Episode fifty-eight: Susan Stamberg and Linda Wertheimer: The Founding Mothers of NPR

NPR’s Susan Stamberg and Linda Wertheimer join us this week to discuss their careers, being a woman journalist in the 70s at a startup organization, and more. There’s going to be some amazing interviews in store for you this season on News Nerds.

Susan Stamberg is now a Special Correspondent for NPR. She’s been inducted into the Broadcasting Hall of Fame as well as the Radio Hall of Fame, she hosted All things considered for 14 years as well as weekend edition, and is considered a founding mother of NPR since she was hired in 1971

Linda Wertheimer serves as NPR’s senior national correspondent. She spent 13 years hosting All things considered and joined NPR in 1971. Before that she worked at the BBC and WCBS.

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