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The NPRiest @thenpriest.bsky.social · 6d

BRB, writing a short series based on her meeting Ace Frehley at the pearly gates

(Of course: RIP, legend.)

NPR @npr.org · 6d

Susan Stamberg, an original National Public Radio staffer who went on to become the first U.S. woman to anchor a nightly national news program, has died. n.pr/4qjVMDS

NPR 'founding mother' Susan Stamberg has died

Susan Stamberg, an original National Public Radio staffer who went on to become the first U.S. woman to anchor a nightly national news program, has died.

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The NPRiest @thenpriest.bsky.social · 25d

Still seems intentional!

The NPRiest @thenpriest.bsky.social · 25d

WNYC’s folks must be mad: Weekend Edition Puzzle contestant lives in NYC, says he listens on WAMC.

(No, none of its translators get to NYC either.)

WAMC contour map does not reach anywhere near NYC

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The NPRiest @thenpriest.bsky.social · 29d

It’s too pure for this world

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The NPRiest @thenpriest.bsky.social · 29d

Nobody at NPR got raptured except, unexpectedly, Susan Stamberg's cranberry relish and the concept of The Bryant Park Project

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The NPRiest @thenpriest.bsky.social · Aug 1

So: donate to your station, but if you’re able to do so, also donate to a station that previously depended on CPB funding for an outsize part of their budget. This site makes it easy:

adoptastation.org

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.

adoptastation.org

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The NPRiest @thenpriest.bsky.social · Aug 1

Yr. NPRiest happens to live in a major metro area with robust support for public media; our stations (radio and TV) will probably be okay. Not so for a lot of rural stations, where their presence is arguably *more* important.

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The NPRiest @thenpriest.bsky.social · Aug 1

Nothing funny to say about this, I don’t think.

So many great things ended with the tag line “…with support from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting” throughout yr. NPRiest’s life—from well before I had any sense what that meant.

Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · Aug 1

"WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 1, 2025) – The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced today that it will begin an orderly wind-down of its operations"

cpb.org/pressroom/Co...

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The NPRiest @thenpriest.bsky.social · Jul 2

Indiana Jones And The Suddenly Unfortunate Aspects Of Having Your Public Radio Station Be Part Of A State University System, When That Has Mostly Been A Positive, If Administratively Complicated, In Prior Years

GeekTyrant @geektyrant.com · Jul 2

Disney Reportedly Planning Full Reboot of the INDIANA JONES Franchise

It looks like Indiana Jones might actually be headed for the reboot treatment. According to a recent report from DisInsider , Disney and Lucasfilm are considering a full relaunch of the iconic adventure...

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The NPRiest @thenpriest.bsky.social · Jun 25

Report: Trump trying to amend the budget bill to preclude any farm bill funding from going towards any pie offered to NPR hosts doing RAGBRAI

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The NPRiest @thenpriest.bsky.social · Jun 20

NPR launches an All Things Considered branded version of this

A classic mid 1970s Western Electric phone. if you’re old enough you know exactly what those buttons feel like

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The NPRiest @thenpriest.bsky.social · Jun 7

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Shola Hoon @sholahoon.bsky.social · Jun 3

That’s my radio station and it makes us all so gourd

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The NPRiest @thenpriest.bsky.social · Jun 3

Breaking news from a correspondent in upstate New York: @wamcradio.bsky.social fund drive guy referred to delicata as an “under-sung hype squash”

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The NPRiest @thenpriest.bsky.social · May 8

New pope hoping his new email address will make it so he stops getting WBEZ membership reminders

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The NPRiest @thenpriest.bsky.social · May 8

We’re getting a report that the new pope is the Bryant Park Project (it’s a rotating thing)

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The NPRiest @thenpriest.bsky.social · Apr 3

“We could put a Shure 57 or maybe a pressure zone microphone right up next to his head and see if it’d pick up the breeze? Or maybe we put a bell around his neck and record the jingling?”

The NPRiest @thenpriest.bsky.social · Apr 3

Marketplace producers frantically figuring out if Kai Ryssdal shaking his head emphatically for the entire episode can play on the radio

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The NPRiest @thenpriest.bsky.social · Apr 2

(In seriousness: what a remarkable thing to do.)

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The NPRiest @thenpriest.bsky.social · Apr 2

Cory Booker, Hour 25: “I will next speak about the atrocity that was the cancellation of The Bryant Park Project; following that, I have some words you may not like to hear about—hear me out—Susan Stamberg’s cranberry relish”

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The NPRiest @thenpriest.bsky.social · Mar 24

I bet they could hear each other, since they are sitting four feet apart

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The NPRiest @thenpriest.bsky.social · Mar 24

The national security group chat

Peter Sagal and Carl Kassel (RIP) communicating in a public park via tin can telephone

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The NPRiest @thenpriest.bsky.social · Mar 24

REPORT: Pete Hegseth submitted the names and identities of deep undercover CIA operatives to NPR’s College Podcasts March Bracket competition

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The NPRiest @thenpriest.bsky.social · Jan 26

Gotta says: a bit disappointed that the vasectomy doctor on this week’s Wait Wait was, we are almost certain, named Dr. Cancel and @petersagal.bsky.social just left it hanging over the plate.

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The NPRiest @thenpriest.bsky.social · Dec 23

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