The NPRiest
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The NPRiest of all. We do know that not all public radio is NPR, but ThePRiest is probably taken and reads weird. Not NPR.
WNYC’s folks must be mad: Weekend Edition Puzzle contestant lives in NYC, says he listens on WAMC.
(No, none of its translators get to NYC either.)
(No, none of its translators get to NYC either.)
September 28, 2025 at 2:56 PM
WNYC’s folks must be mad: Weekend Edition Puzzle contestant lives in NYC, says he listens on WAMC.
(No, none of its translators get to NYC either.)
(No, none of its translators get to NYC either.)
NPR launches an All Things Considered branded version of this
June 20, 2025 at 7:22 PM
NPR launches an All Things Considered branded version of this
The national security group chat
March 24, 2025 at 10:13 PM
The national security group chat
PRX AND PRI AND APM AND NPR AND YOUR LOCAL AND REGIONAL PUBLIC MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS ARE ALL DIFFERENT AND PEOPLE GET WEIRDLY CRANKY ABOUT THAT
December 4, 2023 at 2:18 AM
PRX AND PRI AND APM AND NPR AND YOUR LOCAL AND REGIONAL PUBLIC MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS ARE ALL DIFFERENT AND PEOPLE GET WEIRDLY CRANKY ABOUT THAT
It's fall member drive season, MFers.
(Be a sustaining member if you can.)
October 10, 2023 at 12:57 PM
It's fall member drive season, MFers.
(Be a sustaining member if you can.)
Meet the elite couples breeding to save humankind
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/family/life/pronatalists-save-mankind-by-having-babies-silicon-valley/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/family/life/pronatalists-save-mankind-by-having-babies-silicon-valley/
November 28, 2024 at 9:27 PM
Meet the elite couples breeding to save humankind
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/family/life/pronatalists-save-mankind-by-having-babies-silicon-valley/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/family/life/pronatalists-save-mankind-by-having-babies-silicon-valley/
Also: “The last time Texas elected a Democrat, it was Jimmy Carter in 1976.” Ann Richards would like several words.
https://www.npr.org/2023/03/24/1165770615/trump-picks-waco-texas-to-kick-off-his-2024-presidential-campaign
https://www.npr.org/2023/03/24/1165770615/trump-picks-waco-texas-to-kick-off-his-2024-presidential-campaign
November 28, 2024 at 10:10 PM
Also: “The last time Texas elected a Democrat, it was Jimmy Carter in 1976.” Ann Richards would like several words.
https://www.npr.org/2023/03/24/1165770615/trump-picks-waco-texas-to-kick-off-his-2024-presidential-campaign
https://www.npr.org/2023/03/24/1165770615/trump-picks-waco-texas-to-kick-off-his-2024-presidential-campaign
Silicone Valley Bank is a whole different thing, catering to a very specific clientele
November 28, 2024 at 9:27 PM
Silicone Valley Bank is a whole different thing, catering to a very specific clientele
Assuming there’s a rotating cast of people over on North Capitol with a finger hovering over the “Trump Arrested” push notification button
November 28, 2024 at 9:27 PM
Assuming there’s a rotating cast of people over on North Capitol with a finger hovering over the “Trump Arrested” push notification button
.@WaitWait, please book this deranged human for Not My Job the first week @PeterSagal is back
November 28, 2024 at 9:27 PM
.@WaitWait, please book this deranged human for Not My Job the first week @PeterSagal is back
NPR’s Standards and Practices staff, hearing “beaver tail” repeatedly on Weekend Edition
https://www.npr.org/2023/02/12/1156391912/in-ottawa-its-been-too-warm-to-skate-on-the-worlds-longest-naturally-frozen-skat
https://www.npr.org/2023/02/12/1156391912/in-ottawa-its-been-too-warm-to-skate-on-the-worlds-longest-naturally-frozen-skat
November 28, 2024 at 10:10 PM
NPR’s Standards and Practices staff, hearing “beaver tail” repeatedly on Weekend Edition
https://www.npr.org/2023/02/12/1156391912/in-ottawa-its-been-too-warm-to-skate-on-the-worlds-longest-naturally-frozen-skat
https://www.npr.org/2023/02/12/1156391912/in-ottawa-its-been-too-warm-to-skate-on-the-worlds-longest-naturally-frozen-skat
Pretty good ideas here
November 29, 2024 at 12:15 AM
Pretty good ideas here
Ah, good, everyone’s having a normal one out there again
November 29, 2024 at 12:15 AM
Ah, good, everyone’s having a normal one out there again
Weird, a Marketplace email time traveled from a time when any human in the world has their phone ringer on
November 29, 2024 at 1:48 AM
Weird, a Marketplace email time traveled from a time when any human in the world has their phone ringer on
As we approach Halloween, watch out, parents! Horrible people are putting vintage @WBEZ mugs in Snickers bars!
November 29, 2024 at 1:48 AM
As we approach Halloween, watch out, parents! Horrible people are putting vintage @WBEZ mugs in Snickers bars!
Membership director, seeing the new tote bag design in person for the first time
November 29, 2024 at 1:48 AM
Membership director, seeing the new tote bag design in person for the first time
.@PeterSagal, hearing the Dirty Dancing 2: Havana Nights slander on this week’s WWDTM
November 29, 2024 at 2:49 AM
.@PeterSagal, hearing the Dirty Dancing 2: Havana Nights slander on this week’s WWDTM
When your coworker calls Marketplace “that NPR show”
November 29, 2024 at 2:49 AM
When your coworker calls Marketplace “that NPR show”
Bryant Park Project; Ask Me Another; Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me
November 29, 2024 at 7:31 AM
Bryant Park Project; Ask Me Another; Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me
Tell me you’re an NPR special correspondent without telling me you’re an NPR special correspondent
https://www.npr.org/2021/10/28/1049923918/faceoff-gainsboroughs-blue-boy-and-wileys-portrait-of-a-young-gentleman
https://www.npr.org/2021/10/28/1049923918/faceoff-gainsboroughs-blue-boy-and-wileys-portrait-of-a-young-gentleman
November 29, 2024 at 7:31 AM
Tell me you’re an NPR special correspondent without telling me you’re an NPR special correspondent
https://www.npr.org/2021/10/28/1049923918/faceoff-gainsboroughs-blue-boy-and-wileys-portrait-of-a-young-gentleman
https://www.npr.org/2021/10/28/1049923918/faceoff-gainsboroughs-blue-boy-and-wileys-portrait-of-a-young-gentleman
Bryant Park Project, Wait Wait, It’s Been A Minute, and Car Talk recorded on cassette tapes
November 29, 2024 at 8:26 AM
Bryant Park Project, Wait Wait, It’s Been A Minute, and Car Talk recorded on cassette tapes
Solid basis for at least an undergraduate paper right here
November 29, 2024 at 8:26 AM
Solid basis for at least an undergraduate paper right here
It is sometimes cold in Chicago
November 29, 2024 at 10:08 AM
It is sometimes cold in Chicago
For some reason, we just keep thinking about how Marketplace would cover this. “Let’s do the numbers! The markets are giving the mass arrests performed, for some reason, by the Space Force, mixed reviews. Private prisons? Up! Businesses that rely on rational thought? Down!”
November 29, 2024 at 10:08 AM
For some reason, we just keep thinking about how Marketplace would cover this. “Let’s do the numbers! The markets are giving the mass arrests performed, for some reason, by the Space Force, mixed reviews. Private prisons? Up! Businesses that rely on rational thought? Down!”