Ned Wharton

Ned Wharton

@nedwharton.bsky.social

Retired Senior Producer at NPR for Weekend Edition, where I crafted music features and directed the show. I love to bike, play guitar, travel the world

306 Followers 285 Following 126 Posts Joined Apr 2025
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My go-to album for audiophile sound check

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Qatari F-15QAs Confirmed Behind Shootdown of Iranian Su-24s CNN says Qatari and U.S. sources confirmed a F-15QA Ababil intercepted the two Iranian Su-24s “two minutes” away from Al Udeid Air Base and Ras Laffan

Qatari F-15QAs Confirmed Behind Shootdown of Iranian Su-24s

CNN says Qatari and U.S. sources confirmed a F-15QA Ababil intercepted the two Iranian Su-24s “two minutes” away from Al Udeid Air Base and Ras Laffan during a low altitude strike run.

Story: theaviationist.com/2026/03/05/q...

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Jonatha Brooke "War" with lyrics YouTube video by Todd Boyle

I keep thinking about this song… youtu.be/eHh9QD3hewc?...

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World gone wrong is right, I hear ya Lucinda

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Had to list a reason why one of my kiddos was late to school today and wrote “general ennui” not realizing it would print out on his sticker pass. 😂

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Excellent!

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PHOTOS: Your car has a lot to say about who you are Photographer Martin Roemer visited 22 countries — from the U.S. to Senegal to India — to show how our identities are connected to our mode of transportation.

Photographer Martin Roemer visited 22 countries — from the U.S. to Senegal to India — to show how our identities are connected to our mode of transportation.

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Help Me Somebody YouTube video by Brian Eno - Topic

Brian Eno & David Byrne: Help Me Somebody - from their 1981 album, My Life In The Bush of Ghosts www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcGa...

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Happy World Radio Day! My career began at this studio, KFJM in Grand Forks, ND, in 1979.

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Military’s Use of Anti-Drone Technology Said to Cause El Paso Airspace Closure

Ok how about a twofer and we fire BOTH Hegseth and Duffy? The ineptitude here is staggering www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...

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I've since seen more stories about it, turns out Guthrie didn't have a Nest subscription to store video so it took some time for the FBI to work with Google to obtain it from servers. But yes your scenario crossed my mind as well

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Why in the world did it take this long to get this recovered and released to the public? Such precious time has been wasted

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I used to work in this building, at WNYC back in the 80’s -- very cool place, I remember watching fireworks from that rotunda balcony. I’d ride my bike from my apartment in Park Slope, across the Brooklyn Bridge, amazing commute to an incredible building

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Marian McPartland on NPR 981106 Marian McPartland introduces and plays

Here’s a very sweet excerpt of the great Marian McPartland in NPR's Studio 4A in a 1998 performance recording I produced. She dedicated this melding of "When the Saints Go Marching In/The Bluebells of Scotland" to her husband Jimmy

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County Board members advise calling 911 if residents see ICE in Arlington | ARLnow.com If Arlington residents see immigration enforcement operating in the county, some local elected officials are advising them to call 911. County Board Chair Matt de Ferranti and Board member Takis Karan...

Whoah here’s a new one: some county board members in my community recommending calling 911 when ICE agents are seen www.arlnow.com/2026/01/26/c...

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Bless the people of Minnesota. You're our guiding light.

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Yup

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I have a John Giorno/William S. Burroughs/Laurie Anderson album that also has one triple-tracked side. Have that Monty Python one, too. Fun stuff!

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ICE detains 5-year-old Minnesota boy; school leader says agents used him as ‘bait’ The Columbia Heights school district says federal agents have detained four children in their district. School officials say agents used 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos as “bait” to try and draw family m...

Enforcing the law is one thing.

Terrorizing a population, using children as pawns, is another.

My heart aches for Liam Ramos and his family.

www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

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RIP……

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Gawd I love this band

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Pentagon to overhaul independent military newspaper, calling it ‘woke’ Plans for more Defense Department control of Stars and Stripes surface after job seekers were asked about their commitment to President Donald Trump’s policies.

This is bad.

“The Pentagon will `modernize’ the publication and `refocus its content away from woke distractions that syphon morale.’”

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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I’m with you Tony. Made myself a Manhattan and turned in early and contented. Happy New Year my friend

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“It’s the implementation area, that’s where they implement” 🤣

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Electric vehicles had a bumpy road in 2025 — and one pleasant surprise A suite of pro-EV federal policies have been reversed. Well-known vehicles have been discontinued. Sales plummeted. But interest is holding steady.

A suite of pro-EV federal policies have been reversed. Well-known vehicles have been discontinued. Sales plummeted. But interest is holding steady. n.pr/4qp4GPr

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Now on Netflix, truly gripping

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I am The Post’s ‘federal government whisperer.’ It’s been brutal. One reporter’s effort to show how Trump was transforming government brought her 1,168 new sources — and nearly broke her.

It has been amazing as a newsroom fan, watching @hannahnatanson.bsky.social's incredible, indefatigable reporting on DOGE and the Trump administration.

She shows what journalism can do in a crisis. Please read what she gave to her sources - and the country - this year

wapo.st/3LjmYCV

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Robert Fripp - "Silent Night" a' la Frippertronics YouTube video by ScootTheCat

Robert Fripp: Silent Night - originally released as a flexi-disc with Chicago based Praxis Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 3 December, 1979 www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFAE...

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That’ll buff right out.

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