
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Thank you for being with us Kristen, and for sharing your story with such candor and humanity.
Many thanks to
@NoelKing
@MorningEdition
for the opportunity to remember some of the Afghans I've served alongside & share their stories + my thoughts on the current
#RIVAfghanistan
& peace process.
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💥💥✨✨
I taught myself how to crochet during the pandemic.
How it started. How it’s going.
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@nprgreene
is a brilliant journalist and one of the most generous, curious, compassionate people I've met in this life. We'll miss you, David. ❤️
Can’t believe the day is here.
One final show.
Let’s do this.
@MorningEdition
&
@UpFirst
listeners, it has truly been an honor.
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I've spent much of this morning actively worried about
@joeycules
Just heard
@Joeycules
on
@MorningEdition
speaking with
@NoelKing
without power and wrapped in three blankets.
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AMAZING. 😂😂
That time when
@NoelKing
, a Mets fan, saw the replica 2015 World Series trophy at Johnnie's on 7th in Kansas City Kansas. Going to miss you on ME, Noel!
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Thank you, Amanda. All credit goes to
@_aswesterman
who pitched, pushed for and produced this piece (and the others,) and
@matt_kwong
who edited us all week.
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So glad to have Lulu's voice back in my headphones. This first episode is *remarkably* good start to her new show.
💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽Today from
@nytopinion
we introduce
#FirstPerson
. It’s about what happens when you feel you don’t have a choice. It’s the story of Merrit Tierce - and the abortion she didn’t have. Please Listen!
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My sister is a social worker at a PS in the Bronx. Many of her students live in shelters. She's telling me stories like the ones here. Her kids are *trying* to do their schoolwork, but can't. | She’s 10, Homeless and Eager to Learn. She Has No Internet.|
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What are "draws"? Can men wear caftans to work, post-pandemic? This interview with the great
@RobinGivhan
appears to have raised more questions than it answered. (Underwear, and yes, of course they can.)
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An exciting move for
@nprkyoung
, the most brilliant, centered, humane, and intellectually curious boss I've ever had. As a professional I am thrilled, and grateful to have learned from her. As a Gemini, I am devastated and will always be in her texts.
So excited to take on this amazing opportunity in our newsroom, working with all of our member stations; can’t even put words together yet about leaving my
@MorningEdition
@UpFirst
team. Best damn crew in the business.
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Woot! Relatedly, on assignment in Hungary for
@Today_Explained
with
@MichiganRadio
sustaining member & editor extraordinaire
@JolieMyers
Starting today, you'll hear
@today_explained
at 2:30. Every weekday, hosts
@NoelKing
&
@rameswaram
take on one news story that defines our moment & break it down through on the ground reporting, discussions w/journalists, academics, policymakers, & more.
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I've spent many years reading books by economists and I told
@SandyDarity
I was astonished that "From Here to Equality" is so READABLE and narratively satisfying. He said much credit goes to co-author A. Kirsten Mullen.
It’s a subtle yet important gesture to mention someone as a co-author first who is also the author’s wife. Thanks,
@NoelKing
!
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first episode in our
@today_explained
series on CAPITALISM inspired by some
@bmluse
wisdom, and featuring
@kairyssdal
@cyrenatouros
and some brilliant economists and thinkers
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“get into trouble, good trouble, necessary trouble.”| RIP Rep. John Lewis | A Towering Figure of Civil Rights Era, Dies at 80
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This interview was especially fun because
@aliciakeys
is one of those people who seems to be as kind and centered as she is talented. W/
@ReenaAdvani
&
@miltonguevarajr
.
@aliciakeys
is a 15-time Grammy winning musician, singer, composer, and actress. She's now also an author.
She spoke to NPR's
@NoelKing
about how her experiences helped her embrace who she is and become, as her book title suggests, "More Myself."
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After Qatar won the right to host the World Cup, it vowed to reform its labor system. We talk to a Kenyan man who worked at cup construction sites about what he saw and experienced. Via
@amialsa
@haleemakshah
Part 2 of our World Cup series: The migrant workers who built Qatar's stadiums — and why reforms to the country's exploitative labor system might look better on paper than in practice.
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Grateful for the time and expertise of a very talented young public radio reporter
@AbigailBottar
of
@WKSU
-in this episode about East Palestine
The derailment of a train carrying toxic chemicals has residents of East Palestine, Ohio fearing for their health and safety. Two weeks on, many feel like they have more questions than answers.
@WKSU
reporter
@AbigailBottar
and
@ChemDelphine
explain.
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In one district that could flip from Democratic to Republican-held, President Trump is not front of mind, one couple tells me.
Follow me as I talk with voters in Minnesota’s 8th congressional district.
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Thanks, Brian. Couple things.
"Is that true?" is a question. His statement did not go unquestioned. Morning Edition is issuing an on-air clarification. That said, I think you're correct to ask whether
@USRepLong
wants to issue a correction of his own.
What can
@USRepLong
do to correct this damaging statement, which
@MorningEdition
conveyed to listeners unquestioned?
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art crime news + a convicted art forger animatedly gives detailed advice on how to forge art 🥲 via
@rameswaram
@heyavishay
Art crime is booming and Jean-Michel Basquiat’s paintings (or at least some very realistic forgeries) are the loot du jour. Reporter Brett Sokol and a guy who used to forge Basquiats explain.
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New episode of our
@today_explained
series on CAPITALISM: the 99%. In 2008, the economy broke, and then our politics did. It’s
@heyavishay
with an oral history of two populist moments.
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💥💥Creepin' in from vacation to welcome
@AMartinezLA
to
@MorningEdition
&
@UpFirst
!! So excited to start working alongside this smart, thoughtful soon-to-be sleep-deprived journalist. 💥💥
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"I would sit there sometimes and play those records, and I'd put in commercials between them," he recalled. "And I would do a newscast just like the guy on the radio did." | NPR Newscaster Carl Kasell Dies At 84 |
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I interviewed
@jacobgoldstein
about his smart, delightful new book "Money" and we laughed and laughed and laughed |
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💥💥💥
@today_explained
is thrilled to begin airing on
@WGLTNews
, starting next Monday! 💥💥💥
On April 4th WGLT welcomes
@today_explained
🎉
Hosts
@NoelKing
and
@rameswaram
will guide you through the most important story of the day. Listen at 2:30pm every weekday to understand the world.
#TodayExplained
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today's episode on Russian music & "cancellation" inspired by a story the great
@hannahalani
did for
@WCBURadio
in Peoria, IL.
Vladimir Putin says the West is trying to erase 1,000 years of culture. Arts organizations say they have an obligation to respond to the war in Ukraine. Music director
@GStelluto
explains how his orchestra pivoted.
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