Alix Spiegel
@alixspiegel.bsky.social
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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NPR alleges that CPB unlawfully yanked away a planned three-year contract worth $36 million in the face of intense pressure from the White House to sever ties with the radio network.
Trial set over NPR allegations that CPB yielded to White House pressure
NPR alleges that CPB unlawfully yanked away a planned three-year contract worth $36 million in the face of intense pressure from the White House to sever ties with the radio network.
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October 30, 2025 at 6:48 PM
NPR alleges that CPB unlawfully yanked away a planned three-year contract worth $36 million in the face of intense pressure from the White House to sever ties with the radio network.
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Impossible to overstate the role she had on radio and the many many lives of the people who make it. Just a genuinely good soul and one of a kind artist www.npr.org/2025/10/16/1...
NPR 'founding mother' Susan Stamberg has died
Susan Stamberg, an original National Public Radio staffer who went on to become the first U.S. woman to anchor a nightly national news program, has died.
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October 16, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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My heart hurts www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/n...
NJ PBS, New Jersey’s Public Television Network, May Shut Down Next Year
www.nytimes.com
September 25, 2025 at 1:09 AM
My heart hurts www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/n...
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I refuse to give em dashes to the AI
September 3, 2025 at 12:56 AM
I refuse to give em dashes to the AI
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.
adoptastation.org
August 5, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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
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
July 16, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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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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
June 24, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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
In Berlin with my kids and if anyone has any recommendations for places to see, eat, visit - I would love to hear them!
June 20, 2025 at 3:46 PM
In Berlin with my kids and if anyone has any recommendations for places to see, eat, visit - I would love to hear them!
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
www.nytimes.com
May 29, 2025 at 1:25 AM
U.N. Condemns Israel’s New Aid Program in Gaza, After Chaotic Start www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/w...
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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.
www.npr.org
May 27, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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.
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We have confirmation. The Weiner Circle in Lincoln Park has responded to the Chicago Pope 😂
May 8, 2025 at 9:28 PM
We have confirmation. The Weiner Circle in Lincoln Park has responded to the Chicago Pope 😂
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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May 5, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Horrifying beyond words: Netanyahu Warns of ‘Intensive’ Escalation in Gaza Campaign www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/w...
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What cyborg work looks like as an academic, by Robert Ghrist, a mathematician and associate dean of undergraduate education at the University of Pennsylvania.
May 1, 2025 at 3:36 PM
What cyborg work looks like as an academic, by Robert Ghrist, a mathematician and associate dean of undergraduate education at the University of Pennsylvania.
I was 23!!!!!! So many years ago. Thank you Rob and Britta - very much appreciate your kind words.
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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May 1, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I was 23!!!!!! So many years ago. Thank you Rob and Britta - very much appreciate your kind words.
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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April 24, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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...
Come Retribution in action
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R): "We are all afraid…I am oftentimes very anxious myself about using my voice because retaliation is real."
April 17, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Come Retribution in action
💔 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.
www.nytimes.com
April 15, 2025 at 2:58 AM
💔 White House to Ask Congress to Claw Back Funding From NPR and PBS www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/b...
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
podcasts.apple.com
March 31, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Beautiful episode of Throughline - on public television and what it has given so many people. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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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March 20, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I found this episode of The Daily incredibly powerful. Kudos to all the people who made it happen. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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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...
www.wbur.org
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.”
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.
www.nytimes.com
March 7, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Come Retribution incarnate. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...
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.
March 5, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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.