Jeffrey Pierre is an editor and producer on the Education Desk, where helps the team manage workflows, coordinate member station coverage, social media and the NPR Ed newsletter. Before the Education Desk, he was a producer and director on Morning Edition and the Up First podcast.
William Troop is a supervising editor at All Things Considered. He works closely with everyone on the ATC team to plan, produce and edit shows 7 days a week. During his 30+ years in public radio, he has worked at NPR, at member station WAMU in Washington, and at The World, the international news program produced at station GBH in Boston. Troop was born in Mexico, to Mexican and Nicaraguan parents. He spent most of his childhood in Italy, where he picked up a passion for soccer that he still nurtures today. He speaks Spanish and Italian fluently, and is always curious to learn just how interconnected we all are.
Arkansas Classical Theatre presents "An Iliad" and "Penelope" in rotating rep at TheatreSquared, solo takes on Homer's epics with live music, July 16-19 and 22-24.
KUOW reporter Will James discusses "We Keep Us Safe," a new NPR podcast investigating the unsolved 2020 killing of 16-year-old Antonio Mays Jr. inside Seattle's CHOP protest zone.
Musicians Lacy Hampton, Pat Ryan Key and Ashtyn Barbaree discuss Les Fest, a benefit concert for Meteor Guitar Gallery founder Les Key, who is recovering from a fall.