Sam Yellowhorse Kesler
@samkesler.bsky.social
associate producer, npr's planet money // signal: samkeslr dot 16 // proton: samkesler at proton dot me // 📸: rachel del sordo
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Money in Gaza is falling apart. Israel has been blocking the flow of physical cash into Gaza for almost two years. Now, two best friends – one in Gaza and one in Belgium – are finding ways to get money in – in order to get people food, milk, tents.
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September 20, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Money in Gaza is falling apart. Israel has been blocking the flow of physical cash into Gaza for almost two years. Now, two best friends – one in Gaza and one in Belgium – are finding ways to get money in – in order to get people food, milk, tents.
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on this episode of @planetmoney.bsky.social, Sarah Gonzalez looks at the state of money in Gaza right now. how to get money into Gaza, how to get money out of a bank in Gaza, how cash works, and what there is to buy: www.npr.org/2025/09/20/n...
In Gaza, money is falling apart : Planet Money
Israel has been blocking the flow of physical money into Gaza since the start of the war. So whatever paper cash was in Gaza before the war, that’s all that’s been circulating. It’s now falling apart ...
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September 20, 2025 at 5:17 PM
on this episode of @planetmoney.bsky.social, Sarah Gonzalez looks at the state of money in Gaza right now. how to get money into Gaza, how to get money out of a bank in Gaza, how cash works, and what there is to buy: www.npr.org/2025/09/20/n...
On @planetmoney.bsky.social - the story of two best friends - one in Gaza, one outside - trying to get past a cash blockade.
Sarah Gonzalez explains how money works in Gaza. There are cash brokers, cash fixers, and one young woman just trying to get milk for her sister.
www.npr.org/2025/09/20/n...
Sarah Gonzalez explains how money works in Gaza. There are cash brokers, cash fixers, and one young woman just trying to get milk for her sister.
www.npr.org/2025/09/20/n...
In Gaza, money is falling apart : Planet Money
Israel has been blocking the flow of physical money into Gaza since the start of the war. So whatever paper cash was in Gaza before the war, that’s all that’s been circulating. It's falling apart from...
www.npr.org
September 20, 2025 at 7:10 PM
On @planetmoney.bsky.social - the story of two best friends - one in Gaza, one outside - trying to get past a cash blockade.
Sarah Gonzalez explains how money works in Gaza. There are cash brokers, cash fixers, and one young woman just trying to get milk for her sister.
www.npr.org/2025/09/20/n...
Sarah Gonzalez explains how money works in Gaza. There are cash brokers, cash fixers, and one young woman just trying to get milk for her sister.
www.npr.org/2025/09/20/n...
Spent a day at the Woodlands getting some photos taken so folks can know what I look like lately! Photos by Rachel Del Sordo who is everywhere but BlueSky!
August 17, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Spent a day at the Woodlands getting some photos taken so folks can know what I look like lately! Photos by Rachel Del Sordo who is everywhere but BlueSky!
everyone say happy birthday peggy!
August 4, 2025 at 1:54 AM
everyone say happy birthday peggy!
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I’m trying to figure out the right way to say this, because: Look, the CPB closing is devastating, and I don’t in any way want to blow even a wisp of smoke that it isn’t. But twice today, I’ve seen people express how sad they are that all of public television and radio is over. Not true! (1/3)
August 2, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I’m trying to figure out the right way to say this, because: Look, the CPB closing is devastating, and I don’t in any way want to blow even a wisp of smoke that it isn’t. But twice today, I’ve seen people express how sad they are that all of public television and radio is over. Not true! (1/3)
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New: I teamed up with @elenashao.bsky.social
and nytgraphics to map more than 100 public TV and radio stations that are at risk of closing as a result of tonight's vote:
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
This is a time bomb that will go off in the fall, when the last federal grants run out.
and nytgraphics to map more than 100 public TV and radio stations that are at risk of closing as a result of tonight's vote:
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
This is a time bomb that will go off in the fall, when the last federal grants run out.
Where Congress’s Cuts Threaten Access to PBS and NPR
The loss of federal funding threatens scores of public TV and radio stations across the United States.
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July 18, 2025 at 4:29 AM
New: I teamed up with @elenashao.bsky.social
and nytgraphics to map more than 100 public TV and radio stations that are at risk of closing as a result of tonight's vote:
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
This is a time bomb that will go off in the fall, when the last federal grants run out.
and nytgraphics to map more than 100 public TV and radio stations that are at risk of closing as a result of tonight's vote:
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
This is a time bomb that will go off in the fall, when the last federal grants run out.
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A must read about what it's like to experience famine in Gaza, and the gauntlet of death and humiliation that is required to get food aid from Israel and the United States, who replaced a perfectly functional aid system with one that routinely kills Palestinians.
www.npr.org/2025/07/06/g...
www.npr.org/2025/07/06/g...
Knives, bullets and thieves: the quest for food in Gaza
NPR's Gaza producer faced Israeli military fire, private U.S. contractors pointing laser beams at his forehead and masked thieves as he tried to get food from a U.S.-supported group.
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July 7, 2025 at 5:07 PM
A must read about what it's like to experience famine in Gaza, and the gauntlet of death and humiliation that is required to get food aid from Israel and the United States, who replaced a perfectly functional aid system with one that routinely kills Palestinians.
www.npr.org/2025/07/06/g...
www.npr.org/2025/07/06/g...
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In an executive order, President Trump directs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to stop funding NPR and PBS, the nation's primary public broadcasters.
Trump orders end to federal funding for NPR and PBS
In an executive order, President Trump directs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to stop funding NPR and PBS, the nation's primary public broadcasters.
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May 2, 2025 at 10:26 AM
In an executive order, President Trump directs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to stop funding NPR and PBS, the nation's primary public broadcasters.
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President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday evening seeking to prohibit federal funding for NPR and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS).
The order, which could be subject to legal challenge, called the broadcasters’ news coverage “biased and partisan.”
The order, which could be subject to legal challenge, called the broadcasters’ news coverage “biased and partisan.”
Trump signs order seeking to end federal funding for NPR and PBS
The executive order also instructs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to halt indirect funding of NPR and PBS through grants to local stations.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 2, 2025 at 11:04 AM
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday evening seeking to prohibit federal funding for NPR and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS).
The order, which could be subject to legal challenge, called the broadcasters’ news coverage “biased and partisan.”
The order, which could be subject to legal challenge, called the broadcasters’ news coverage “biased and partisan.”
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When I left the Washington Post in 2023, my colleagues and I were worried AI would hoover up our work and enable "zombies" to churn out stories based on our reporting and writing styles.
Today WaPo announced a partnership with OpenAI. And here it is: Zombie Gillian Brockell. I DID NOT WRITE THIS.
Today WaPo announced a partnership with OpenAI. And here it is: Zombie Gillian Brockell. I DID NOT WRITE THIS.
April 22, 2025 at 6:23 PM
When I left the Washington Post in 2023, my colleagues and I were worried AI would hoover up our work and enable "zombies" to churn out stories based on our reporting and writing styles.
Today WaPo announced a partnership with OpenAI. And here it is: Zombie Gillian Brockell. I DID NOT WRITE THIS.
Today WaPo announced a partnership with OpenAI. And here it is: Zombie Gillian Brockell. I DID NOT WRITE THIS.
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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
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 — kn...
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March 7, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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.”
This week’s episode ⬇️
A fun thing about listening to old This American Life’s is that they used to use NIN’s Ghosts IV as a music bed, the same sample Lil Nas X used for Old Town Road.
(Along those same lines, the Serial theme song is an open source track anyone can use, so you too can sound like Serial!)
(Along those same lines, the Serial theme song is an open source track anyone can use, so you too can sound like Serial!)
March 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
This week’s episode ⬇️
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Mahmoud Khalil was inside his university-owned apartment Saturday night when several Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents entered and took him into custody.
ICE arrests Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University protests
Mahmoud Khalil was inside his university-owned apartment Saturday night when several Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents entered and took him into custody.
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March 10, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Mahmoud Khalil was inside his university-owned apartment Saturday night when several Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents entered and took him into custody.
I'm spending the next three months with the Life Kit podcast as part of NPR's producer rotation program. If you thought I was annoying when I worked at Code Switch or Planet Money, now I feel entitled to give unsolicited advice, too.
My first production:
www.npr.org/transcripts/...
My first production:
www.npr.org/transcripts/...
The key to happiness? Know thyself, says Gretchen Rubin : Life Kit
What is happiness? How do you define it? Maybe it's feeling good, having a sunny disposition or being fulfilled, even if you don't feel pleasant all the time. Gretchen Rubin, host of the Happier podca...
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March 7, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I'm spending the next three months with the Life Kit podcast as part of NPR's producer rotation program. If you thought I was annoying when I worked at Code Switch or Planet Money, now I feel entitled to give unsolicited advice, too.
My first production:
www.npr.org/transcripts/...
My first production:
www.npr.org/transcripts/...
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My new reporting focus for a bit is on the restructuring of the federal government.
Wanna talk securely about DOGE + changes in federal workforce/spending/policy?
Is there important context about how government does/doesn't work well that I should know more about?
Let's chat:
Wanna talk securely about DOGE + changes in federal workforce/spending/policy?
Is there important context about how government does/doesn't work well that I should know more about?
Let's chat:
February 14, 2025 at 6:12 PM
My new reporting focus for a bit is on the restructuring of the federal government.
Wanna talk securely about DOGE + changes in federal workforce/spending/policy?
Is there important context about how government does/doesn't work well that I should know more about?
Let's chat:
Wanna talk securely about DOGE + changes in federal workforce/spending/policy?
Is there important context about how government does/doesn't work well that I should know more about?
Let's chat:
I was on Pop Culture Happy Hour with @ghweldon.bsky.social and @roxana-hadadi.bsky.social to discuss AMERICAN PRIMEVAL. And believe it or not, all the gushing about Dane DeHaan is ONLY A FRACTION of the original. Someday I will release the DeHaan cut.
www.npr.org/2025/01/15/1...
www.npr.org/2025/01/15/1...
'American Primeval' is a nasty and gritty Western : Pop Culture Happy Hour
In Netflix's gritty, brutal Western series American Primeval, Betty Gilpin plays a woman determined to get herself and her son across the frontier. But along the way, they find themselves caught up in...
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January 18, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I was on Pop Culture Happy Hour with @ghweldon.bsky.social and @roxana-hadadi.bsky.social to discuss AMERICAN PRIMEVAL. And believe it or not, all the gushing about Dane DeHaan is ONLY A FRACTION of the original. Someday I will release the DeHaan cut.
www.npr.org/2025/01/15/1...
www.npr.org/2025/01/15/1...
I went to shake the realtor’s hand but he said he was a germaphobe. A brutal power move, considering this was a negotiation tactic on my part. I had sneezed in that hand earlier, and planned to weaken his immune system then lowball him. Clearly I’m dealing with an Alpha here.
January 18, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I went to shake the realtor’s hand but he said he was a germaphobe. A brutal power move, considering this was a negotiation tactic on my part. I had sneezed in that hand earlier, and planned to weaken his immune system then lowball him. Clearly I’m dealing with an Alpha here.
A fun thing about listening to old This American Life’s is that they used to use NIN’s Ghosts IV as a music bed, the same sample Lil Nas X used for Old Town Road.
(Along those same lines, the Serial theme song is an open source track anyone can use, so you too can sound like Serial!)
(Along those same lines, the Serial theme song is an open source track anyone can use, so you too can sound like Serial!)
January 14, 2025 at 1:34 PM
A fun thing about listening to old This American Life’s is that they used to use NIN’s Ghosts IV as a music bed, the same sample Lil Nas X used for Old Town Road.
(Along those same lines, the Serial theme song is an open source track anyone can use, so you too can sound like Serial!)
(Along those same lines, the Serial theme song is an open source track anyone can use, so you too can sound like Serial!)
I produced both of this week’s Planet Moneys. First, ZIP Codes! Lots of fun tape from the Mr. ZIP era. I booked the owner of the only ‘floating ZIP code’ and spoke with the team behind Smokey Bear (who has his own ZIP code) but it got cut. Listen here:
www.npr.org/2025/01/08/1...
www.npr.org/2025/01/08/1...
ZIP Codes! : Planet Money
The ZIP code is less like a cold, clinical, ordered list of numbers, and more like a weird overgrown number garden. It started as a way to organize mail after WWII, but now it pops up all over our dai...
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January 11, 2025 at 3:14 AM
I produced both of this week’s Planet Moneys. First, ZIP Codes! Lots of fun tape from the Mr. ZIP era. I booked the owner of the only ‘floating ZIP code’ and spoke with the team behind Smokey Bear (who has his own ZIP code) but it got cut. Listen here:
www.npr.org/2025/01/08/1...
www.npr.org/2025/01/08/1...
My sibling said this sounds like a joke Elmo would make
Why would people in Greenwich set aside a time specifically to be mean?
January 1, 2025 at 5:09 PM
My sibling said this sounds like a joke Elmo would make
Why would people in Greenwich set aside a time specifically to be mean?
January 1, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Why would people in Greenwich set aside a time specifically to be mean?
I’ve been sitting on this caption for a year and the editor gave it back with no notes, he just said “let the kid cook” happy new year
“Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind?” We say, bring those auld acquaintances to mind! That’s why at the end of each year, we publish The Rest of the Story. We’ve got the latest on zombies, twinsies, and student loans…sies.
https://buff.ly/49MFPxU
https://buff.ly/49MFPxU
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December 31, 2024 at 9:10 PM
I’ve been sitting on this caption for a year and the editor gave it back with no notes, he just said “let the kid cook” happy new year