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This is Fresh Air. I'm Dave Davies. If you're a regular NPR listener, you may already know that

Public Radio lost one of its iconic figures last week with the death of Susan Stamberg, a host of

all things considered in the network's formative years. She was 87. Stamberg wasn't just an influential

voice on public radio. She was the first woman to anchor a nightly

national news program when she took the host's chair in 1972. Her work has been honored with an

Edward R. Murrow Award, induction into the National Radio Hall of Fame, and in 2020, her own star

on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Today we're going to listen to excerpts of two of Terry Gross's interviews with Susan

Stamberg and another with Stamberg and Bill Seamering, the creator of all things considered,

and for nine years the station manager at W. H.Y.Y., where our show is produced.

Susan Stamberg grew up on the upper west side of Manhattan and attended Barnard College. She broke into journalism as an editorial

assistant at the New Republic and became a producer at station WAMU in Washington before being

hired at NPR. She was a production assistant when all things considered was launched, but soon moved into the anchor's chair and became one of the network's most recognized voices.

She was known for her incisive questions, as well as her personal warmth and versatility, handling topics from international crises to her mother's cranberry relish recipe, which she shared for years around Thanksgiving.

She was also a distinguished public radio innovator. As the first host of Weekend Edition Sunday, she introduced listeners to The Puzzle with Will Shorts and two wise-cracking auto mechanics, Tom and Ray Mal Yotsi, who themselves became

public radio icons. After weekend edition, Stamberg became a special correspondent for the network

focusing on cultural issues. She retired just last September. Terry first spoke to Susan

Stamberg in 1982 about her book, night at five, about All Things Considered and her decade on the air.

When you started out on All Things Considered, it still wasn't really accepted, I think, that women could be in that authoritative position.

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