Remote Learning: NPR's History and Its Founding 'Mothers'

The Brian Lehrer Show | May 21, 2021

As NPR turns 50, Lisa Napoli, journalist and author of Susan, Linda, Nina, and Cokie: The Extraordinary Story of the Founding Mothers of NPR (Harry N. Abrams, 2021), reviews the history of four women who set the tone.

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