What Next | Is This the End of NPR and PBS?

Slate News

Slate Podcasts

News, News Commentary, Politics

4.6 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

The Trump administration’s plans to strip funding from PBS and NPR is the latest in a long line of Republican fights against public broadcasting. The House has already voted to take back over a billion dollars it had previously agreed to pay. Will the Senate sign off on it next? Guest: Brian Stelter, chief media analyst at CNN. Want more What Next? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the whole What Next family and across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to get access wherever you listen. Podcast production by Ethan Oberman, Elena Schwartz, Paige Osburn, Anna Phillips, Madeline Ducharme, and Rob Gunther. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Enough from the Tragl.
0:02.0	Spiele Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 and 4 and grinds as if it's 2002.
0:08.0	A legendary remake of original games with 9 parks, crasser tricks, platform-overgreifed multiplayer
0:14.0	and ab-gaffirned new game modi.
0:17.0	Holt you the new Tony Hawks Pro Skater 3 and 4 and
0:20.0	and the world, the Schwreddivet, never.
0:23.1	Now, now on Tony Hawk thegame.com,
0:25.9	Shrekstri, Play Now.
0:27.5	Avugable up the 11th, July.
0:30.0	All right, guys, let's head to the stadium and grab some high ground.
0:33.2	Copy that.
0:33.8	I'll drop near the checkpoint.
0:35.0	I'll take the building on the left.
0:36.3	And watch out for any teams going for the same spot. I'm in position. Whoa, that does not sound good. Play it down,
0:45.4	play it down. You need broadband that can keep up with your play. More gamers are choosing
0:50.7	EE Broadband, the UK's fastest growing broadband provider.
0:55.2	Let's do this.
0:56.2	Search EEBroadband.
0:57.8	To verify I see EE.com.uk slash claims.
1:04.6	Before I tell you about the fight over public media that's unfolding in Congress, before I get into which senators are poised to swoop in to protect federal support for their local member stations, and which aren't, I'm going to rewind the clock.
1:20.7	55 years. More, actually.
1:26.3	And I'm proud to present Mr. Rogers to you now.
	...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in 25 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Slate Podcasts, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Slate Podcasts and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.