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Grew up in a purple state listening to NPR. For many many years, it was the only smart talk radio available. But it turned into partisan cant a few years ago. A great tragedy.


I've been a lifelong listener, since I was a nerdy kid. I'm down to hate-listening to Morning Edition, mostly for the audio cues that help get the kids out the door.

This morning they had a short piece on the kidney transplant list, and how it affect Black recipients differently. They spent 90% on a personal story and how this impacted him, and I know nothing about why the process is racist or how it was created.

I rant to my friends, but recently Mike Pesca (an NPR alum) had a good take on the decline and failure of the network: https://www.mikepesca.com/thegist/episode/30939dec/public-ra...


This week there's a solar eclipse; women and minorities hardest hit.


Ugh, please don't capitalize black. That's the kind of stuff Berliner was talking about.




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