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Each week, Tiny Desk Radio hosts Bobby Carter and Anamaria Sayre present three Tiny Desk concerts and share how these memorable (and sometimes viral) moments came together. You'll hear world-class musicians from the worlds of pop, jazz, classical, Americana, hip-hop, R&B and more stripping down their sound for a concert series that's unlike anything else on the internet — or the radio.
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Each week, Tiny Desk Radio hosts Bobby Carter and Anamaria Sayre present three Tiny Desk concerts and share how these memorable (and sometimes viral) moments came together. You'll hear world-class musicians from the worlds of pop, jazz, classical, Americana, hip-hop, R&B and more stripping down their sound for a concert series that's unlike anything else on the internet — or the radio.

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Higher Education
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity

Gov. Shapiro meets with Penn Med leader amid ‘existential’ threat posed by Trump

The top administrator painted a dire portrait of Penn Medicine’s future amid a “chaotic pace of government regulations and executive orders.”

5 months ago

Donald Trump speaks in a microphone
K-12
Philadelphia
Politics

Educators, advocates wrestle with a question: How should Philly schools serve students in the Trump era?

Need in Deed gathered a panel of advocates and officials to discuss safety amid an avalanche of executive orders from the new president.

5 months ago

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Government Accountability
Immigration
Social Justice

Immigration officials say everyone living in the U.S. illegally must register. What does that mean?

Each person must register and provide their fingerprints and address, the statement says, and parents and guardians of anyone under age 14 must ensure they are registered.

5 months ago

State Rep. Rick Krajewski speaks
Higher Education
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity

Philly-area lawmakers walk out of meeting with Penn president over DEI cuts

A Pennsylvania state senator and state representative left the meeting after they say a university administrator referred to diversity as a “lightning rod.”

5 months ago

The Apple logo on the front of an Apple Store
Business
Government Accountability
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice

Apple shareholders reject proposal to scrap company’s diversity programs

The shareholder vote came a month after the same group presented a similar proposal during Costco's annual meeting, only to have it overwhelmingly rejected.

6 months ago

Elon Musk receives a chainsaw
Business
Politics
Technology

Federal technology staffers resign rather than help Musk and DOGE

The mass resignation of engineers, data scientists and product managers is a temporary setback for Elon Musk and President Trump's tech-driven purge of the federal workforce.

6 months ago

Donald Trump claps next to Elon Musk
Business
Government

Nearly 40% of contracts canceled by Musk’s DOGE are expected to produce no savings

The Department of Government Efficiency, run by Trump adviser Elon Musk, last week published an initial list of 1,125 contracts that it terminated in recent weeks.

6 months ago

Donald Trump speaks
Gender
Law
Sports

Pennsylvania changes policy to follow Trump order on transgender athletes in high school sports

The Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association's board voted last week to remove a policy that had deferred to school principals to determine an athlete’s “gender."

6 months ago

Josh Shapiro speaks
Economy
Government
Pennsylvania

Gov. Shapiro says Trump administration has unfrozen billions in grants and loans

Pennsylvania's governor said Monday that more than $2 billion identified as either frozen or held up by an unspecified review was now accessible to state agencies.

6 months ago

Department of Homeland Security logo
Immigration
Politics
Religion

Judge blocks Trump immigration policy allowing arrests in churches for some religious groups

A federal judge found that the Trump administration policy could violate their religious freedom and should be blocked while a lawsuit challenging it plays out.

6 months ago

President Donald Trump
Government
Media
Politics

Trump administration due in court over AP lawsuit on White House access

The Associated Press is appearing in federal court in Washington over its emergency motion to undo the administration's move to shut its journalists out.

6 months ago

A Tesla Cybertruck parked at a dealership
Government Accountability
Transportation

A new document undercuts Trump admin’s denials about $400 million Tesla deal

The State Department claimed a plan to buy thousands of armored Teslas was left over from the Biden administration. Documents obtained by NPR show the Biden plan was smaller.

6 months ago

European leaders standing in a row outdoors in Kyiv showing solidarity with Ukraine
International
Military

Western leaders visit Kyiv and pledge military support against Russia on the war’s 3rd anniversary

World security is at stake in talks over how the war ends, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen warned.

6 months ago

A bouquet of white flowers placed outside the headquarters of the United States Agency for International Development
Employment
Government
National

Trump administration putting USAID staffers on leave worldwide and firing at least 1,600

The move escalates a monthlong assault on the U.S. Agency for International Development that has closed its D.C. headquarters and shut down thousands of programs worldwide.

6 months ago

Elon Musk sitting and speaking
Employment
Government
National

Elon Musk said all federal workers must explain last week’s work. Key federal agencies are refusing to comply

Trump's cost-cutting chief said Saturday that failure to respond to the demand would be taken as a resignation. Agencies like the FBI and Pentagon told workers not to comply.

6 months ago

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