Rachel Martin is a host of Morning Edition, as well as NPR's morning news podcast Up First. Before taking on this role in December 2016, Martin was
Morning Edition, as well as NPR s morning news podcast
Up First.
Before taking on this role in December 2016, Martin was the host of
Weekend Edition Sunday for four years. Martin also served as National Security Correspondent for NPR, where she covered both defense and intelligence issues. She traveled regularly to Iraq and Afghanistan with the Secretary of Defense, reporting on the U.S. wars and the effectiveness of the Pentagon s counterinsurgency strategy. Martin also reported extensively on the changing demographic of the U.S. military – from the debate over whether to allow women to fight in combat units – to the repeal of Don t Ask Don t Tell. Her reporting on how the military is changing also took her to a U.S. Air Force base in New Mexico for a rare look at how the military trains drone pilots.
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Theo Epstein, former president of the Chicago Cubs, celebrates the team s National League championship in this 2016 photo. Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images Email icon Resize icon
Investors can learn a lot from Theo Epsteinâs decision to leave his position as the president of the Chicago Cubs baseball team.
Epstein, for those of you who donât know him, is credited with
ending the Cubsâ 108-year World Series drought in 2016. He is also credited
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The NBA season just tipped off but COVID-19 is already causing problems. Wednesday night’s game between the Houston Rockets and the Oklahoma City Thunder was postponed because the Rockets did not have the required number of players for the game.
Host Peter O’Dowd speaks with
Here & Now sports analyst
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Mike Pesca first reached the airwaves as a 10-year-old caller to a New York Jets-themed radio show and has since been able to parlay his interests in sports coverage as a National Desk correspondent for NPR based in New York City.
Pesca enjoys training his microphone on anything that occurs at a track, arena, stadium, park, fronton, velodrome or air strip (i.e. the plane drag during the World s Strongest Man competition). He has reported from Los Angeles, Cleveland and Gary. He has also interviewed former Los Angeles Ram Cleveland Gary. Pesca is a panelist on the weekly