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Alix Spiegel

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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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Alix Spiegel @alixspiegel.bsky.social · Mar 5

Incredibly excited that I get to write these books - the first has been banging away in my head begging to get out for over seven years! A book about story telling, and how my approach to it was shaped by my experience with music and behavioral science - working with the wonderful people at Holt.

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Alix Spiegel @alixspiegel.bsky.social · 14d

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

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

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · Sep 3

I refuse to give em dashes to the AI

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Alix Spiegel @alixspiegel.bsky.social · Aug 5

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

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.

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Alix Spiegel @alixspiegel.bsky.social · Jul 16

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

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Emily Hanford @ehanford.bsky.social · Jun 24

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

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Alix Spiegel @alixspiegel.bsky.social · Jun 20

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

Alix Spiegel @alixspiegel.bsky.social · Jun 20

Thank you!

Alix Spiegel @alixspiegel.bsky.social · Jun 20

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

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Alix Spiegel @alixspiegel.bsky.social · May 29

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

U.N. Condemns Israel’s New Aid Program in Gaza, After Chaotic Start

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NPR @npr.org · May 27

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.

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.

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Alix Spiegel @alixspiegel.bsky.social · May 13

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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...

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Cynthia “Cina” Pelayo @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social · May 8

We have confirmation. The Weiner Circle in Lincoln Park has responded to the Chicago Pope 😂

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He has eaten our dogs

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Alix Spiegel @alixspiegel.bsky.social · May 5

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

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.

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Alix Spiegel @alixspiegel.bsky.social · May 2

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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.”

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Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social · May 1

What cyborg work looks like as an academic, by Robert Ghrist, a mathematician and associate dean of undergraduate education at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Alix Spiegel @alixspiegel.bsky.social · May 1

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

Rob McGinley Myers @robmcmyers.bsky.social · May 1

In 2019 Britta and I recorded 3 episodes of our podcast that we never released. We finally released one of those episodes this past October. Today, we release the second, a discussion of @alixspiegel.bsky.social's story about prayer for This American Life.

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Phonograph: I Don't Know If It's God - Alix Spiegel's "Pray"

Rob and Britta discuss the classic Alix Spiegel story “Pray” from This American Life, including Spiegel’s origin story as a producer and what happened to her when members of the megachurch she was rep...

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Alix Spiegel @alixspiegel.bsky.social · Apr 29

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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.

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Alix Spiegel @alixspiegel.bsky.social · Apr 24

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...

Trump Says They’re Foreign Gang Members. Are They?

Podcast Episode · The Daily · 04/23/2025 · 29m

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Alix Spiegel @alixspiegel.bsky.social · Apr 17

Come Retribution in action

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · Apr 17

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R): "We are all afraid…I am oftentimes very anxious myself about using my voice because retaliation is real."

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Alix Spiegel @alixspiegel.bsky.social · Apr 15

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

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.

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Alix Spiegel @alixspiegel.bsky.social · Mar 31

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

Sesame Street

Podcast Episode · Throughline · 03/20/2025 · 49m

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Alix Spiegel @alixspiegel.bsky.social · Mar 20

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

Were the Covid Lockdowns Worth It?

Podcast Episode · The Daily · 03/20/2025 · 49m

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WBUR @wbur.org · Mar 7

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.”

Feds look into underwriting practices at WBUR and other public media outlets

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Alix Spiegel @alixspiegel.bsky.social · Mar 7

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

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.

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Alix Spiegel @alixspiegel.bsky.social · Mar 5

Thanks Jonathan!