Lauren Hodges is an associate producer for All Things Considered. She joined the show in 2018 after seven years in the NPR newsroom as a producer and editor. She doesn't mind that you used her pens, she just likes them a certain way and asks that you put them back the way you found them, thanks. Despite years working on interviews with notable politicians, public figures, and celebrities for NPR, Hodges completely lost her cool when she heard RuPaul's voice and was told to sit quietly in a corner during the rest of the interview. She promises to do better next time.
Joan Steidl, who is now retired, shares her reinvention takeaways. She has a podcast about confronting the generational divide, takes comedy workshops and went back to college.
The first American pope, the first female Archbishop of Canterbury, and clergy-members' response to the Trump administration's immigration crackdown are the top religion stories of 2025.
Baker and Taylor is among a few companies that act as the distribution middle man between libraries and publishers. The company's announcement that it is shutting down is a blow to librarians.
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