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Ned Wharton

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Retired Senior Producer at NPR for Weekend Edition, where I crafted music features and directed the show. I love to bike, play guitar, travel the world

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Ned Wharton @nedwharton.bsky.social · 8h
This one brought back a lot of memories from my analog tape days at NPR, great piece from my former NPR colleague and dear friend Andrea Shea at WBUR www.wbur.org/news/2026/10...
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Q Division Studios went old-school for a week with reel-to-reel tape
The 40-year-old recording studio in Cambridge pushed its computers to the side to make old-school reel-to-reel recording accessible to musicians in a digital age.
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Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"Operatives in Iran used OpenAI models and fake personas to help plant news articles critical of the US war against Iran in multiple US media outlets, OpenAI said on Thursday." www.cnn.com/2026/10/08/p...
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Iranian operatives used AI to plant fake stories in multiple US media outlets | CNN Politics
Operatives in Iran used OpenAI models and fake personas to help plant news articles critical of the US war against Iran in multiple US media outlets, OpenAI said on Thursday.
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Ned Wharton @nedwharton.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
What in the HECK could this possibly mean?
Windex bottle with a label that reads “100% ocean bound social plastic”
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ARLnow @arlnow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Press Release: Beyer Demands Answers About Equipment at Proposed Arch Site www.arlnow.com/press-releas...
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papaesoco.bsky.social @papaesoco.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Trump Is Already Breaking Ground for His Triumphal Arch newrepublic.com/post/215820/... via @newrepublic.com
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Trump Is Already Breaking Ground for His Triumphal Arch
Triumphal Arch, here we come!
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News Hub - A Home for Better News @thenewshub.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
www.citizen.org/news/oct-1-a...
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Oct 1 at 8:30 am ET: Public Citizen, Veterans, Rep. Don Beyer to Protest Trump’s Arch - Public Citizen
WASHINGTON, D.C. — On October 1 at 8:30 am ET outside Memorial Circle, Public Citizen will hold a protest and…
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Congressman Don Beyer @beyer.house.gov · 24/09/2026
After hearing from constituents who saw construction equipment at the site of Trump’s proposed arch, I drove down to Columbia Island to see for myself. I found workers operating heavy equipment who told me they were conducting archaeological work. My full statement:
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Ned Wharton @nedwharton.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Howard Berkes @hberkes.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
@npr.org All Things Considered host @scottdetrow.bsky.social: "We just noted on air that NPR has decided not to use audio from White House events until further notice. We will cover the news but will not use the sound clips."
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j. cowit @jcowit.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
underestimate sound people at your own peril.
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Pop Base @popbase.tv · 21/09/2026
Donald Trump couldn’t be heard at today’s White House event due to an absent press pool. The press are currently boycotting White House pool coverage in response to the Trump administration’s ban on CNN and other outlets.
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SAG-AFTRA @sagaftra.org · 19/09/2026
We are saddened by the loss of NPR journalist and SAG-AFTRA member Rose Friedman, who died at 38. A proud shop steward, Rose helped win increased paid parental leave for NPR employees. Our condolences to her family, friends and NPR colleagues. #SagAftraMember ow.ly/cNFC50ZPpMs?
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Editor Rose Friedman, who helped shape NPR's cultural coverage, dies at 38
Friedman was in her early 20s when she landed her first position as an editorial assistant at NPR. She became an editor and reporter, and a co-creator of the annual Books We Love reading guide.
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Brian Eno News @dark-shark.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Before And After Science & The Brian Eno/Peter Schmidt Collaboration socks-studio.com/2013/09/20/b...
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Ned Wharton @nedwharton.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Amazing work and visuals by reporters Rebecca Hersher and Ryan Kellman. Definitely watch the embedded video in this article
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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton knew that all of our kids deserve to dream & see themselves reflected in our books. Her Imagination Library made that possible for millions. Let's honor her by protecting the freedom to read nationwide. Rest in power, Dolly.
A photo of Dolly Parton reading to children at the Library of Congress.
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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton knew what it was like to struggle as she fought for working families her whole career. From providing free books to kids to giving working women our "9 to 5" anthem, she was an icon and an inspiration. Rest in power to our union sister. We will always love you.
A photo of Dolly Parton sitting at a desk and talking on the phone in a scene from the movie 9 to 5.
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John Lurie @johnlurie.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
My music tastes in 3 artists Eric Dolphy Igor Stravinsky Fela Kuti Ali Farka Toure Jimi Hendrix Oumuo Sangare John Colrane Astor Piazzolla Sidney Bechet Ornette Coleman Thelonious Monks Muddy Waters Little Walter John Lee Hooker Bill Evans Eric Satie Ravi Shankar Johnny Hodges McCoy Tyner Duke Ell
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Ned Wharton @nedwharton.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Moog or Buchla? Choose one.
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Bill Throndset @biltron.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
In December of 1907 on the Manitoba border, a fireman on the Great Northern Railway came home to Neche, North Dakota with a hundred dollars in Christmas money —a gift for his parents. By the next morning he was murdered and under the ice tronsetbio.com/books/a-murd... #truecrime #historicalfiction
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A Murder for Christmas | Bill Throndset
A historical crime novel inspired by a real 1907 North Dakota murder case.
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Bill Throndset @biltron.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Drop everything and fly to North Dakota for one of these exciting events on my mini book tour!
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
There was an economist who swallowed a fly on live television. That economist was me. I went on CNN to talk about the Fed. The fly was unexpected. The Fed questions were not. Somehow, I managed to connect the two. newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/there-was-...
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I’ve Always Wanted to Be a Fly on the Wall at the Fed
I don't know why. But the host asked about the Fed, so I kept talking.
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Daryl Hannah @dhlovelife.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
2nd Song 🎶 🍃💚 youtu.be/JZnzpxrHM4M?...
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Neil Young & The Chrome Hearts - Second Song (Official Lyric Video)
YouTube video by neilyoungchannel
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Robin Hilton @robinpr.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Just gutted by this loss. In addition to being an exceedingly kind and beautiful soul, he was hugely important to me and to the creation and spirit of All Songs Considered. www.npr.org/2026/07/29/g...
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Glen Hansard, Irish songwriter and 'Once' star, dies at 56
Glen Hansard, the Irish singer who won an Oscar for the musical movie Once and the led the bands The Frames and The Swell Season, died on Wednesday. He died following a motorcycle crash in Dublin.
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Chris Frantz @chrisfrantz.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Good Morning From The Drummer, My Friends.
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Listening Wind - The Specials BBC6
YouTube video by Hannah Hu
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Ned Wharton @nedwharton.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
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Some international artists are skipping U.S. tours. Others may follow suit
The visa process for visiting artists has always been complicated and expensive. Under the current administration, it's gotten significantly worse.
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Ned Wharton @nedwharton.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Shoutout to my early radio / new music mentor Charles Amirkhanian, he was a huge influence and inspiration in my early career mailchi.mp/otherminds/f...
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Charles Amirkhanian to become Director Emeritus
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Ned Wharton @nedwharton.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Heartbreaking
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Ned Wharton @nedwharton.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
@wamu.org Greetings - Are you aware of audio dropouts on your on-air signal? Heard a few yesterday between 3-4 pm
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Ned Wharton @nedwharton.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
How did I miss this? What a great series, each episode a gem, delicious slices of the American Experience. Makes me a bit sad, however, our celebration of this diversity has been drowned out by such ugliness in the current political and cultural landscape tv.apple.com/us/show/litt...
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Watch Little America - Apple TV
From the director and Oscar®-winning writer of CODA, Little America is an anthology series that observes the funny, romantic, heartfelt, inspiring, an…
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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
There was a shouting match this afternoon at the Capitol between President Trump and a Republican senator. thehill.com/homenews/sen...
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Donald Trump blows up at Bill Cassidy over Iran war powers resolution
President Trump blew up at Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) during an intense meeting behind closed doors in the Capitol Wednesday after the Republican senator accused the president of not being forthrigh…
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Ned Wharton @nedwharton.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
I find this so very sad www.nytimes.com/2026/06/20/w...
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Mona Khalil, Defender of Sea Turtles, Killed in an Israeli Strike in Lebanon
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Ned Wharton @nedwharton.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
One of my favorite albums of all time
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Kim Masters @kimmasters.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
It appears that the American Diabetes Association ordered this. You might want to ask them about that, toll free. 800-342-2383
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Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Will "60 Minutes" correspondents Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker and Jon Wertheim stay or go? And what about the producers who work with them? I’m told there are many institutionalists still at the show who truly care about the mission and want to stay... www.cnn.com/2026/06/03/m...
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The big unanswered questions about ‘60 Minutes’ after Scott Pelley’s firing | CNN Business
Bari Weiss directed the “60 Minutes” housecleaning last week, but Paramount CEO David Ellison owns the decisions and fallout.
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Ned Wharton @nedwharton.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Buh bye 60 Minutes. Been watching it all my life, but firing Scott Pelley, the last journalist of gravitas on the program, is the last straw
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David Gura @davidgura.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Et vos, Lesley Stahl, Jon Wertheim and Bill Whitaker?
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Eric Deggans @edeggans.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
At the end of a tough seven days for media -- firings at 60 Minutes, layoffs at NPR and the end of both Colbert's Late Show and CBS Radio -- I fear we are seeing capitulation and opportunism dressed up like innovation. READ: loom.ly/6VFmvqA
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Firings at '60 Minutes,' layoffs at NPR, the end of CBS Radio and Colbert: Thoughts at end of tough week for media
As Bari Weiss dismantles TV's most successful newsmagazine, it's worth asking what any of these moves achieve beyond furthering President Trump's goal of silencing media outlets which he dislikes.
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Jeffrey Lewis @armscontrolwonk.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
It’s such a strange payload — the spread is too large and the fragments too few/big to do much damage unless you are very, very unlucky. Makes somewhat more sense as a nuclear delivery method.
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NPR @npr.org · 30/05/2026
The National Transportation Safety Board temporarily pulled its docket system offline after digital images were used to reconstruct cockpit voice recordings of the pilots in a recent crash. n.pr/3PWQW1M
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The NTSB tries to keep cockpit audio recordings private. AI is making that harder
The National Transportation Safety Board temporarily pulled its docket system offline after digital images were used to reconstruct cockpit voice recordings of the pilots in a recent crash.
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Julia Barton @bartona104.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
It's a great joy to bring Archivist King @andylanset.bsky.social to my newsletter this week. He describes how people made radio documentaries/newsreels with 1000-pound rigs, multiple discs, and the most arduous sound-editing process you can imagine: continuous-wave.beehiiv.com/p/a-difficul...
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A Difficult Groove
Archivist Andy Lanset on the long struggle to gather and edit radio "field tape" before tape existed. It required thousands of pounds of equipment, a lot of money, and incredible patience.
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NPR @npr.org · 25/05/2026
Her abduction at age 14 drew international attention. After her rescue, Smart says she struggled with feeling shame around her body. Bodybuilding has helped her see herself differently. n.pr/4dYJyw9
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'My body carried me,' Elizabeth Smart says. Now she's celebrating it
Her abduction at age 14 drew international attention. After her rescue, Smart says she struggled with feeling shame around her body. Bodybuilding has helped her see herself differently.
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Ned Wharton @nedwharton.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Gratuitous cat photo, this critter was sizing me up the other day outside a bistro in Roquebrune
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Ned Wharton @nedwharton.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
This was a pretty fascinating documentary… So how many of you know who Shere Hite was? www.hulu.com/movie/35c269...
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The Disappearance of Shere Hite
Shere Hite’s 1976 bestselling book, The Hite Report, liberated the female orgasm by revealing the most private experiences of thousands of anonymous survey respondents. Her findings rocked the America...
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Ned Wharton @nedwharton.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
“As the confusion unfolded, Mr. Blankfein turned to his seatmate and asked, “Are you going to finish that salad?” www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04...
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Live Updates: Investigators Search for Shooting Motive After Trump Rushed From Dinner
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Ned Wharton @nedwharton.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
RIP legendary vocalist Asha Bhosle…. Saw her sing at Carnegie Hall two decades ago when she performed with Kronos, and I produced this Liane Hansen interview with her and violinist David Harrington www.npr.org/2005/10/30/4...
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Kronos Quartet Plays Bollywood, With Asha Bhosle
Indian singer Asha Bhosle and David Harrington talk about a collaboration between Bhosle and the Kronos Quartet. The Indian film soundtrack superstar and Harrington's adventurous string ensemble work ...
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Geoff Brumfiel @gbrumfiel.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
In the course of reporting this story on censorship over the Iran war, I actually had an experience with using AI that I thought I'd share because I think it illustrates the ongoing promise and problems with the technology. Short 🧵 www.npr.org/2026/04/10/n...
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How governments have tried to hide information about the Iran war online
Governments are blocking the internet, banning social media posts and cutting access to commercial satellite images. But experts say that efforts to censor information have had mixed results.
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Geoff Brumfiel @gbrumfiel.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Over the weekend, LeMonde and @francoisdm.bsky.social published a VERY interesting image of what appears to be some of Iran's highly enriched uranium enroute to a secure base in Isfahan last June. Amidst all this talk of seizing Iran's uranium, it's worth discussing in a little more detail...🧵
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Ned Wharton @nedwharton.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Wife is traveling on this crazy weather day, she texts from DCA: “You know when Tom Costello is here you’re going nowhere, LOL!“
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The Aviationist @theaviationist.com · 05/03/2026
Qatari F-15QAs Confirmed Behind Shootdown of Iranian Su-24s CNN says Qatari and U.S. sources confirmed a F-15QA Ababil intercepted the two Iranian Su-24s “two minutes” away from Al Udeid Air Base and Ras Laffan during a low altitude strike run. Story: theaviationist.com/2026/03/05/q...
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Qatari F-15QAs Confirmed Behind Shootdown of Iranian Su-24s
CNN says Qatari and U.S. sources confirmed a F-15QA Ababil intercepted the two Iranian Su-24s “two minutes” away from Al Udeid Air Base and Ras Laffan
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Ned Wharton @nedwharton.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
I keep thinking about this song… youtu.be/eHh9QD3hewc?...
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Jonatha Brooke "War" with lyrics
YouTube video by Todd Boyle
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