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Host, Wild Card with Rachel Martin. Listening for a living. Priors: NPR’s Morning Edition, UpFirst, ABC News

DC is my home. Idaho, my heart
Joined June 2009
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4 years
I’m sorry @SecPompeo you have made a grievous mistake. @NPRKelly Does. Not. Lie.
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My Dad, Stephen Ernest Martin, died peacefully last night at the age of 74. He was my intellectual sparring partner, my guide in so many things, my friend. He was loved by so many and there aren’t words to describe how we will miss him.
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Kristina Berdynskykh - third night in the metro station turned bomb shelter. “I can’t believe in 2022, I am sleeping on floor in the metro all because Putin won’t accept Ukraine as a democratic and free country.”
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4 years
We could work elsewhere. We choose to work here @npr . We choose it because we believe in fairness. We believe every American deserves a voice. We believe in America herself. We believe in empathy as a tool for understanding. We believe in truth.
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3 years
Former top intelligence official in the Trump administration Sue Gordon tells @NPRinskeep that adversaries trying to undermine American democracy can now "sit back" because America's own President is doing it for them.
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3 years
And finally the rhyme and reason of the cold shoulder shirt has been made plain.
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Dolly gets a dose of her own medicine. @VUMChealth
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3 years
NPR EXCLUSIVE: FBI & DHS did *NOT* do a formal threat assessment before the US Capitol riot. They did one ahead of Portland protests after George Floyd murder & before BLM protests in June. Despite red flags on social media - they did no assessment before Trump rally. @NPRDina
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4 years
They are not “surprise” ballots. They are just called “ballots.”
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3 years
I had never heard of the Tulsa massacre until I saw The Watchmen and went looking for information. I was left feeling duped, betrayed, shamed that this happened in my country and I never knew.
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3 years
That's a wrap! I'm off the show (and this platform) for the next two months. Taking a long break to indulge some other parts of my curiosity, re-connect my family in the great American West and remind my body what it feels like to sleep like a normal person. Peace & Light, all.
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4 years
The President is saying NASCAR made a mistake by banning the confederate flag. His language encourages people to fly the flag that represents the losing side of the Civil War, the side that wanted to keep enslaving people. This is not an editorial statement. This is just true.
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1 year
Change is good and necessary. And I’m making one. It's been the honor of a lifetime to host Morning Edition for the past 6 years. A lot of stuff went down in this country during that time and it’s been a privilege to do my part to help you make sense of all of it.
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2 years
This is hell. This place we live in, where this happens….this is what hell is.
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3 years
Overhearing my 1st grader’s teacher in virtual lesson. She is talking about the difference between a legit protest and what happened yesterday AND she is taking about the racism that was on display and I am so very grateful for her and all teachers teaching our kids the truth.
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4 years
I would like to take a moment to salute all the reporters who have been covering these campaigns under ridiculously difficult circumstances - but especially the phenomenal reporters, editors and producers at @nprpolitics . You made it and you did a hell of a job.
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5 years
We are heartbroken. A legend has passed. When I was in high school I wanted to grow up to be Cokie Roberts. I worked w/her at ABC & NPR. She could intuit whenever I needed a kind word, a nudge that I was doing good work and it made a difference. We will miss her so very much.
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3 years
Question just now from 8 year old son: “But why didn’t the man who Ariel loved not just turn into a merman and live with her in the ocean instead?” GREAT question kiddo.
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3 years
Good morning. Joe Biden has now taken the lead in Georgia. Welcome to Friday. Join us @MorningEdition . We've got everything you need to know.
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1 year
My friends....Barbara Streisand just said these words to me: "Thank you Rachel. You are a good interviewer." And now I am dead.
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4 years
I get paid to find the words to describe what’s happening in our country. I just don’t have any more. And the ones I’m supposed to use feel sterlized. When will we recognize the humanity in each other? How do we go on like this?
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4 years
We are 8 days away from election day and my solution for enduring the waiting game was a puppy. "Her name is Lola; she was a showgirl."
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4 years
I’ve said it before - @NPR is the national news outlet best positioned to fill the void left by the destruction of so much local news. We are an actual network of member stations and that network is about to get stronger.
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Eric and Wendy Schmidt give NPR $4.7M for regional public radio newsrooms in Midwest and California to boost local investigative coverage. Major stations will collaborate with NPR to produce work available to all pub radio stations there. My story:
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3 years
Yes it’s a dumb holiday. I am sending you love anyway.
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6 years
All network heads, including Fox need to go to the White House in person and demand a stop to this. The corrosive effect of the President's treatment of CNN will be felt in our democracy for years to come.
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CBS Mornings
6 years
President Trump refused to take questions from CNN's Jim Acosta at today's news conference with PM May: "CNN is fake news. I don't take questions from CNN. John Roberts of Fox. Let's go to a real network." "We are a real network too, sir." -- @Acosta
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4 years
My boys are wielding sticks around the house after movie night repeating to each other, “My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.” And I am peak quarantine-happy.
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3 years
As much as I’ve been dreading this - the time has come. @nprgreene has just one more day @NPR . His departure is going to leave such a big hole.
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Rachel Martin
3 years
My friend ⁦ @nprgreene ⁩ is signing off today. I’m popping back into the show to see him off. And yes, he and I might be sharing a sip of bourbon at 5am.
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4 years
My hero @RolandoNPR cycled the equipment I need for my home studio to my home. We will be broadcasting @MorningEdition live from my basement tomorrow!
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3 years
I don’t think the heart/flag emoji combo is going to fix this.
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Nikki Haley
3 years
I just arrived in Florida to speak to the RNC dinner tonight. It will be a conversation about where we are, some hard truths, and where I believe we go from here. See you soon. ❤️🇺🇸
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4 years
I miss my mother today and every day but see her in my children who she never got to meet. Wishing peace to all who mark the day with memories.
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2 years
I messed up - but at least my kid had the sense to ask for an exception.
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4 years
I can overhear my husband doing a reading lesson about a mouse on a house with our kindergartener (special voices and everything) and I am reminded for the umpteenth time that marrying him was the best decision I ever made.
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I am here for all the Tracy Chapman content. All of it. Her smile. Her voice. Her poetry. And Luke Combs - I don't know you beyond your tribute of a cover to TC but you seem like such a lovely soul. I can't stop watching you watch her and revere her. What a beautiful thing.
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3 years
Second jab in the books. Feels pretty darn good.
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2 years
Just talked to @DollyParton about her new novel Run Rose Run and she was as generous, joyful and honest as I knew she would be. Interview on @MorningEdition tomorrow!
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“I need ammunition - not a ride.” That line will follow President Volodymr Zelensky forever.
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4 years
Superintendent of Fulton county schools in GA just told me that some of the teachers in his district are choosing to retire early rather than face the health risks of teaching in the next school year. Interview airs tomorrow.
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2 years
When a male interviewer breaks into a guest’s answer in order to get them off talking points or move the conversation along he’s praised for his sense of authority and deft command of the interview. When a female host does the same thing she is told she is “rudely interrupting.”
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3 months
Just paid off my student loans.
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4 years
Germany and France prioritizing schools over restaurants and bars - what a novel idea.
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4 years
It should be part of the marriage compact that if one person had what they be believe to be an utterly fascinating dream the night before, the other person must listen with rapt attention and then agree that it was indeed a most fascinating dream.
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Happy 50 years @NPR ! I started as an intern @KQED . Moved to NYC for grad school and worked part-time at @WNYC then freelanced for years for NPR before landing a JOB job here. I've spent almost 20 years in the public radio system and I am proud of the work we do every day. #npr50
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3 years
Basically the President’s arguments: If they just stop testing, the cases will go down. If they just stop counting, I would win.
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2 years
Well, hello old friends.
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Rachel Martin
4 years
Please listen to this remarkable exchange between @NPRKelly and @SecPompeo . More on @npratc tonight.
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Morning Edition
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Mike Pompeo — who refused a House subpoena — would be a top witness for Democrats in the impeachment trial. He is not set to testify, but he spoke to @NPRKelly . She asked the secretary of state if he would defend Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch:
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3 years
“Happy” Friday doesn’t seem quite right but wishing you peace after this historic week and as we prepare for yet another.
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Rachel Martin
1 year
So I’ll be around, in your ears, just in different ways. Watch this space. But for now, thank you for letting me into your lives through this show. What a wild and exhilarating ride it has been.
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4 years
I set a new record?! AWESOME!!!!
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Rachel Martin
2 years
My friend @nprAudie is moving on. This is her last week on air, then she's going to fly off to new adventures. Audie and I came up as hosts together. I had to fill her big shoes @NPRWeekend . She has always had my back, always lifted me when I needed it. I will miss you so, ACE.
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Rachel Martin
4 years
. @SenMikeLee says @marcorubio must have been in a different WH briefing than he was on Souleimani. "I literally find it difficult to imagine how my friend Marco... could emerge from that meeting and say that it was good. It was terrible. I think it was an unmitigated disaster."
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The dark and early hours. It’s a privilege to do this work.
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2 years
.God. This exchange just aired. Harry Styles tells @LeilaFadel that he watched her recent commencement address online. Leila says - “We’re here to talk about you. No one ever asks me questions.” Harry - “I have a list.” And now I’m dying.
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Rachel Martin
8 years
Local Election Day in Saudi. Big smiles from women who can vote for the first time.
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I don't care if it's about Krysten Sinema, or AOC or Sarah Huckabee Sanders or Jen Psaki - comments about how women in power look are an attempt to undermine that power and it's gotta stop.
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3 years
Iowa - January 2020. A lifetime ago.
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Six year old just now: “I’m feeling sarcastic and flatulent.”
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It's one of those days when I spend way too much time drafting a tweet in response to something someone has said on this site and then I realize it is in my personal interest to delete said tweet.
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Spotted at Georgetown waterfront taking a stroll together on a beautiful day...Speaker of the House contender Kevin McCarthy and WH advisor Stephen Miller.
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A friend took me to see U2 in 2005. I wasn’t a huge fan but left so inspired I wrote an email to all my friends with the painfully earnest subject heading: “.” Today I interviewed Bono on his new memoir. Of course I told him the story and he gave me this.
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3 years
Hey! Thanks for listening. Have a stellar day!
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Just finished my first show IN STUDIO in almost two years. Feels good to be back. Covering Ukraine this morning from every angle. And bringing u the voices of Ukrainians ⁦ @AMartinezLA ⁩ and I met there before the invasion.
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My 6 year old is back in school part time. Yesterday his teacher sent me a video of him meditating on the floor after he had done all his work - something I have never seen him do - and by God I think we're going to be ok.
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7 year old just now: “Today I learned the think test Mama.” Me: “What’s that?” 7 year old: “Before you speak ask yourself these questions. Is it true? Helpful? Necessary? And Kind?”
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FOX news chyron right now - "Sondland testimony confirms No Quid Pro Quo." This is the exact Sondland quote: "Was there a quid pro quo? As I testified previously, with regard to the requested White House call and the White House meeting, the answer is yes."
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3 years
Hurry DC - look out your window! This dark winter wants to show you some light.
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4 years
The gravity of this sin is beyond measure.
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Steve Inskeep
4 years
John Kelly, then White House chief of staff, told @radiobigtex in 2018: "The children will be taken care of, put into foster care or whatever." In addition to losing track of parents, the United States can't locate 360 children. Or rather, "about 360."
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Here’s a thing I noticed about Alabamians. When you catch a stranger’s eye - they don’t quickly avert their gaze. They do something so simple - they look at you directly and smile. What a lovely thing.
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1 year
As for what's next - I'm sticking around as the host of UpFirst Sunday but I’m also going to spend the next few months on a new project where I get to ask really big questions about faith, grief, consciousness and wonder.
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My friend gave birth to her first child last week and hours later tested positive for Covid 19. She's now isolating from her husband and newborn. I asked her what she'd say to other couples who might face same challenge. Her response: "You're stronger than you think you are."
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4 years
Fmr Sec of Defense Robert Gates calls President Trump’s clearing of Lafayette Square a “mistake”, supports re-naming bases and says: “It’s just a reality that this president has not seen it as one of his priorities to try and bring people together.” Part 1 of our intv tomorrow.
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At HQ for inauguration rehearsal. I miss my colleagues so so much.
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I am genuinely curious to know how many white Americans were ever taught about the Tulsa massacre in school. It was never mentioned in any school I went to.
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Michele Norris
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“A man who rode to the White House on a hot gust of racial grievance will be visiting a place where white resentment exploded into two days of epic terror, wiping one of history’s most prosperous black communities off the map.” ⁦ @PostOpinions
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3 years
Welcome to the first day of the last month of 2020. Not that I'm counting down or anything.
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4 years
I do not understand, for the life of me, how this is ok. There is something fundamentally wrong with a state system where people have to wait ELEVEN HOURS to vote.
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Johnta Austin
4 years
Now at 11hrs in line but we are next! A long journey but wouldn’t be anywhere else! Please vote everyone!
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Heard six year old just tell his teacher that he didn’t have a pencil so he couldn’t write the sentence he was supposed to write. I intervened and picked it off the ground where it had fallen. Point is - young kids have to have adult help ALL.THE.TIME. It’s not sustainable.
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I'm going on vacation tomorrow for two whole weeks. And as part of that rest I will be deleting this heart-warming app, like right now. Keep faith. Be kind. Mask up.
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We talked to our 4th grader in very general terms, about Uvalde. When we asked if he had questions he started talking about how it was up to his generation to stop climate change - and I wondered about how he went from A to B but also, our children carry an unbelievable weight.
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Broke my own rule. Made a friendly comment 2 my seat mate as we were getting ready to take off. Except then we didn’t take off. And now we r stranded on this tarmac & the conversational seal has been broken & he is narrating everything & I can’t put the genie back in the bottle.
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3 years
It is the last Friday in February. It was the month of love, the month of my birth, the month we honor Black history but my God I am ready for this interminable month to be done.
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2 years
My 9 year old son is blasting Whitney Houston’s Higher Love to kick start this Saturday morning, singing along - and I’m pretty sure my work here is done.
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Both my kids are going off to school today for the ENTIRE day and I can’t stop singing Broadway showtunes.
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4 years
To all those who celebrate - happy Friday.
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According to the Justice Department, members of Vladimir Putin's military intelligence and thus Vladimir Putin absolutely tried to steal an American election.
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3 years
Been a long week. Signing off here for a while. See u on the flip. Be kind to one another.
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I come from a long line of farmers with a couple lawyers thrown in the mix. No journalists in my family tree. But then again, I just found this tucked inside a music box my grandmother gave me forever ago. Her Idaho Falls high school journalism club pin circa 1940ish.
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I usually get up at 3:30am. Today the dog woke me up at 1:45 and I couldn't get back to sleep so just got up and started the day. Clearly the only way to manage this sleep deprivation is to eat all the carbohydrates in the house - a mission that is now well underway.
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I wrote something about empathy. And the lost connections we have with strangers because of the pandemic - and yes, my kid going over a waterfall.
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Nick Baumann
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“I don’t know how to say it except to say it,” @rachelnpr writes. “I saw my 8-year-old son go over a waterfall.” Lisa was the only woman who helped:
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5 years
Sorry everyone. I'm fine - just a massive coughing fit that then turned into me not being able to breathe for a moment before talking to Amb Ford and then my voice was gone altogether. Live radio. IOU big time @NPRinskeep .
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Rachel Martin
3 years
This is not a political statement - just fact. Trump out of office is opening up space in the news for so much we've missed over the past four years. Today @lfrayer on an important story out of India - massive protests by farmers. 2/3 of Indian population works in agriculture.
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3 years
It's not even that. It's like living in an endless loop. There is no sense of place so distinctions like "work" and "home" don't matter. There is only "here." And we are always here and it is always the same long day.
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Allison Aubrey
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@NPR just extended WFH thru July 5 As offices remain closed, a question for workers everywhere: Do you feel like you’re WORKING FROM HOME? Or, more like you’re LIVING AT WORK? #wfhlife @NPRHealth @gbrumfiel @NPRKelly @mgodoyh @rachelnpr @lourdesgnavarro @tamarakeithNPR
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I am celebrating the (yes very early) test results that say the Pfizer vaccine is safe for young kids - by purchasing new shoes - the kind one wears out in the actual world - where I intend to spend more time when my kids are vaxxed.
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It is Friday night. I have covid. And big earrings are the only answer.
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Congressman, as a person of faith, you no doubt understand that no one can "cancel Christmas."
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Rep. Jim Jordan
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Dr. Fauci says you can’t see your kids at Christmas. We knew he’d try to cancel it.
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Rachel Martin
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This is the only breaking news story I want to cover today.
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Joe Parris
6 years
#Breaking - About 100 goats are on the loose right now in a #Boise neighborhood. They are going house to house eating everything in sight. Nobody has a clue where they came from...updates to follow
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Loneliness and social isolation are *real* in all this. Find us online or turn on your radio. We are right here to keep you informed and to keep you company. And we’re not going anywhere.
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Steve Inskeep
4 years
Good morning. The @NPR headquarters is a bit quieter today as @MorningEdition , @npratc , @UpFirst and other programs operate with staffs dispersed. @rachelnpr is at home; I'm in studio. You need not keep a social distance from your radio or other device: we stay with you.
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Rachel Martin
1 year
Flying this ship solo today. Happy Veterans Day and thank you to all who have served.
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As we anticipate closing arguments in the Chauvin trial, I want to acknowledge the work of all reporters who have had to cover this story and the related trauma - but especially @LeilaFadel @adrianflorido and @nprcherylcorley . Thank you for bearing witness.
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Russia has gone to war in Ukraine. Missile strikes in Kyiv and other cities. Russian tanks have rolled in from Belarus. A former parliament member in Kyiv just messaged me: "Putin is trying to instill panic so staying calm feels like a kind of weapon." It's the only one she has.
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Happy Birthday to my 8 year old!! And to ⁦ @nprscottsimon ⁩ who had to fill in for me unexpectedly on ⁦ @NPRWeekend ⁩ when I went into labor at work!
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I am a proud resident of The Distrcit of Columbia and Muriel Bowser is my mayor.
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