In an interview recorded February 9, 2023 Doug Mitchell discusses growing up with routine exposure to legacy news sources including Walter Cronkite and the Watergate Hearings, as well as his earliest ventures literally slipping into NPR and taking on production work with various programs. Mitchell then talks about launching the NPR Next Generation Radio Project, and the hundreds of people it’s helped find their calling in public media and other areas.

In an interview recorded December 11, 2024 Nina Totenberg discusses her early years beginning with National Public Radio, her coverage of the Anita Hill-Clarence Thomas controversy, and getting rushed to the ER after a tape-splicing accident. Totenberg also reflects on fighting shyness and imposter syndrome, and why she doesn't play Wordle.