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We lost a great news anchor and news interviewer who was the voice and character of National Public Radio from its premier, up until the organization's deterioration into Politically Correct programming and its compromise on hard news stories in service of protecting the feelings of its pathologically sensitive listeners. Rest In Peace, Bob Edwards.
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Edwards, a consummate newsman, hosted NPR's morning show for more than two decades. "He sort of set the tone and the bar for all of us," say
NPR staff use the audio archives in creative and sometimes unexpected ways! For example, from time to time, Janis McLean, executive chef at our in-house café, works with the Research, Archives & Data Strategy (RAD) team to create special ‘I heard it on NPR’ menus based on recipes featured on @npr programs and podcasts. Chef Janis explains a recent selection from the archives:
When NPR RAD asked me if there was anyone I would like to hear from the archives, I did not hesitate for even a minute – “do you have anything with Anne Willan? ” I asked. I worked for Anne Willan for 12+ years. Anne is a well-known cookbook author, owner of LaVarenne in France, and all-around food expert; so I figured it was a safe bet there was. And voila! It took a bit of leg work (apparently it was on tape and had to be digitized) … two days later here I was in my NPR/Seasons office, listening to my old boss and mentor talking to Bob Edwards about apple pie. And what a fount of knowledge she is. Anne, in her Yorkshire voice (ohh, how I love hearing her talk) gave Bob a thorough round-down of apple pies and fruit pies by region in France. It was such a special moment to have two parts of my life intersect!! What a happy smile it brought to my face.
Listen to Anne Willan on Morning Edition in 1981.
Image: Chef Janis McLean in the NPR café kitchen. Credit: Wanyu Zhang/NPR.
Before he was president of the United States, Barack Obama spoke to @npr about his role as the first black president of the Harvard Law Review. Obama told host Bob Edwards that he hoped to go “back into community organizing” or “into government service or politics” after law school.
All Things Considered shared several clips from Barack Obama’s earliest appearance on the NPR airwaves. Click on the play button above to hear the entire interview from Morning Edition in 1990.
Image: Barack Obama on campus after he was named head of the Harvard Law Review in 1990 Credit: Joe Wrinn/Harvard University/Corbis via Getty Images
"It Would be An Extraordinary Coincidence If It Was a Coincidence" - September 11, 2001
https://pastdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/september-11-2001.mp3 – NPR: Morning Edition – Bob Edwards – September 11, 2001 – At the time, people were hard-pressed to call it a terrorist act. It seemed unconscionable that anyone would intentionally fly a plane directly into the World Trade Center. But when a second plane hit, the horror began to set in, even though some still clung to the…
If your luck isn't what it should be, write a 'p' in front of it and try again. - Bob Edwards
Today, 5 Nov 24 is the 45th birthday of Morning Edition. Bob Edwards was the show’s host. I listened when possible every weekday.
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