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Theturbulent stretch for the audio worldcontinues.
Many hosts and staffers on those productions were also part of the layoffs.
We are stopping production of some of our seasonal podcasts after their current season …
These projects include some of the best work NPR has ever done.
We are exploring ways this work can continue in other forms.
We are losing some amazing people.
All programs that exist both as podcasts and broadcast radio shows, likeCode SwitchandPlanet Money, will continue production.
Speaking to NPRs own media reporter, David Folkenflik, Lansingframed the cutsin stark terms.
Launching w/ the layoffs hanging over us was too.
And being asked to finish the show knowing we lost our jobs is by far the hardest.
The world tunes in to podcasts and we should think about that audience.
A lot has changed since 2015.
But moments of deep crises tend to bring out fundamental identities, both in people and in institutions.
NPR losing so many of its people is already such a horrible thing.
