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Co-founder NPR's hit podcast Invisibilia. One of the founding producers of This American Life. Science reporter NPR News. Former New York Times. Condemn genocide anywhere and everywhere. Writing a book. She/her

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Trump Allies Near ‘Total Victory’ in Wiping Out U.S. Climate Regulation

💔https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/climate/endangerment-finding.html

10.02.2026 15:44 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

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F.B.I. Searches Home of Washington Post Journalist in a Leak Investigation

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/u...

14.01.2026 18:19 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Program Guide | 2025 Sundance Film Festival Discover the 2025 film lineup.

So proud of my cousin David Shadrack Smith for getting into #Sundance with his brilliant documentary @publicaccess.movie festival.sundance.org/program/film... Cant wait to see it in a big theater!

11.12.2025 01:00 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Trial set over NPR allegations that CPB yielded to White House pressure NPR alleges that CPB unlawfully yanked away a planned three-year contract worth $36 million in the face of intense pressure from the White House to sever ties with the radio network.

NPR alleges that CPB unlawfully yanked away a planned three-year contract worth $36 million in the face of intense pressure from the White House to sever ties with the radio network.

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NJ PBS, New Jersey’s Public Television Network, May Shut Down Next Year

My heart hurts www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/n...

25.09.2025 01:09 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

I refuse to give em dashes to the AI

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Adopt A Station - Rescue Public Media Help preserve independent journalism and community programming across America by adopting a public media station. Congress has voted to rescind public media's funding.

Hey! Public radio is defunded but not defeated. An NPR friend told me that since the defunding, the public has been stepping up in huge numbers. We can make public media even stronger and better. If you have ever benefitted from my work please give to a local station - we need them adoptastation.org

05.08.2025 18:54 👍 39 🔁 23 💬 2 📌 2

Doing an event at Politics and Prose - looking forward to it: Jonathan Lackman and Zachary J. Pinson are going to @PoliticsProse. They'll be discussing The Woman With Fifty Faces with @aspiegelnpr on 8/14 at 7:00 pm

16.07.2025 22:18 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The National Archives will no longer be open to the public. The NATIONAL ARCHIVES!! I was there last month reporting for Sold a Story Season 2. archives.gov/college-park

24.06.2025 22:53 👍 16 🔁 12 💬 6 📌 3

Thank you so much for this!! Really really appreciate it!

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Thank you!

20.06.2025 16:09 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

In Berlin with my kids and if anyone has any recommendations for places to see, eat, visit - I would love to hear them!

20.06.2025 15:46 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
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U.N. Condemns Israel’s New Aid Program in Gaza, After Chaotic Start

U.N. Condemns Israel’s New Aid Program in Gaza, After Chaotic Start www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/w...

29.05.2025 01:25 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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NPR and Colorado public radio stations sue Trump White House NPR and three Colorado public radio stations are suing the Trump administration over the president's executive order seeking to ban the use of federal money for NPR and PBS.

BREAKING: NPR and three Colorado public radio stations are suing the Trump administration over the president's executive order seeking to ban the use of federal money for NPR and PBS.

27.05.2025 12:13 👍 5059 🔁 1122 💬 137 📌 111
Insects and Other Animals Have Consciousness, Experts Declare | Quanta Magazine A group of prominent biologists and philosophers announced a new consensus: There’s “a realistic possibility” that insects, octopuses, crustaceans, fish and other overlooked animals experience conscio...

www.quantamagazine.org/insects-and-...

13.05.2025 18:51 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 1
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Netanyahu Warns of ‘Intensive’ Escalation From Israel in Gaza Campaign Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that a new plan calls for a “forceful entry” into the territory and would involve Palestinians relocating to the south.

Horrifying beyond words: Netanyahu Warns of ‘Intensive’ Escalation in Gaza Campaign www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/w...

05.05.2025 20:42 👍 10 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 1
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Trump Signs Executive Order to End Federal Funding for NPR and PBS The Trump administration has accused the two broadcasters of using public funds to produce biased coverage and “left-wing propaganda.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/u...

02.05.2025 19:24 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 1
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What cyborg work looks like as an academic, by Robert Ghrist, a mathematician and associate dean of undergraduate education at the University of Pennsylvania.

01.05.2025 15:36 👍 88 🔁 18 💬 6 📌 1

I was 23!!!!!! So many years ago. Thank you Rob and Britta - very much appreciate your kind words.

01.05.2025 15:32 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
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A Mother and Father Were Deported Under Trump. But What Happened to Their Daughter? The Trump administration sent the mother of a 2-year-old to Venezuela and the father to a Salvadoran prison. Their daughter remains somewhere in the United States.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/w...

29.04.2025 23:06 👍 10 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Trump Says They’re Foreign Gang Members. Are They? Podcast Episode · The Daily · 04/23/2025 · 29m

Great reporting in this episode that looks carefully at the criteria ICE used to identify the people they put on the planes. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

24.04.2025 02:27 👍 4 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 1

Come Retribution in action

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White House to Ask Congress to Rescind $1.1 Billion From NPR and PBS Trump administration officials want legislators to rescind $1.1 billion for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which provides some support for public media.

💔 White House to Ask Congress to Claw Back Funding From NPR and PBS www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/b...

15.04.2025 02:58 👍 10 🔁 7 💬 3 📌 0
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Sesame Street Podcast Episode · Throughline · 03/20/2025 · 49m

Beautiful episode of Throughline - on public television and what it has given so many people. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

31.03.2025 00:24 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Were the Covid Lockdowns Worth It? Podcast Episode · The Daily · 03/20/2025 · 49m

I found this episode of The Daily incredibly powerful. Kudos to all the people who made it happen. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

20.03.2025 17:15 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Feds look into underwriting practices at WBUR and other public media outlets As part of its ongoing investigation of NPR and PBS, the Federal Communications Commission asked 13 public radio stations, including WBUR, to turn over information about their on-air sponsorships — kn...

As part of its ongoing investigation of NPR and PBS, the Federal Communications Commission asked 13 public radio stations, including WBUR, to turn over information about their on-air sponsorships — known as “underwriting.”

07.03.2025 22:43 👍 38 🔁 33 💬 7 📌 6
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Fearing Retribution, Trump Critics Muzzle Themselves People say they are intimidated by online attacks from the president, concerned about harm to their businesses or worried about the safety of their families.

Come Retribution incarnate. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...

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