is thinking a lot about Shiphrah and Puah these days.

So proud of my colleagues doing this amazing work…

Especially proud of this one…

has done the numbers. This year’s productivity: 27 Pieces, 40 2ways/3ways, 120 Newscast Spots, 19 Digital Pieces, 1 Video, 1 2-Hour Special, and 1 45-Minute NPR Explains on NPR One.

The hills are bare at Bethlehem, no future for the world they show; yet here new life begins to grow, from earth’s old dust a green wood stem. The heart is tired at Bethlehem, no human dream unbroken stands; yet here God comes to mortal hands, and hope renewed cries out: “Amen!”

finds is so amusing when people fail to realize they’re not #1 on the call sheet.

has heard the Biebl Ave Maria on his local classical public radio station 3 times in less than 12 hours.

The public radio broadcast of The Metropolitan Opera on Saturday is one of the finest institutions of civilization.

What I did for today…

The first one was so dreadful, why would I be interested in the second one?

is making this dish for supper:

is making this dish for supper.

My NPR One special on the decline of religion in America is out!! Ep 1: one.npr.org/i/nx-s1-5575... Ep 2: one.npr.org/i/nx-s1-5575... Ep 3: one.npr.org/i/nx-s1-5575...

is making this dish for dinner:

highly recommends this dish, which he made for supper this evening.

South Park won a Peabody in 2005. He predicts another for the current season.

was inappropriately young when he discovered Tom Lehrer, and since then few days have gone by when he isn't singing one of Lehrer's deliciously dark songs. RIP. He's spending the afternoon listening to _That Was The Year That Was_.

What I made for supper tonight.... Highly recommend.

I began working in public radio when I was a teenager. I picked my college and grad school because of the public radio stations I could work at nearby. I believe in the Great Society principles embodied in public media.

really misses hearing the Declaration of Independence on Morning Edition on the 4th of July.

This piece is so good. Best quote: “They [these challenging times] demand that each one of us, in our different roles and services, never give in to mediocrity,” he said. “St. Augustine reminds of this when he said: ‘Let us live well and the times will be good. We are the times.’”

NPR Papal Transition Team, Part 2

NPR team Papal Transition 2025.

Poggioli and DeRose at The Vatican.

is off to Rome.

is enjoying beyond the telling today's Metropolitan Opera broadcast. It's Rossini's L'Assedio de Corinto, celebrating the 50th anniversary of Beverly Sills’s Met debut with a performance from April 19, 1975.

wishes the show Mid-Century Modern were better.

What I did for this afternoon… Revisiting our favorite (and not so favorite) religious films…

notes how many plots on The Bionic Woman are similar to the plots on Wonder Woman.

This story is worth your time: A reporter returns home to Gaza following Israel-Hamas ceasefire : Up First from NPR www.npr.org/2025/03/16/1...

finds this whole cottage industry of febrile anti-Joan Didion essays tedious. The mediocre ought not attempt takedowns of the iconic.

made this most delicious dessert. Highly recommend.

What I did for today...

has seen exactly one film nominated in any Oscar category, and it was terrible. Except for Isabella Rossellini.

made chili for his congregation’s annual chili cook off.

What I did for today…

What I did for today...

kind of aspires to be the Parker Posey character on The White Lotus. Or maybe he just aspires to be whatever character Parker Posey is playing in whatever she's in.

always finds it both amusing and troubling when someone refers to him as a "religious reporter" or "the religious correspondent."

What I did for today…

Completely worth your notice…

What I did for today…

What I did for this morning…

dislikes football beyond the telling and resents greatly that the NYT Mini Crossword today required stupid sports trivia to solve it.

is making this dish for supper tonight.

Reminds you that actual self-respect emerges from hard work and competence and taking responsibility for your mistakes, not from complaining that others don't respect you.

is in Palm Springs to observe his 50th birthday this weekend. Also here this weekend is something called the Spirit Sports Grand Nationals. Turning 50 is great. Thousands of little girls in heavy makeup is disconcerting beyond the telling.

has had a string of terrible TV experiences recently. Thankfully, all three seasons of _The Bionic Woman_ (1976-1978) are now available to stream. Lindsay Wagner's wardrobe is stellar.

What I did for today…