Was SO honored visit NPR's new podcast, Books We've Loved, to talk about Anthony Bourdain's breakout book, Kitchen Confidential. I actually listened to it via audiobook, so it felt like Bourdain was telling me his story himself. Check our convo here: https://loom.ly/atbL-RQ

These are amazing books. So good they have expanded my understanding of the country and inspire me to try to write better myself.

Among other topics in her NPR interview, Brett Cooper fielded questions about Nick Fuentes.

The NPR interview with YouTube personality Brett Cooper is, of course, on YouTube. She talks about her business, about Trump, Afghanistan, refugees, immigration, Ted Cruz and Nick Fuentes. Have a look at the link below.

Many Americans get their news from independent hosts on YouTube, and they include @imbrettcooper - who commands a following when she supports Trump and when she critiques him. How does she look at her work? Here’s our long talk on NPR: www.npr.org/2025/12/10/n...

Today on @npr.org: @steveinskeep.bsky.social has a longform conversation with Gen Z conservative commentator Brett Cooper about her YouTube following, her recent criticisms of President Trump, her opinion of Nick Fuentes and more.

Good memory! It was the legendary record producer Al Kooper, who suggested I was Russian and spoke to me with a fake Russian accent at the very end of this interview: www.npr.org/2005/09/26/4...

Your daughter is a good listener!

NPR fights Trump's executive order against public media The case isn't getting much attention. But it pits the press's right not to face government retaliation over coverage against the president's assertion of vast executive powers My story: www.npr.org/2025/12/05/g...

Fan video from Charli XCX for top listening - expected. But I screamed when @steveinskeep.bsky.social popped onto my Spotify Wrapped this morning. @npr.org every morning ✌🏻

Thanks for this. You are responding to a quote from a Republican.

Utah’s Spencer Cox, on NPR, warns about partisanship: “We keep thinking if we just win this election, we’ll never have to work with those people. And the Constitution says that we will always have to work with those people… We have to build coalitions.”

Thanks for this. If you thought your contribution was to hear only people you agree with, you shouldn’t contribute! It makes you smarter to know the other side, even if it’s just to know how to answer them. Here’s Spencer Cox for those who want to hear: youtu.be/eQazNnpPAeM?...

Utah’s Spencer Cox on NPR: “We keep thinking if we just win this election, we’ll never have to work with those people. And the Constitution says that we will always have to work with those people. That’s that’s how this gets done. We have to build coalitions.” youtu.be/eQazNnpPAeM?...

In an NPR interview, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox says he’d like to work with progressives in the “abundance” movement who talk of a more active and effective government.

“When I wrote the book, leading up to the 2024 election, it was clear that whichever party built the broader coalition was going to win. Democrats were traditionally the broader party—but had been imposing purity tests, ostracizing people and driving away potential allies.”

Tuesday on NPR: Utah Gov. Spencer Cox on Charlie Kirk, Trump, pragmatism, forgiveness, and the role of faith in politics. In an NPR video interview, he also addresses using nuclear power to drive AI—along with the dangers of AI.

Scientists are increasingly concerned that the planet is headed for massive, irreversible changes due to global warming. In some cases, those changes have already begun. n.pr/48nQMqI

Shocked, I tell you. Shocked! FFS

Thanks. Several people have said this! You need to take it up with Obama, who decided more than a decade ago to take over the term, own it and even campaign on it.

We asked Jonathan Greenblatt of the ADL: Why set up a tip line as part of their “Mamdani Monitor”? Has the ADL ever done this for a single official? “We've certainly never had an elected official like this before,” he said. Hear his answers at length: www.npr.org/2025/11/07/n...

On Bannon promoting a Trump third term to the Economist: He’s said this for some time. On NPR in May, I mentioned a Trump remark, and Bannon said it “means he’s running again.” We then had this exchange, according to the transcript:

I was working at an independent bookstore in 1972;we listened to NPR all day long in the back room. I just now listened to the bit with Ira & Susan in a closet testing the “green flash” theory of wintergreen lifesavers. I heard that one live 😊. She was a goddess among women. ❤️

Incredible images of NPR’s Susan Stamberg, who has died at 87. The next post has an audio story that will tell you something about her. www.npr.org/2025/09/05/n...

A few weeks ago, as the military imposed the policy that eventually caused almost all reporters to turn in their press passes and leave the Pentagon, I wrote “Censorship Makes You Dumber.”

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says.

A powerful personal testament from Tom Bowman of NPR about the Pentagon attempt to exert complete control over all information. Protecting classified is of course fine. But when neither Fox News nor NY Times sign up to your policy, you should ask yourself if you are getting something very wrong.

On NPR, the son of an Israeli hostage on the peace deal: “It's President Trump. It didn't happen because of something the Israeli government did or the prime minister. It's happened despite what the prime minister did." www.npr.org/2025/10/08/g...

Supermoon, NPR HQ this morning.

Went on this for a Pittsburgh story I did with @steveinskeep.bsky.social some years back. I'm afraid of heights, but it was stunning and worth it for the sound!

After the 2008 election, Democrats had Senate seats in these 9 states: AK, MT, MO, SD, IA, AR, LA, WV, NC. After the 2024 election, they had zero seats in those states. If they held just a few, everything would be different. How have they lost their rural game?

In his debate with Ta-Nehisi Coates, @ezraklein.bsky.social was on the right track. Here are some reasons why.

In an NPR video interview, Kentucky’s Democratic governor and presidential prospect Andy Beshear @govandybeshear.bsky.social says the government shutdown is only worth it because Democrats focused on an issue of direct interest to millions of voters. 1/3

Kentucky’s Andy Beshear sees an opportunity for Democrats in rural areas as the effects of Trump’s economic policies become clear.

South Dakota Public Broadcasting says there's an ironic result to President Trump's successful attack on public media: It will have to rely more on NPR programs.

On NPR, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt did not repeat a claim about illegal immigrants receiving health care. She insisted the WH is willing to negotiate over health care tax credits—but later. And said freezing $18b in infrastructure funds to NY was “temporary.”

We had @steveinskeep.bsky.social in our Louisville studio today, hosting Morning Edition. He came to Kentucky to interview Gov. Beshear👇

Democrats are fiercely debating how to respond to Trump and also how to win—how to match their moral beliefs with the demands of politics. On NPR, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is arguing that Democrats can work harder for votes in red states like his.

After Trump said George Soros is “a likely candidate” for prosecution now that the Justice Department acts on his whims, Soros’ foundation prepares for a blow: “We’re not afraid.”

isn't the whole point of copyright that you are opting out of people stealing your work

President Trump and his administration claim there could be a link between autism and acetaminophen and vaccines. We asked a researcher who has studied autism for decades for her thoughts.

The president’s social media order to send the army to war in Portland brings to mind th 2024 NPR interview with Gordon Sondland, who had abandoned Trump but then turned back to him because, he said, cities were being “destroyed” under Biden.

Shortly before James Comey’s indictment, longtime Trump aide Peter Navarro said in an NPR video interview that “our mindset” is to prosecute numerous people before a deadline. That deadline is the 2026 election.

Why is the Trump administration pursuing political opponents through the criminal justice system? We put that question earlier this week to Peter Navarro, the longtime Trump adviser. Watch here: youtu.be/yAYbVg3e3_g?...

As the Pentagon summons hundreds of top officers to a single location for a meeting, the military is also imposing a new policy, demanding that reporters only gather information that officials want to release.

Today the White House and others are sharing clips from the NPR interview with JB Pritzker. Of course they listen to NPR! It’s part of an NPR video series with people across the political spectrum—so everyone can see and debate. A few are in this thread:

Thoughts on our post-information age. open.substack.com/pub/steveins...

A good ad on the DC Metro

We have been led into a post-information age, and we will have to adapt to endure.

The FDA statement ends with a paragraph undermining its own warning. They signal parents to avoid acetaminophen. Except sometimes. And then: No “causal relationship… established” with ADHD or autism AND Alternatives to acetaminophen have “well-documented adverse impacts.”