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Audio — We Live Here Now from @theatlantic . Also, The Loudest Girl In The World, Fine Gorilla Person (Audible), Spectacular Failures, etc. Avid Pittsburgher.

Washington, DC
Joined August 2008
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Lauren Ober
2 months
Hopping on this trainwreck of an app to tell you that @HannaRosin and I have a new podcast coming soon from @TheAtlantic . Put your ears on this sweet lil trailer:
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Lauren Ober
1 year
The shitty thing about podcasting right now is that there are SO. MANY. GOOD. IDEAS. from SO. MANY. INTERESTING. PEOPLE. and SO. LITTLE. MONEY. to make them.
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Lauren Ober
1 year
Whoever created the idea of "always on" podcasts clearly never made one. B/c unless you have $$$ like NYT or are a zero-production celeb chat circle jerk, it's almost impossible to do. Plus so many good audio stories are being left on the table in wake of the always-on hegemony.
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Lauren Ober
2 years
@_dariussimpson In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree: Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea.
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Lauren Ober
2 years
If you’ve never made a podcast before that needed to make money in order to survive (cuz like, it was your job) you have no idea how hard that is. It’s brutal. Sending love today to all my NPR podcast friends who shows have just been canceled. I know exactly what that’s like.
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Lauren Ober
2 years
Too many great NPR people to note. But I will say that I harbor a secret fantasy that one day @NPRKelly will adopt me.
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2 years
This is going to be a tough week at NPR, as many people will lose their positions due to budget cuts. Before that happens, why not let your fave radio folks know how you feel about them? Most people have social media links in their bios.
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Lauren Ober
2 years
I'm glad his office was honest and didn't say he was suffering from "exhaustion" or "dehydration." Let's normalize mental health challenges!
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Sam Stein
2 years
John Fetterman isn't the first Senator to suffer from depression. But he's probably the first to publicly acknowledge he's getting treatment for it.
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Lauren Ober
2 years
Devastated to learn that my friend & hero Judy Heumann has died. Judy was an absolute warrior. Her tireless work for disability rights made the world better for everyone. Plus, she was funny as hell & as kind as they come. A true one-of-a-kind treasure. Rest in power, friend.
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Lauren Ober
2 years
@PoPville Massive police emergency/tactical response presence in Eckington. Maybe 50 police/fire vehicles. Plus an armored swat truck on the Met Branch Trail.
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Lauren Ober
8 months
It's not everyday that you get to sit onstage and interview a woman who could bodyslam you into next week! @WWE 's Becky Lynch in D.C. March 28, talking with me about her new book & maybe hitting me with a folding chair. Get tix here:
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Rebecca Quin
9 months
I can't wait to share my story, in person, when The Man's book tour comes around starting March 26th!
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Lauren Ober
2 years
@WashProbs Fascist Oreo: The Musical
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2 years
@alex_abads Confused as to why this is a problem. Seems like it gets him out of her hair for a minute!
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2 years
@jackcorrbit REYNAUD'S! You need to move to a place that is less cold and wet!
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Lauren Ober
2 years
When Invisibilia started it was bold and courageous and showed the potential of audio to reach into your brain and reframe how you think about the world. Hopefully audio can find that again. ❤️ @aspiegelnpr @lmillernpr @HannaRosin @yowei_shaw @miakka_natisse @abbywendle & more.
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Alix Spiegel
2 years
Raising a glass to all the hands that made Invisibilia. All the creative thoughtful souls who tried for her and cried for her and hopefully - helped some people along the way.
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Lauren Ober
2 years
This is a joke, right? NPR gets no direct federal funding and the competitive grants it gets from publicly funded CPB amount to ~2% of its budget. Hardly state-affiliated.
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2 years
@Slaebie_afk @jackcorrbit Really just suggesting that cold and wet is the problem. Take it easy.
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Lauren Ober
2 years
I am DESPERATE for someone to give the Gwyneth Paltrow ski trial of the century the true crime podcast treatment. PLEASE. NOW.
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Lauren Ober
2 years
Looking for suggestions for live captioning services. Which is the most accurate and/or most reasonably priced? @SFdirewolf could you boost plz 🙏 TY
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Lauren Ober
8 months
Vote Cecily Strong for Katie Britt SNL Cold Open ‘24
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Lauren Ober
2 years
Alas, poor Blue Check! I knew it, Horatio. A symbol of infinite jest, of most excellent vanity.
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2 years
@AutisticCoach_ If I could reliably get places on time, I would.
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Lauren Ober
2 years
I think everyone in DC probably has a couple of classified documents lying around in their house. I know I do.
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2 years
What kind of menace sits in the gym sauna with all their street clothes on, reading a book?
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Lauren Ober
2 years
What if the Snyders sold the Washington Commanders to the residents of the District of Columbia and it was run like worker-owned cooperative? I mean, we need something if we’re not going to have proper Congressional representation, statehood or real home rule.
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Lauren Ober
2 years
Love this dude.
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Ed Krassenstein
2 years
Welcome back to the US Senate Senator Fetterman! Today John Fetterman returned to the US Senate after taking a leave of absence due to clinical depression. 17.3 million Americans (over 7% of our population) suffer from Depressions. This man should be viewed as the role model
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