Saying goodbye to @nprmelissablock . We are going to miss her so much. Thanks for all the lessons, stories and beautiful memories. Can't wait to make more and see what other amazing things she does.#nprlife #npratc
Hot summer days, cold drinks & some history. @npraudie talks the golden age of cocktails w/ @usnatarchives@betterdrinking #NPR #nprlife #history. http://n.pr/1GAvBKl
"One of our first reporting outings in Cuba was at La Esquina Caliente. It’s a corner of Havana’s Central Park where people — no matter the day, no matter the hour — hang out to argue." - Reporter Eyder Peralta #nprCuba2015
Producer Theo Balcomb is prepping for a reporting trip in Cuba next week with Robert Siegel. Stayed tuned for coverage on @npratc and online at NPR.org. (Photo by @christinafromcali ) #inmybag
From producer Bilal Qureshi: "Khaldun Al-Saadi’s mother is German and his father is from Yemen. He’s 24, hyper articulate, and passionate about the ‘discourse’ about German Islam. He speaks with Audie in Dresden about the massive anti-Muslim PEGIDA marches that broke out of his home city."
Earlier today these two girls officially broke the law … for sledding. Want to know more? Tune in to today’s show. (Photo by @christinafromcali ) #sledfreeordie
From producer Bilal Qureshi: "’Come on guy! I’m living in a big house with two cats.’ We’re not going to lie, 21 year old Ismael Medjdoub cracked us up. He’s a third generation French Algerian. And he lives in one of Paris’ poorer northern suburbs Tremblay en France.
But between school and work, he spends a ton of time in central Paris. And on the worst days it’s a two hour commute. Ismael says many Parisians don’t know or really care to understand his world.”
From Audie:
“Zia Haider Rahman (like Ramen, he said) says he’s ‘homeless’ right now. He holds passports from Britain and Bangladesh (where he was born). He’s lived in the U.S. and worked on Wall Street. His breakthrough novel In The Light of What We Know features two characters that—in a way—represent different aspects of his own experience dealing with class in both the U.S. and Britain.
We spoke to him at one of his favorite hangouts: the British Library. He told us ‘How is it that I feel more at home in the United States than I do anywhere in the world? How is that possible a Bangladeshi boy.. how is that possible that such a person can feel most at home as he comes into JFK airport? And it’s because American is a welcoming nation and open nation.’ ‘And you don’t feel that at Heathrow?’ I asked. ‘Never.’”
