The "R" still stands for Radio

I'm so pleased to brag that NPR (that last letter stands for "Radio") now has a YouTube channel. Here's a recently posted video from their "In Character" series on Cookie Monster.


It's great to see us moving forward on a number of fronts on the Digital Media landscape.

Excerpt from On The Media

A pretty good interview from this past weekend's On The Media on the recent leadership change at NPR.

The Travels of an NPR Board Chair

In November, my three years as Chair of the NPR Board came to an end. With it goes a considerable amount of time in airports and on planes -- probably close to 80,000 miles worth including countless trips between Columbus and Washington DC. With a hat tip to Johnnie for this web site, here's a look at some of my travels.

All my NPR Shows in One Place... cool!

Add NPR to your page

The Car Talk SplashCast

The Car Talk SplashCast

It's All Politics from NPR

I just found a new tool that allows me to post NPR podcasts on my blog. Here's a sample from the podcast It's All Politics featuring Ron Elving and David Greene (in for Ken Rudin).

Iraq - The Story on the Ground

As the charade played out on Pennsylvania Avenue over funding the troops for the next few months, NPR offered some amazing reporting and stories from the ground in Iraq.

Last week, Anne Garrels provided a reasonably hopeful report on Members of the 12th Cavalry trying to heal the divisions between the Sunni and Shia.

Over the last two days on Morning Edition, two stories really brought the horror of what's happened in Baghdad since the Invasion. Yesterday, Anne Garells' piece on driving through Baghdad (i.e. A Hell of a Commute) described the scene: double the cars and no traffic lights four years after the invasion.

Then this morning, NPR employee Saleem Amer told the story of his family living in a Sunni-Shia neighborhood. Amer's story described how his family fears daily violence and gunfire, but lack any hope that moving anywhere else in Baghdad would improve their plight.

The description of wanting to stay in their home, in their city, in their country, in the face of the danger and dying caused me to stop and reflect on the anguish that's been caused by this war.

When you compare the sacrifice being made by these Iraqis (and our troops) with the senseless and pathetic wrangling occurring in Washington, DC, it is enough to make you follow the advice of Howard Beale and go to your window and shout "I'm Mad As Hell... And I'm Not Going to Take it Anymore!"

Video will help the Radio Star

Just back from an NPR Board meeting and one of the more exciting developments is the new work in video that NPR is focusing on... there's a lot more to come but here was a first very short venture into the video space last year with our Science Reporter David Kestenbaum.

The Colbert Report targets NPR!

The Colbert Report goes after NPR... great stuff!