Alix Spiegel

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.

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

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

Thank you so much for this!! Really really appreciate it!

Thank you!

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

U.N. Condemns Israel’s New Aid Program in Gaza, After Chaotic Start www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/w...

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.

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 😂

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.

Horrifying beyond words: Netanyahu Warns of ‘Intensive’ Escalation in Gaza Campaign www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/w...

Trump Signs Executive Order to End Federal Funding for NPR and PBS The Trump administration has accused the two broadcasters of using public funds to produce biased coverage and “left-wing propaganda.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/u...

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.

A Mother and Father Were Deported Under Trump. But What Happened to Their Daughter? The Trump administration sent the mother of a 2-year-old to Venezuela and the father to a Salvadoran prison. Their daughter remains somewhere in the United States.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/w...

Trump Says They’re Foreign Gang Members. Are They? Podcast Episode · The Daily · 04/23/2025 · 29m

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

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.

💔 White House to Ask Congress to Claw Back Funding From NPR and PBS www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/b...

Sesame Street Podcast Episode · Throughline · 03/20/2025 · 49m

Beautiful episode of Throughline - on public television and what it has given so many people. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Were the Covid Lockdowns Worth It? Podcast Episode · The Daily · 03/20/2025 · 49m

I found this episode of The Daily incredibly powerful. Kudos to all the people who made it happen. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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...

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.”

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.

Come Retribution incarnate. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...

Thanks Jonathan!

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.

The Stranger is Hiring! We’re looking to grow our little team with two staff writers: an enterprise reporter and a news reporter. Not a writer, but still want to be a part of the team? Our parent company, Noisy Creek, ...

By the way, if you have ever wanted to join The Stranger team, now's your chance! www.thestranger.com/housekeeping...

Funding for narrative audio is hard to come by [understatement] so it's practically *thrilling* to see this opportunity from the Doc Society's Climate Story Fund. Stories of all climate stripes will be considered for grants up to 125K(!) Deadline for applying is March 10: climatestoryunit.org/apply/

Looks like tomorrow will bring votes on a Republican plan to fund tax cuts for the rich by slashing Medicaid.

So this is a great time to contact your Member of Congress.

2025 Future Perfect Fellows Remote (US Only)

Vox's Future Perfect is accepting applications for its excellent fellowship program -->

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Issue One The first transatlantic radio signal ever received hit an antenna attached to a kite attached to a wire attached to a tower on top of Signal Hill, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada on December 12th, 19...

This is so cool! Feels kinda like a new way of distributing audio. A bunch of stories that lay out like a magazine and you can pick and choose. From the brilliant Liza Yeager - you all should check it out! www.signalhill.fm/issue-one/#l...

Trump admin threatens to rescind federal funds over DEI In a sweeping and unprecedented letter issued over the weekend, the Office for Civil Rights declared race-based scholarships, cultural centers and even graduation ceremonies illegal.

soon enough, the mere presence of black and latino students on campus will be illegal racial discrimination against white students www.insidehighered.com/news/diversi...