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Patrick Murray
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Audio Engineer & Production Support for NPR since 1997. TD Emeritus of WATC, News Ops, WESAT, & WESUN. Proud member of NABET 31. Somewhat reformed Mass-Hole.
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Apparently, Ben Affleck does not know how to pronounce the name of my hometown. #IComeFromThePOI

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Me standing, leaning against the official Mattapoisett, Massachusetts town entry sign. I’m on the side of Route 6 on the Marion Mattapoisett line. The sign is on an 8 foot aluminum pole. It’s a large white sign with the top edge cut so that it looks like an open book. The word entering is written in a curve across the top and the word Mattapoisett is written straight along the bottom. In the center is the Massachusetts state seal and on either side are the words Inc. and 1857
January 15, 2026 at 4:26 AM
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Wishing a Happy Public Radio Broadcasting Day to all who turn it on, celebrate it and work it. #NPRLife
January 13, 2026 at 9:23 AM
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My wife and I are trying to figure out who this song describes better, her or me.

どう致しまして。for the ear worm.

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打首獄門同好会 (Uchikubi Gokumon Doukoukai) - I don' t wanna get out of futon
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January 5, 2026 at 3:26 AM
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Seeing reports of explosions in Caracas, Venezuela. This video was posted to Reddit r/venezuela just a few minutes ago.
January 3, 2026 at 6:50 AM
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A ton of people were crowding the trails at the Baldwin Hills Overlook today, getting their first and last steps in for the new year. #NewYearsResolutions #MyDayInLA
January 2, 2026 at 12:27 AM
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“Here's to the New Year. May she be a damn sight better than the old one, and may we all be home before she's over”

Colonel Sherman T. Lm Potter M*A*S*H 4077th
January 1, 2026 at 5:29 AM
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Happy FSA regrets day, to those who celebrate.
December 31, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Welp, the dogs were good again this year. Thank God.

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The Dogs of 2025
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December 31, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Just thinking if the precipitation LA has experienced in the last 3 days was snow instead of of 3 inches of rain, we’d be buried in 2->3 ft of powder.

I’d be Ok with that.

#MyDayInLA
A picture of the top of the Hollywood Hills with the famous sign in the foreground and the snow capped San Gabriel mountains behind it
December 26, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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Keeping the lights on and the News flowing on this Christmas Night. #NPRLife
A picture of the control center at NPR West with A “wall“ of six large TV screens showing various playback machines meters and automation indications along with two smaller TVs on top of the wall with programming on them in the center of the wall on the top is four digital displays for timers and in the center of that mount is a real time clock Below the wall and closer to the camera are two rows of work positions with the various equipment to allow us to control feeds and fix audio
December 26, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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Remember the one hard, fast and unbreakable rule in radio is, your mic is always on.

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Flyers radio voice suspended for NSFW hot mic gaffe
While on the radio broadcast for the Philadelphia Flyers, play-by-play announcer Tim Saunders was caught saying something that he shouldn't have said.
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December 25, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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What Angelinos are actually waiting for this Christmas Eve…. (sound on)
December 25, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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Live, from the Nation’s Capital, Crystal City, Virginia………. (Not many folks will get the joke.)
December 15, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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My unofficial NPR Portrait. #NPRLife
My self standing on the median of North Capitol Street leaning against the Traffic signal pole with the NPR headquarters building behind me and the 4 story entrance sign right behind me with lines ove purple leds placed vertically on the sign and topped with a black and white NPR Logo
December 13, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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Free legos and sorter. 500 block S Ann St #Baltimore. #SuchAFind
A Plastic Box with 4 tiers, one Yellow One Blue one Red one green used to sort Lego Bricks by size. It’s on the sidewalk filled with various Lego pieces. It has a sign which says Lego Sorter Free/gratis.
December 13, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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In the 23 years of living in LA, this the first time I’m taking @metrolosangeles.bsky.social Rail to LAX, cause it’s now an option. #Progress #MyDayInLA
A picture of me is from the shoulders up sitting in front of an announcement board for the next stop, which is LAX/Metro Transit Center
December 9, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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In there ought to be a law department…..
Why can’t necessary web cookies save the preference that you reject optional cookies. #SMH #WhoseHouseRamsHouse #ItsNotJustThem
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December 7, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Every once in a while I have to remind myself I live near the ocean. #MyDayInLA
December 6, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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My impetus for hacking my garage door started when Chamberlain cut off access to Apple Home. It was cemented every time Chamberlain’s MyQ app asked me to let Amazon access my garage to fight porch piracy. I wouldn’t have been so annoyed if once I said no, it didn’t pop up again & again & again.
Why One Man Is Fighting for Our Right to Control Our Garage Door Openers
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December 4, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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“So, we took the half a ton of garbage, put it in the back of a red VW microbus, took shovels and rakes and implements of destruction and headed on toward the city dump.…..”
From Alice’s Restaurant Massacree

Happy Thanksgiving!

Photo from October 2017
This is a photo of me standing with my legs crossed in front of a red VW micro bus, located at the Guthrie Center in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. in the rear window of the bus, there’s a 12” round sticker in black and white commemorating the 50th anniversary of the song Alice’s Restaurant. The white Trinity Church is in the background. The scene is shaded by a large oak tree. I’m wearing a green sweater with black and white stripes, a pair of hickory colored khakis with a matching driver’s cap, along with sunglasses.
November 27, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Apparently I’ve dressed to match the “Moquette” of #BigBlueBus. Just noting their seats are more comfy than Culver City’s or LA Metro’s. #MyDayLA #IJustLikeSayingMoquette
In the photo is a picture of me wearing a Driver cap which you can barely see the rim of, glasses which are darkened half way. You can see most of my face and a third of my torso I’m wearing a maroon sweatshirt with a small “WBZ Radio and Television, Operations and Engineering” logo. I have an empty seat to my right which has a Vinyl cover which matches my Sweatshirt.
November 25, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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Here’s one of the many reasons I don’t own a car in LA. It’s an oldie but a goodie.

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Whole Foods Parking Lot - Music Video [HD]
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November 22, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Came to this clue in the NYTimes Crossword for tomorrow. I thought the answer was Nantucket. However, there weren’t enough letters.
Imagine of the NY Times Crossword for Tuesday November 18, 2025. Looking at the clue for 12-down “Limerick’s Locale”
November 18, 2025 at 6:04 AM
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"NBC Nightly News can show you pictures of devastating flooding, but they don't tell locals where to get fresh water."
Public Media: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
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November 17, 2025 at 4:56 PM