Amanda Aronchik

So our next question is from a listener named Jane Gray. This one is about the media. It impacts us. We get this question a lot. And I decided to bring it to Brooke Gladstone. She is the co-host of the public radio show On the Media. And she's just finished reporting an episode about public broadcasting funding. I read her the listener question.

What is the likelihood that Trump's administration will cut funding for NPR?

What is the likelihood that Trump's administration will cut funding for NPR?

What is the likelihood that Trump's administration will cut funding for NPR?

One of Brooke's first media gigs back in the 1980s was writing for Current, which is like this industry trade magazine. So since the very beginning of her media career, Brooke has seen many attempts to cut funding to public broadcasting.

One of Brooke's first media gigs back in the 1980s was writing for Current, which is like this industry trade magazine. So since the very beginning of her media career, Brooke has seen many attempts to cut funding to public broadcasting.

One of Brooke's first media gigs back in the 1980s was writing for Current, which is like this industry trade magazine. So since the very beginning of her media career, Brooke has seen many attempts to cut funding to public broadcasting.

So first a little context. NPR and PBS get some of their funding from the government through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, or CPB, which was established by President Lyndon Johnson back in 1967 as part of his Great Society programs. A couple of years later, PBS was founded, then NPR.

So first a little context. NPR and PBS get some of their funding from the government through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, or CPB, which was established by President Lyndon Johnson back in 1967 as part of his Great Society programs. A couple of years later, PBS was founded, then NPR.

So first a little context. NPR and PBS get some of their funding from the government through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, or CPB, which was established by President Lyndon Johnson back in 1967 as part of his Great Society programs. A couple of years later, PBS was founded, then NPR.

But almost immediately after Richard Nixon took office in 1969, Nixon tried to cut its proposed funding. He did not like being criticized, and he saw the media as his adversary. So that year, Mr. Rogers, who is still establishing himself and his neighborhood as this educational place on television for children, he goes to testify before a Senate committee about the value of public television.

But almost immediately after Richard Nixon took office in 1969, Nixon tried to cut its proposed funding. He did not like being criticized, and he saw the media as his adversary. So that year, Mr. Rogers, who is still establishing himself and his neighborhood as this educational place on television for children, he goes to testify before a Senate committee about the value of public television.

But almost immediately after Richard Nixon took office in 1969, Nixon tried to cut its proposed funding. He did not like being criticized, and he saw the media as his adversary. So that year, Mr. Rogers, who is still establishing himself and his neighborhood as this educational place on television for children, he goes to testify before a Senate committee about the value of public television.

At that time, those goosebumps did help keep the CPB's funding intact. But when President Nixon was reelected in 1972, he again targeted the CPB and vetoed a measure that would have given it more funding. So in the next administration, in an attempt to protect CPB's funding, The Public Broadcasting Financing Act of 1975 gets passed. And this is important.

At that time, those goosebumps did help keep the CPB's funding intact. But when President Nixon was reelected in 1972, he again targeted the CPB and vetoed a measure that would have given it more funding. So in the next administration, in an attempt to protect CPB's funding, The Public Broadcasting Financing Act of 1975 gets passed. And this is important.

At that time, those goosebumps did help keep the CPB's funding intact. But when President Nixon was reelected in 1972, he again targeted the CPB and vetoed a measure that would have given it more funding. So in the next administration, in an attempt to protect CPB's funding, The Public Broadcasting Financing Act of 1975 gets passed. And this is important.

In that act, there is a guarantee that the CPB would have this kind of unique budget.

In that act, there is a guarantee that the CPB would have this kind of unique budget.

In that act, there is a guarantee that the CPB would have this kind of unique budget.

That means that this year's CPB budget was already set and appropriated two years ago.