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Reporters question American Senator Edward Kennedy (center, with neck brace) and his wife Joan Kennedy (left, in white coat and dark glasses) as they walk across the tarmac after returning from the funeral of Mary Jo Kopechne, Hyannis, Massachusetts, July 22, 1969. Kopechne died when a car driven by Kennedy went over the side of a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island four days earlier. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

New Podcasts to Obsess on the Seedy Side of Politics

By Brady Dale
CNN/State of the Union

Tom Cotton Defends Medicaid Cuts, Implies Poor People Are Moochers

By Joe Lapointe
Polish F-16 fighter jet flies over north Poland on June 10, 2016 during NATO's 10-day long Anaconda manoeuvres, the biggest war games of the Western defence alliance in eastern Europe since the Cold War.

NPR Takes Direct Jabs at Poland With ‘Anaconda’ War Games Report

By Derek Monroe

WNYC’s Brian Lehrer on the Art of Silencing an Agitated Caller

By David Wallis
NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 28: (L-R) Host and Senior Tech Correspondent for Marketplace Molly Wood, Host and Editorial Director TED Radio Hour Guy Raz, Creator and Host This American Life Ira Glass, and President and CEO National Public Media Gina Garrubbo speak onstage at the The On Demand Audio and Podcast Revolution: Building Passionate Audiences And Great Resonance For Brands panel during Advertising Week 2015 AWXII at Lucille's at B.B. King Blues Club and Grill on September 28, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Paul Zimmerman/Getty Images for AWXII)

What Is a ‘Download?’ Defining Podcast Metrics Reveals Industry Faultlines

By Brady Dale
Diane Rehm

Public Radio Host Diane Rehm to Retire

By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke
A fishing boat lies among the tsunami rubble at Otsuchi town in Iwate. (Photo: TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA/AFP/Getty Images)

The Center for Disaster Philanthropy Aids Donors When Crisis Strikes

By Sarah Murray
Stephen Colbert at Story Corps

All Jokes Aside, Stephen Colbert Genuinely Loves StoryCorps

By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke
Phobos-Grunt won't look like this.

NPR Sci-Fi and Fantasy Poll: Tolkien Wins

By Emily Witt
Vote Asimov.

Public Radio Sci-Fi Vote Provokes Indignation, Despair

By Emily Witt

‘Inexcusable Mistake’ Erases Michele Norris From NPR History

By Hunter Walker
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