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Susan Stamberg

Bonus Episode: Remembering Susan Stamberg

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Public radio icon Susan Stamberg died on October 16, 2025, at the age of 87. In this special episode, we pay tribute to Susan by listening back to our 2018 interview in which she discusses her New York accent, how early NPR audiences responded to hearing a woman deliver the nightly news, and what she listens for in a broadcast voice. The interview was part of an episode about women's voices in broadcasting, called "Breaking the Sound Barrier."

https://qa.jwa.org/podcasts/canwetalk/bonus-episode-remembering-susan-stamberg
Susan Stamberg

Susan Stamberg

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Washington D.C. Stories

Deborah Ross interviewed Susan Stamberg on March 28, 2011, in Washington DC, as part of the Washington D.C. Stories Oral History Project. Stamberg shares her groundbreaking experience as the first female national news anchor, highlighting her successful career in interviewing and her passion for the future of radio.

https://qa.jwa.org/oralhistories/stamberg-susan
Nina Totenberg

Nina Totenberg

Nina Totenberg has broken important stories on the United States Supreme Court during more than four decades of covering legal affairs for National Public Radio. She helped bring to public attention the previously hidden issue of sexual harassment during the controversial confirmation hearing of Justice Clarence Thomas and has received numerous accolades as a path-breaker in the male-dominated world of Washington journalism.   

Susan Stamberg

Susan Stamberg “Breaks the Sound Barrier”

June 19, 1972

Susan Stamberg became the first full-time anchor of a nightly national news program in the United States.

https://qa.jwa.org/thisweek/jun/19/1972/susan-stamberg-breaks-sound-barrier
Susan Stamberg

Episode 20: Breaking the Sound Barrier

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Why do women’s voices generate more criticism than men’s? Susan Stamberg – the first woman in America to host a nightly national news broadcast – talks with us about voice and gender bias, losing her New York accent, and becoming the sound of NPR. We also hear from Emily Bazelon of Slate’s Political Gabfest about the reception of her voice and owning her sound.

https://qa.jwa.org/podcasts/canwetalk/episode-20-on-womens-voices-with-susan-stamberg
Susan Stamberg and Sarah Koenig

Susan Stamberg / Sarah Koenig

Radio Hosts

Ruling the Airwaves

https://qa.jwa.org/powercouples/stamberg-koenig
Susan Stamberg

Susan Stamberg

Susan Stamberg, longtime host and special correspondent for National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered,” grew up on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, “a world that totally enwraps you in Jewishness.” While not an observant Jew, Susan nonetheless feels sociologically and ethnically Jewish, and credits Jewish values, among other things, for her interest in learning, opinion, and discussion.

https://qa.jwa.org/exhibits/dc/stamberg-susan

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