This ep features Zoe Chase, one of the finest reporters - in any medium - in America.

This was one of my all time favorite conversations -- taped or no! -- and I look forward to continuing it in the future, in person with Linda Holmes thisislindaholmes.com and Bedatri D Choudhury। বেদত্রী and a bottle of something sparkly.

Absolute honour talking about my hormonal teenage years, first heartbreak, and Judy Blume with Linda Holmes thisislindaholmes.com and Barrie Hardymon

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Another gutting loss for NPR — Austin is a powerhouse of a reporter, a data genius, a delight to edit, and a font of important investigative ideas. Personally and professionally appalled by the young talent that is walking out of our newsroom, and programming.

Chiara is one of the most talented reporters I’ve ever worked with and one of the MOST invigorating and inspiring to edit. This is devastating to me, and to NPR.

Great news for Steve, but also me, because CNN makes Anderson and Andy’s NYE live show which is my favorite in all the land.

excuse me but wtf is this stock photo? if you're a woman who writes at a picnic table in shorts and pin curls you'd better read The Economist for enlightenment and reassurance

One of my children just asked me the ranks and positions of everyone on the USS Enterprise, specified the crew they were asking about, and honestly this is the moment for which I have waited eleven years.

NPR senior editor Barrie Hardymon Barrie Hardymon nails the precise problem with Netflix's 'Blonde' take on Marilyn Monroe, on today's ep of Pop Culture Happy Hour PopCultureHappyHour:

This really was one of my very favorite episodes to record; made me love the experience of watching this series that much more! This is 100% what a conversation with me and Linda sounds like... be it in studio, restaurant, elevator, edit booth. A joy!

This is such a terrific obit. It makes me nostalgic for a time I don't even remember. And I wouldn't have met Steve without him!

Another important thing to remember about Salman Rushdie is he went through everything he did for decades, and did not emerge on the other end as a reactionary psychopath. He obviously wasn’t religious, but came out the other end of that experience not wanting to ban Islam or…

From my colleague Mo, this is fascinating.

Related to the conversation on equity in publishing, I hope as an industry we reconsider which topics we think of as “hard.” I can, for instance, think of any number of important, good books having to do with abortion rights I had to pass on bc “abortion books are hard.”