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“The Pub” Podcast

Our weekly podcast of interviews with public media’s most important and interesting thinkers and doers, plus commentary from host Adam Ragusea. Subscribe with our Libsyn feed or through iTunes and follow The Pub on Twitter.

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‘The Pub’ #85: Late Night Provocations from Third Coast

By Adam Ragusea, Host and Producer, "The Pub" | November 18, 2016

Jay Allison misses “the wacko fringe in public radio,” and more words of inspiration from a conference of audio enthusiasts.

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‘The Pub’ #84: A live show about how to do live shows

By Adam Ragusea, Host and Producer, "The Pub" | November 14, 2016

“There should be an element of suspense. There should be a thing that’s kind of hanging that we’re hoping either succeeds or fails.”

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The Pub #83: Why Joan Kroc gave NPR its biggest gift ever

By Adam Ragusea, Host and Producer, "The Pub" | November 5, 2016

Kroc wasn’t much of an NPR fan, but a woman who was quickly dying and had limited time to make big decisions about her big money.

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‘The Pub’ #82: Chris, er, Colin McEnroe interviews Ira Glass

By Adam Ragusea, Host and Producer, "The Pub" | October 28, 2016

A conversation about the merits of pledge drives, the semiotics of this election season, and differences between radio and podcasting.

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‘The Pub’ #81: Scrutinizing the big NPR ratings bump

By Adam Ragusea, Host and Producer, "The Pub" | October 22, 2016

NPR audience development chief Israel Smith and researcher Susan Leland flesh out the numbers and speculate about what’s driving them.

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‘The Pub’ #80: New federal overtime rules — what broadcasters need to know

By Adam Ragusea, Host and Producer, "The Pub" | October 14, 2016

The changes could be especially disruptive for TV and radio stations.

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‘The Pub’ #79: The life and music of Don Voegeli, ‘All Things Considered’ theme composer

By Adam Ragusea, Host and Producer, "The Pub" | October 7, 2016

Why hasn’t anyone heard of the author of one of the most famous and enduring pieces of theme music ever written?

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‘The Pub’ #78: N’Jeri Eaton, NPR’s new program acquisition manager, live at PRPD

By Adam Ragusea, Host and Producer, "The Pub" | September 21, 2016

If you want NPR to pick up your show or podcast, you’ll want to pay attention to N’Jeri Eaton.

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‘The Pub’ #77: NPR’s Sarah McCammon on growing up evangelical and covering Trump

By Adam Ragusea, Host and Producer, "The Pub" | September 16, 2016

McCammon’s background has been her superpower out on the Republican campaign trail.