Bob Edwards was the voice of NPR’s Morning Edition for decades. He was an amazing journalist and just a great human being. As an affiliate station’s news director and local ME host, I couldn’t imagine the morning without his voice filling the studio. Meeting him was a favorite memory from that time.

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      9 months ago

      I’m Gen-X… according to the 1965-1980 definition anyway, because I was born in 1977, so it stretches further back. But yeah, I think any of us who had politically-aware left-wing parents and were alive in the 1980s probably knew Bob Edwards’ voice.

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      9 months ago

      Millennial checking in

      Rush Limbaugh in mom’s car, NPR in dad’s.

      It was a weird dichotomy. Even as a kid, had a hard preference for NPR. I do feel like they’ve lost something in the last 6-8 years or so.

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      9 months ago

      Sounds much more pleasant than listening to Rush Limbaugh in the car. Paul Harvey would be on if we were lucky.