Memphis on edge as Trump promises to send in National Guard
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🗓️ 15 September 2025
⏱️ 24 minutes
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And, NPR’s David Folkenflik breaks down how the media are covering the political assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
Then, after violent demonstrations led to the ousting of Nepal’s old regime, interim Prime Minister Sushila Karki appointed some key cabinet positions. New York Times South Asia business correspondent Alex Travelli details how a new government is taking shape.
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| 0:00.0 | Support for this podcast comes from Is Business Broken, a podcast from the Mayrotra Institute at B.U. |
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| 0:17.3 | WBUR Podcasts, Boston. |
| 0:22.2 | I'm certainly not happy about the National Guard. |
| 0:25.1 | I am looking forward to trying to find ways to invest in the things that we're already doing to address crime in our city. |
| 0:33.3 | The mayor of Memphis says he was blindsided by President Trump's plan to send troops to his city. |
| 0:42.7 | It's Monday, September 15th, and this is here and now anytime from NPR and WBOR. |
| 0:47.9 | I'm Chris Bentley. Today on the show, some in the media are treading carefully as they cover the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, |
| 1:06.8 | with right-wing influencers and even some Republican elected officials trying to get commentators fired. |
| 1:13.9 | Also, a new government is taking shape in Nepal after dozens died in a violent crackdown on anti-corruption protests. |
| 1:22.6 | Elections have been set for March. |
| 1:24.6 | And as for who might emerge to lead the country after that, it's anyone's |
| 1:28.7 | guess. It's really like a slate of multi-party democracy has been wiped clean. And six months |
| 1:34.3 | isn't very long to repopulate it. But first, President Trump today renewed his threat to declare another national emergency in Washington, D.C., if crime rates go up. |
| 1:53.1 | For now, though, his focus is Memphis, where he said Friday on Fox and Friends that he'd send in the National Guard and possibly more troops. |
| 2:02.4 | According to FBI data from last year, Memphis has the highest violent crime rate of any |
| 2:07.1 | American city with a population of at least 100,000. But this year, Memphis Police reported |
| 2:12.6 | crime hit a 25-year low in the city. So many in Memphis are against the deployment, including the |
| 2:19.9 | city's Democratic mayor, who said he only learned the full extent of the president's plan |
| 2:24.9 | from that TV appearance. We wanted to hear about the mood there. So we called up Otis |
| 2:30.5 | Sanford, Professor Emeritus of Journalism at the University of Memphis. He told Robin Young, |
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