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what if the pope... blasted cigs

Honestly, the fact that my feed isn't all Young Pope memes rn proves how much the discourse has declined over the past decade

YouTube video by Angelo Picone The Young Pope - Sexy and I Know It

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Cat looks like he just called Drake a pedophile

We Must Save Public Media to Change It We need public media more than ever—it’s too precious to let Trump defund it. But to live up to its democratic promise, we must support public media to serve our needs.

New piece in The Nation arguing that we need public media more now than ever. We must defend what we have with an eye toward expanding and restructuring public media in the future.

Felt the same way but I think that stuff is pretty much plug and play luckily and all the work/money from the last few years seemingly made this one pretty seamless and easy

If you did automatic deposit, it should be quick. Mine was the fastest it’s ever been- barely a week

*sigh*

time to break this one out again, huh

Only $199 away now- help support one of the most steadfastly supportive literary magazines out there celebrate a decade of helping underrepresented artists find an audience

The final breakdown: 15 stories, 17 stations featured (plus 2 extra pulled in from past stories), and 21 people interviewed. And we’ve already got a few lined up for 2025! I know it’s cliched but I’m really honored to help share these stories and support put these amazing public radio alliances!

In a Town Cut Off, Raven Radio Tuned In to Keep Sitka Together As the Alaska station tackled a truly unique and acute crisis with the help of their community, its staff and new general manager made sure the town never felt like it missed a thing.

My last piece of the year was a really wild story of Sitka, AK losing basically all cell and internet for two full weeks and how KCAW (aka Raven Radio) kept broadcasting through it all and became the center of the town's community in this uniquely rural radio crisis ruralpublic.org/blog-and-new...

WTMD's Coast-to-Coast Journey Returns Home With National Broadcast of Bartees Strange Performance Discover how WTMD took Public Radio Music Day to new heights, culminating in an exclusive hometown performance by Bartees Strange.

Last few noncomMUSIC Alliance posts led up to Public Radio Music Day, celebrating its 5th year in Oct. Been with it from the start & few took the themes as much to heart as WTMD did this year, ending with a nationwide broadcast of now hometown musician Bartees Strange noncommusic.org/stories/wtmd...

KSKO’s One Man, Full-Time Operation Connects Interior Alaska This "Alaska Radio Nerd" is the only employee of a station that connects central Alaska to news, music, and emergency services.

There are plenty of public media orgs with small teams but few are a staff of one and fewer are as delightful as "Alaska Radio Nerd" Paul Walker at KSKO. As its sole full timer, they repeat out to Interior Alaska towns, some of which are only accessible via prop plane ruralpublic.org/blog-and-new...

Interlochen Public Radio Finds Freedom In A Rural Community Overflowing With Artistic Talent In a place you might not typically expect classical music to thrive, Interlochen Public Radio and Classical IPG are supporting the freedom to build vibrant, inclusive communities that celebrate classi...

Resort/vacation areas breed fascinating art scenes, which Interlochen Public Radio does up in northern Michigan, collaborating with its licensee, Interlochen Center for the Arts, to actually connect and build networks for classical musicians in the surrounding areas noncommusic.org/stories/inte...

KTOO at 50 Celebrates Community and Culture The Alaskan panhandle station finds its success during the last half century has come from building local partnerships.

@ktoopublicmedia.bsky.social turned 50 this year and had an amazing event to celebrate, which was my story going into the interview, but it was their considerate focus on Native Alaskan voices, stories, music, and language that made them really stand out to me ruralpublic.org/blog-and-new...

I will try! In writing all these up, I'm sad how few are on the platform

A Day in the Life of a Public Radio General Manager: KERA How does KERA's President and CEO Nico Leone make a difference in North Texas? Dive into his day balancing strategy, community, and expanding public media opportunities.

On the next A Day In The Life, we got a big one: Nico Leone the president & CEO of KERA, North Texas' massively growing org including the eponymous news station, AAA mainstay KXT, plus recently pulling in classical WRR & the local newspaper Denton Record-Chronicle noncommusic.org/stories/day-...

WJAB Keeps the Tradition of Southern Jazz Alive in Ways Only Noncommercial Radio Can Discover how WJAB 90.9 FM at Alabama A&M University is keeping the tradition of Southern jazz alive! This noncommercial station bridges the campus, Huntsville, and surrounding rural Alabama, preservin...

After so many stories, I realized I've never talked to an Alabama station. Wanting to heard more about my home state, we reached out WJAB, a jazz station at an HCBU in the quickly growing city of Huntsville about what it means to represent jazz in such a community noncommusic.org/stories/wjab...

A Day in the Life of a Public Radio Program Director: Radio Milwaukee With a wide variety of stations and offerings, the Midwest public media mainstay has grown thanks to a well-coordinated team that draws on its camaraderie and hometown relationships.

We picked back up our A Day In The Life series with the venerable Jordan Lee, the PD (and more) of @radiomilwaukee.bsky.social who came prepared by literally walking me through his actual schedule, wherein I got a glimpse seeing how their stations get so much done noncommusic.org/stories/day-...

Alaska’s Public Radio Prepares To Expand Its Innovative Collaborations Alaska’s public radio stations are more than just broadcasters—they're lifelines for rural communities across the state.

The 1st of a series of Alaska-focused stories now under the banner of The United States of Rural Radio, I talked to Alaska Public Radio & KSTK about past, present, and future of statewide & cross-station collaborations, especially in how they support local journalism ruralpublic.org/blog-and-new...

Mountain Stage Celebrates Live Public Radio Music Coast to Coast For over 40 years, West Virginia’s Mountain Stage has showcased diverse musical talent, sharing the community spirit and authenticity of public radio nationwide.

West Virginia Public Broadcasting's Mountain Stage is one of those landmark @nprmusic.bsky.social distributed shows and I talked to its team & Larry Groce, the co-founder and original host about its backstory and what it means for WV to be broadcast across the country noncommusic.org/stories/moun...

NON-COMMvention 2024 Brought Together a Resilient, Evolving Triple A Format Live from World Cafe Live and hosted by WXPN, the 2024 NON-COMMvention brought together Triple A stations, industry insiders, and listeners for a celebration of music and innovation. From live perform...

After a gobsmacking decade away from it, I returned to WXPN's NON-COMMvention, one of my favorite music events. Friends, stations, and radio listeners all getting to talk about the future of the format and listen to amazing artists is a true delight I've missed noncommusic.org/stories/nonc...

Marfa Public Radio Fills The Gaps Across A Wide Open Big Bend The Texas station’s approach to supporting people across thousands of acres through the desert rests on knowing what’s happening close to home.

Checked out Marfa Public Radio and hear what it means not just to represent Texas' Big Bend community with its history but a place where a grocery store, let alone a local news source, can be hours away. Being in the desert doesn't mean you have to be a news desert! ruralpublic.org/blog-and-new...

This #GivingTuesday, please keep your favorite literary organizations in mind! With donors' support, The Offing's all-volunteer team can continue curating incredible, courageous work. You can help us #FillTheFuture with great art and literature.

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The Offing has been transformative for countless artists and most importantly to me, has made @mimiwong.bsky.social’s and my lives so much richer. Ten years of elevating artists who deserve accolades when other parts of the industry won’t should warrant a small donation or two, don’t you think

Looking for an Extra Violin? Need a Video of Your Performance? Classical KING Has Got You Covered Seattle’s classical station is transforming itself into a central community hub, exploring new ways to share what listeners want to hear while also addressing public media needs of the city.

I've spent the least amount of time working with classical stations but I've found they're often the ones where bold ideas and inventive programming stick out the most. Seattle's Classical KING is one of those especially with how they connect the hosts to the audience noncommusic.org/stories/clas...

A Day in the Life of a Public Radio Intern: WCLK The historic Atlanta jazz station strives to educate and train new talent through its internship program with Clark Atlanta University and one student intern is here to share her firsthand experience.

Had the privilege to edit a college student penned essay (and pen the intro) about being an intern at an amazing jazz station in Atlanta, WCLK. Was the start of our "A Day in the Life" series that gave me so much insight to the day to day world of radio noncommusic.org/stories/day-...