Friday News Roundup - Domestic
Hurricane Dorian threatens the eastern United States after devastating the Bahamas. And Texas loosens its gun safety laws after a deadly shooting.
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Friday News Roundup - International
Both figurative and actual storms occurred on both sides of the Atlantic this week.
NPR Names Veteran Media Executive John Lansing As Its New CEO
John Lansing will succeed Jarl Mohn as NPR's next CEO. Lansing is currently chief executive of the government agency that oversees Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, among others.
'Financial Times': U.S. Offers Cash To Tanker Captains In Bid To Seize Iranian Ships
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Demetri Sevastopulo of The Financial Times about the State Department offering tanker captains millions of dollars if they do not deliver their loads to Iran.
The Many Requirements Of Hold Music, A Genre For No One
Hold music is camouflaged sound — it needs to obviously exist, while also barely doing so. Small wonder, then, that its biggest "hit" does none of that.
When The 'Whisper Network' Goes Public: The 'S****y Media Men' List, 2 Years On
In 2017, a crowdsourced spreadsheet gave women the opportunity to anonymously share allegations against prominent figures in journalism and publishing. One writer has filed a defamation lawsuit.
Undocumented But In Demand: Immigration And Labor In America
The meatpacking, farming, construction and manufacturing industries all rely heavily on an immigrant workforce. Many of those workers are undocumented.
Engineers Can Help Save The Earth
John Browne, Lord Browne of Madingley, used to be the CEO oil and gas giant BP. In 1997, he talked about the existence of climate change.
Opinion: The Challenges Of Being A Foreign Reporter In China
NPR's Frank Langfitt reflects on a decade as a journalist in China and how he bypassed reporting restrictions by offering people free rides. It's the subject of his new memoir, The Shanghai Free Taxi.
Perspectives On The 'MeToo' Movement
Almost two years into the "Me Too" movement, NPR's Michel Martin talks about what justice in these cases should look like with Caitlin Flanagan of The Atlantic and Vox's Anna North.