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Opinion: Susan Stamberg, trailblazer and NPR Founding Mother, retires

todaySeptember 6, 2025 3

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Susan Stamberg at a microphone, age 25. Later, as the host of <em>All Things Considered,</em> she was the first woman to be a full-time anchor of a U.S. national nightly news broadcast.

NPR Founding Mother Susan Stamberg is retiring. She became the first woman to anchor a nightly national news program in 1972, and helped loosen up the serious, stodgy sound of radio hosts.

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