Natalie Escobar
@natalieescobar.bsky.social
NPR editor / lesbian about town / probably sewing
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NPR Music’s Best Albums of 2025 list is live!
Each capsule features a link to hear the music on any streaming service.
TYSM to @npr.org critics @annkpowers.bsky.social, @idislikestephen.bsky.social, @natechinen.bsky.social, @totalvibration.bsky.social, @robinpr.bsky.social.
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Each capsule features a link to hear the music on any streaming service.
TYSM to @npr.org critics @annkpowers.bsky.social, @idislikestephen.bsky.social, @natechinen.bsky.social, @totalvibration.bsky.social, @robinpr.bsky.social.
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The Best Albums of 2025
NPR Music critics, editors and Tiny Desk producers each singled out one album they would recommend to anyone who came calling. The elite, no-skips albums of the year.
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December 11, 2025 at 10:58 PM
NPR Music’s Best Albums of 2025 list is live!
Each capsule features a link to hear the music on any streaming service.
TYSM to @npr.org critics @annkpowers.bsky.social, @idislikestephen.bsky.social, @natechinen.bsky.social, @totalvibration.bsky.social, @robinpr.bsky.social.
Follow them!
Each capsule features a link to hear the music on any streaming service.
TYSM to @npr.org critics @annkpowers.bsky.social, @idislikestephen.bsky.social, @natechinen.bsky.social, @totalvibration.bsky.social, @robinpr.bsky.social.
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Our new HVAC system has a smart thermostat — and as someone who's always lived in old, low-tech houses, I am perplexed! What do you MEAN my thermostat can be controlled by an app. Heat should be doled out by a weird little 100-year-old metal dial that your dad only lets you click on once a week!
December 10, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Our new HVAC system has a smart thermostat — and as someone who's always lived in old, low-tech houses, I am perplexed! What do you MEAN my thermostat can be controlled by an app. Heat should be doled out by a weird little 100-year-old metal dial that your dad only lets you click on once a week!
truly obsessed with this woman and how much she loves nutcrackers — more on All Things Considered today!
A 101-year-old runs the largest nutcracker museum in the U.S. Here's a look inside
Arlene Wagner has been collecting nutcrackers for nearly 50 years. Now, she's got one of the largest collections in the world, housed at the Leavenworth Nutcracker Museum in Washington.
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December 9, 2025 at 5:49 PM
truly obsessed with this woman and how much she loves nutcrackers — more on All Things Considered today!
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NPR Music's list of the 125 Best Songs of 2025 is live! Thank you to all of the @npr.org public radio stations out there who helped curate this cross-genre list of loud and soft songs. There's nothing else out there quite like it. www.npr.org/2025/12/09/n...
The 125 Best Songs of 2025
From the breakout Brooklyn band Geese to the Puerto Rican star and soon-to-be Super Bowl halftime performer Bad Bunny and dozens in between, NPR Music shares its picks for the best songs of 2025.
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December 9, 2025 at 1:55 PM
NPR Music's list of the 125 Best Songs of 2025 is live! Thank you to all of the @npr.org public radio stations out there who helped curate this cross-genre list of loud and soft songs. There's nothing else out there quite like it. www.npr.org/2025/12/09/n...
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The Atlantic’s editors pick their favorite books of the year—10 titles that distinguish themselves as worth reading and remembering. See the full list: theatln.tc/gaJVrZ7O
December 4, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The Atlantic’s editors pick their favorite books of the year—10 titles that distinguish themselves as worth reading and remembering. See the full list: theatln.tc/gaJVrZ7O
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I think everybody at NPR is glad our Susan Stamberg left us an advance obit for Frank Gehry. A legend on a legend.
Frank Gehry, whose designs defied gravity and convention, dies at 96
Gehry transformed modern architecture with exuberant buildings such as the Walt Disney Concert Hall and the Guggenheim Museum. "I've always been for optimism and architecture not being sad," he said.
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December 6, 2025 at 2:29 AM
I think everybody at NPR is glad our Susan Stamberg left us an advance obit for Frank Gehry. A legend on a legend.
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NPR fights Trump's executive order against public media
The case isn't getting much attention.
But it pits the press's right not to face government retaliation over coverage against the president's assertion of vast executive powers
My story:
www.npr.org/2025/12/05/g...
The case isn't getting much attention.
But it pits the press's right not to face government retaliation over coverage against the president's assertion of vast executive powers
My story:
www.npr.org/2025/12/05/g...
NPR battles Trump executive order in court
NPR was in court for a pivotal hearing arguing that the Trump administration had broken the law with its treatment of public media.
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December 5, 2025 at 4:36 PM
NPR fights Trump's executive order against public media
The case isn't getting much attention.
But it pits the press's right not to face government retaliation over coverage against the president's assertion of vast executive powers
My story:
www.npr.org/2025/12/05/g...
The case isn't getting much attention.
But it pits the press's right not to face government retaliation over coverage against the president's assertion of vast executive powers
My story:
www.npr.org/2025/12/05/g...
my Libby holds list continues to get longer and longer!
The Atlantic 10: The Best Books of 2025
The books that made us think the most this year
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December 4, 2025 at 7:39 PM
my Libby holds list continues to get longer and longer!
I know it's not "ergonomic" or whatever but sometimes the only way to get your laptop job work done is horizontally on a soft surface
this post brought to you by editing a story while horizontal
this post brought to you by editing a story while horizontal
December 4, 2025 at 12:12 AM
I know it's not "ergonomic" or whatever but sometimes the only way to get your laptop job work done is horizontally on a soft surface
this post brought to you by editing a story while horizontal
this post brought to you by editing a story while horizontal
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No AI or algorithms here - just 141 human beings [131 reviewers, 3 editors 👋, 1 producer, 1 reporter, 1 standards editor, 2 copy editors, 1 developer, and 1 graphics editor] who really wanted to tell you about some books they loved this year. ❤️📚 apps.npr.org/best-books/
Books We Love
Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
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November 24, 2025 at 3:51 PM
No AI or algorithms here - just 141 human beings [131 reviewers, 3 editors 👋, 1 producer, 1 reporter, 1 standards editor, 2 copy editors, 1 developer, and 1 graphics editor] who really wanted to tell you about some books they loved this year. ❤️📚 apps.npr.org/best-books/
It's Books We Love Day, aka the best day of the year, shepherded by @bethnovey.bsky.social and the rest of the stellar books team at @npr.org!
Books We Love
Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
apps.npr.org
November 24, 2025 at 3:48 PM
It's Books We Love Day, aka the best day of the year, shepherded by @bethnovey.bsky.social and the rest of the stellar books team at @npr.org!
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This holiday season I think you should purchase binoculars for a friend or family member. Someone in my OWN family will be getting binoculars, though I will not reveal who. And I wrote about why in here: www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
The 2025 Atlantic Gift Guide
None
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November 19, 2025 at 2:41 PM
This holiday season I think you should purchase binoculars for a friend or family member. Someone in my OWN family will be getting binoculars, though I will not reveal who. And I wrote about why in here: www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
Watching THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION is so much fun for me specifically, a woman who loves Ken Burns and looking at the voice cast sections of Wikipedia pages
November 19, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Watching THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION is so much fun for me specifically, a woman who loves Ken Burns and looking at the voice cast sections of Wikipedia pages
The only upside to my apartment's HVAC being out of commission until the beginning of December is that we have not seen our electric bill skyrocket yet -- but not looking forward to it!
If your electric bill has seemed higher than usual lately, it’s not in your head.
Here’s why — and what types of support are available:
Here’s why — and what types of support are available:
Why are electricity rates so high in D.C.?
A new auction just set the highest power price in nearly a decade. Here’s what that means for Pepco customers in D.C.
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November 13, 2025 at 12:37 AM
The only upside to my apartment's HVAC being out of commission until the beginning of December is that we have not seen our electric bill skyrocket yet -- but not looking forward to it!
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Detransition is being used as political fodder by the Trump admin and its allies to support extreme anti-trans policies.
In the process, the reality of detransition is lost. For our new series, I spoke with detransitioners who feel harmed by the Trump admin. Their stories are complex and important.
In the process, the reality of detransition is lost. For our new series, I spoke with detransitioners who feel harmed by the Trump admin. Their stories are complex and important.
Detransition is key to politicians’ anti-trans agenda. But what is it really like?
The 19th spoke with two detransitioners who feel harmed and used by the Trump administration, which has positioned itself as a protector of those who detransition.
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November 12, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Detransition is being used as political fodder by the Trump admin and its allies to support extreme anti-trans policies.
In the process, the reality of detransition is lost. For our new series, I spoke with detransitioners who feel harmed by the Trump admin. Their stories are complex and important.
In the process, the reality of detransition is lost. For our new series, I spoke with detransitioners who feel harmed by the Trump admin. Their stories are complex and important.
something extremely important is printing out pictures of birds and putting hats on them to celebrate Emma’s birthday!
anyways shout out to @emmasarappo.bsky.social for being born and sharing all her cool bird facts and general intellect with all of us, am extremely proud to be married to her ❣️
anyways shout out to @emmasarappo.bsky.social for being born and sharing all her cool bird facts and general intellect with all of us, am extremely proud to be married to her ❣️
November 12, 2025 at 12:05 AM
something extremely important is printing out pictures of birds and putting hats on them to celebrate Emma’s birthday!
anyways shout out to @emmasarappo.bsky.social for being born and sharing all her cool bird facts and general intellect with all of us, am extremely proud to be married to her ❣️
anyways shout out to @emmasarappo.bsky.social for being born and sharing all her cool bird facts and general intellect with all of us, am extremely proud to be married to her ❣️
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In another #Trump admin shadow docket win, #SCOTUS majority says "Displaying passport holders' sex at birth no more offends equal protection principles than displaying their country of birth"
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Supreme Court allows Trump to prohibit gender election on passports
The court's decision is not a final ruling, however; it just permits Trump's passport policy to go into effect while litigation continues in the lower courts.
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November 6, 2025 at 11:29 PM
In another #Trump admin shadow docket win, #SCOTUS majority says "Displaying passport holders' sex at birth no more offends equal protection principles than displaying their country of birth"
www.npr.org/2025/11/06/n...
www.npr.org/2025/11/06/n...
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The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too. n.pr/4qFa1mY
Trump pushes an end to medical care for transgender youth nationally
The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too.
n.pr
October 30, 2025 at 1:44 PM
The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too. n.pr/4qFa1mY
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There’s a @briancassella.bsky.social shot for this from just today!!
October 28, 2025 at 7:57 PM
There’s a @briancassella.bsky.social shot for this from just today!!
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🎙️ON AIR:
We're talking with Boris Kachka, @emmasarappo.bsky.social, and Maya Chung about their choices for the 65 “essential” children’s books list from @theatlantic.com.
❓What's your essential children's book?
📻 Listen:
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We're talking with Boris Kachka, @emmasarappo.bsky.social, and Maya Chung about their choices for the 65 “essential” children’s books list from @theatlantic.com.
❓What's your essential children's book?
📻 Listen:
buff.ly/qZW04it
October 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
🎙️ON AIR:
We're talking with Boris Kachka, @emmasarappo.bsky.social, and Maya Chung about their choices for the 65 “essential” children’s books list from @theatlantic.com.
❓What's your essential children's book?
📻 Listen:
buff.ly/qZW04it
We're talking with Boris Kachka, @emmasarappo.bsky.social, and Maya Chung about their choices for the 65 “essential” children’s books list from @theatlantic.com.
❓What's your essential children's book?
📻 Listen:
buff.ly/qZW04it
So excited because @emmasarappo.bsky.social is on KQED Forum talking about the best children's books list she worked on for The Atlantic now! You can tune in here: www.kqed.org
KQED | News, Radio, Podcasts, TV | Public Media for Northern California
KQED provides public radio, television, and independent reporting on issues that matter to the Bay Area. We’re the NPR and PBS member station for Northern California.
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October 24, 2025 at 5:02 PM
So excited because @emmasarappo.bsky.social is on KQED Forum talking about the best children's books list she worked on for The Atlantic now! You can tune in here: www.kqed.org
Susan Stamberg was an incredible colleague who, in our time working together, was incredibly generous with her advice and humor and taught me a ton about radio editing. May her memory be a blessing.
NPR 'founding mother' Susan Stamberg has died
Susan Stamberg, an original National Public Radio staffer who went on to become the first U.S. woman to anchor a nightly national news program, has died.
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October 16, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Susan Stamberg was an incredible colleague who, in our time working together, was incredibly generous with her advice and humor and taught me a ton about radio editing. May her memory be a blessing.
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It's a big lift to do a project like this but lots of my closest friends have started having kids. I just kept reminding myself... www.theatlantic.com/books/2025/1...
October 15, 2025 at 5:12 PM
It's a big lift to do a project like this but lots of my closest friends have started having kids. I just kept reminding myself... www.theatlantic.com/books/2025/1...
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What a glorious day for picture books! So thrilled to have this list out in the world for @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/books/2025/1...
65 Essential Children’s Books
Illustrated titles that teach kids to love literature
www.theatlantic.com
October 15, 2025 at 5:10 PM
What a glorious day for picture books! So thrilled to have this list out in the world for @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/books/2025/1...
genuinely so obsessed with this list, especially the inclusion of Hippos Go Beserk -- shoutout to @emmasarappo.bsky.social and the rest of the Books team for making this so fun
65 Essential Children’s Books
Illustrated titles that teach kids to love literature
www.theatlantic.com
October 15, 2025 at 3:23 PM
genuinely so obsessed with this list, especially the inclusion of Hippos Go Beserk -- shoutout to @emmasarappo.bsky.social and the rest of the Books team for making this so fun