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The NPR Politics Podcast

What it takes to make a Tiny Desk Concert

The NPR Politics Podcast

NPR

News, Daily News, Politics

4.524.9K Ratings

🗓️ 28 November 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

NPR's Tiny Desk Concerts, first launched on a whim in 2008, attract millions of viewers. In this episode of Consider This from NPR, we hear from two members of the NPR music team on what they love about producing and sharing Tiny Desk performances with the world. 



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0:00.0

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0:21.8

Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast.

0:24.4

I'm Ashley Lopez. I cover politics.

0:26.6

And today on the show, we want to give you a little bit of a treat, especially as we all sit around digesting our Thanksgiving leftovers.

0:32.9

Our friends at the podcast consider this.

0:35.1

Took a behind the scenes look at one of the neatest things we do at

0:37.8

NPR, the tiny desk concerts. We wanted to bring that to you today. After a quick break,

0:43.2

NPR's Sasha Pfeiffer. This message comes from WISE, the app for using money around the globe.

0:49.9

When you manage your money with WISE, you'll always get the mid-market exchange rate with no hidden fees.

0:55.9

Join millions of customers and visit Wise.com. T's and Cs apply. Support for NPR comes from

1:02.8

NPR member stations and Eric and Wendy Schmidt through the Schmidt Family Foundation, working

1:08.5

to restore a balanced relationship between people and planet.

1:12.6

The Schmidt Family Foundation is part of the philanthropic organizations and initiatives

1:17.1

created and funded by Eric and Wendy Schmidt to work toward a healthy, resilient, secure world for all.

1:24.0

On the web at the Schmidt.org.

1:26.9

Support for NPR and the following message come from the estate of Joan B. Croc,

1:31.7

whose bequest serves as an enduring investment in the future of public radio

1:36.0

and seeks to help NPR be the model for high-quality journalism in the 21st century.

1:43.3

All reporters at NPR, including me, are very pleased when our stories generate a lot of public interest,

1:49.8

when they get seen and heard on air and online by thousands and sometimes millions of readers and listeners.

1:56.2

But everyone at NPR is well aware that there's one team here whose work is much more widely known than any single story.

2:04.2

I'm Taylor. Welcome to my tiny desk concert.

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