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Hi, it's Terry Gross.

Before we start the show today, I want to say a few words about public media.

It's been in the news a lot because federal funding for it was completely eliminated earlier this year.

But it's the fact that NPR is public media that enables fresh air and all of NPR's podcasts to be unique and to be there for you.

Public media was created to represent and serve diverse audiences, including underrepresented

communities throughout America, enabling us to better hear and understand each other.

And in the words of the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967,

to offer programs for, quote, instructional, educational, and cultural purposes, unquote.

At NPR, we still believe in these core commitments, but the loss of federal funding that the

Act provided for is creating major challenges for NPR and all public radio stations.

As we move into this uncharted future together, we know that you will not let the service that has been here for you all these years falter.

We rely on your support to bring you fresh air now more than ever. This year, we've

continued to bring you interviews with investigative journalists who have uncovered important

stories that otherwise may have never been revealed about our government and the state of our

democracy, as well as interviews with authors, musicians, actors, directors,

scientists, health experts, religion scholars, and more. Who knows what surprises await us in

26? Thank you if you already go the extra mile as an NPR Plus supporter. If not, you can join the Plus community, get a bunch of perks like

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