Why did Dave Chappelle agree to a comedy show in Saudi Arabia?
Why does he live in Yellow Springs, Ohio?
And why did he pay for a new headquarters for the NPR station there?
Just an amazing NPR Newsmakers conversation with Michel Martin.
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Many people supported Brian, Caroline and their family during a crisis that struck like lightning and then struck again and again. 3/3
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Brian himself voiced this story in 2019, in which we hear some of the origins of his love of sound. 2/2
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Brian Jarboe, longtime NPR technical director and my frequent companion working ridiculous hours, has died after an extended health crisis.
Brian’s brought you the human voice, beautifully captured, and I want you to hear his voice. 1/3
On NPR’s Newsmakers: Jamie Dimon on the economic fallout of the Iran war; the effects of AI on the job market; and New York v. Texas. Watch here:
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President Trump plans a prime-time address to the nation Wednesday on the Iran war.
His failure to do so at the beginning—or beforehand, or for weeks after—was one the first topics of our interview with Wes Moore on NPR’s Newsmakers.
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Watch Wes Moore, the Democratic governor of Maryland, on the new NPR program Newsmakers.
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Wes Moore, veteran of the 82nd Airborne, says President Trump failed to take some necessary steps before deploying his old unit to the Middle East. 1/2
NPR has taken its ongoing series of video interviews and made them a program: NPR’s Newsmakers.
It’s an all-platform program—on YouTube, podcast, radio and more.
The premiere of Newsmakers is here, and you will support it just by clicking here and following it:
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Here’s the full conversation with Moore at the MD State House.
He spoke in an ornate room decorated with portraits of his predecessors. Moore is the state’s first Black governor - also a Rhodes Scholar and combat veteran.
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One big question for Democrats in 2026 and 2028 is the story they have to tell. Can they express an idea of America that speaks to Americans’ hopes (or fears)?
The question hung in the air as we spoke with Maryland Gov. Wes Moore for the NPR program “Newsmakers.”
Moore has said he is not running in 2028, though his personal story—Rhodes scholar, combat veteran, governor—leads many Democrats to look in his direction. Here’s what we learned about him on NPR’s Newsmakers:
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In his video interview for NPR’s “Newsmakers,” Maryland’s Wes Moore says Democrats need to start with the understanding that the political system was broken for a lot of people.
We talked with Moore for the first episode of the NPR interview program Newsmakers. Watch him here:
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“We are a nation at war,” says Maryland Gov. and 82nd Airborne veteran Wes Moore. But, he says, the president doesn’t act like it. He spoke with me for the NPR program Newsmakers:
You can watch the NPR conversation with Wes Moore here:
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Moore spoke on camera in an NPR interview for our new program Newsmakers.
He says he’s not running for president, but has thought a lot about the job—and about curbing presidential power he says Trump has abused.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore served in the 82nd Airborne, which now has been ordered to the Middle East. Moore says President Trump failed them—by using force before he had to and failing to rally the country behind the war.
As CBS retreats from radio - which 233 million Americans use - NPR remains on and the audience is up.
The main CBS product was a short hourly newscast.
NPR’s hourly news is on your local station - and also available on demand! Hit Play on the NPR app:
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Louville.
Hey! My colleagues at NPR made a voter registration guide. Enter your state and learn the deadlines to register in time to make your voice heard in this year’s primaries.
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From Paul Kane’s last article for WaPo, an argument that Congress stopped doing its job, is drifting toward irrelevance—and within recent memory, a Republican Congress was willing to probe a Republican administration for corruption.
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@steveinskeep.bsky.social: "They're extremely powerful, but a couple thousand Marines is not very many in the context of a country like Iran. ... The president is clearly comfortable escalating in a way that entails greater risk for Iran, but also greater risk for the United States and the world."
"I no longer talk about 'safe.' I talk about 'safer.'"
I spoke to @steveinskeep.bsky.social @npr.org Morning Edition about the increased threat environment, anti-Semitism, Islamic terror, and our homeland security in a wide ranging 7 minute conversation.
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Former Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse, diagnosed with terminal cancer, started a podcast in which he - among other things - makes jokes about his predicament. He says his wife suggested calling the podcast “Dead Man Talking.”
Q. We should avoid a vote because the country is not behind the war?
Q. "What I'm saying is, somebody has to make the decision. That's the commander in chief.”
The full conversation is here.
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GOP Sen. Ron Johnson on NPR today:
Q: If you support the war, should Congress affirmatively vote on it?
Johnson: "The primary restraint of any president of the United States is public opinion. What you don't want to do in a terribly divided Congress is hold a vote that shows us divided." 1/2
Many presidents have sent troops into action without waiting for Congress to declare war, but Trump’s attack on Iran is a particularly stark case.
