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Rachel Martin has hosted Weekend Edition Sunday since 2012.

NPR Shifts Host Roles For 'Morning Edition,' 'Weekend Edition Sunday'

10:31am September 15, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

As Renee Montagne leaves the Morning Edition host seat, David Greene is relocating to the West Coast, Rachel Martin is moving to weekdays and Lulu Garcia-Navarro is taking over on Sundays.

Realistic-looking wooden pistols carved and painted by an inmate at the Walls Unit prison in Huntsville, Texas, in 1964. They were intended to be used in an escape attempt but were discovered by employees of the prison.

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From Homemade Weapons To Inmate Art, An Inside Look At Life Behind Bars

11:09am September 06, 2016

by John Burnett

The Texas Prison Museum displays wooden guns that look real, shanks made from spoons and a chess set carved from soap. The item that gets the most attention? An electric chair nicknamed Old Sparky.

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Single-belled baritones and euphoniums line the ceiling of the V&E Simonetti Historic Tuba Collection to make room for the bigger instruments on the floor and walls.

A Museum With Nearly 300 Brass Horns: You've Gotta See It Tuba-lieve It

1:57pm August 30, 2016

by NPR Staff

Vincent Simonetti started playing tuba in high school in the 1950s. It was love at first puff. Now he and his wife, Ethel, have filled a house in Durham, N.C., with tubas for the public to tour.

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Renee Montagne To Step Down As Host Of 'Morning Edition'

11:25am July 18, 2016

by Neda Ulaby

After a dozen years of arriving at work every weekday at midnight, Montagne says she's ready to try something new. She will become a special correspondent on Morning Edition.

Morning Edition listeners, now's your chance to create your own version of the program's theme.

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What's Your Take On Morning Edition's Theme?

10:41am April 26, 2016

by NPR Staff

Morning Edition listeners, now's your chance to create your own version of the show's theme music. Post your compositions to SoundCloud. We'll air our favorites in the coming weeks.

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Care For A Career Change-Up? These Stories Are Proof It's Never Too Late

12:11pm March 26, 2016

by NPR Staff

One of the keys to staying happy in your career as the years go by is finding a purpose or meaning to it. Sometimes that means rethinking your job in your middle years.

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Morning Edition staff, including Melissa Gray and Barry Gordemer, shown here in 2002, aren't immune to mistakes or sheer silliness.

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OOPS! 'Morning Edition's' Best Bloopers

4:27pm November 11, 2014

by NPR Staff

Morning Edition hosts recount and replay some of the show's less-than-perfect moments on the air.

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Happy Birthday, 'Morning Edition!' Member Station Hosts Celebrate

11:41am November 07, 2014

We're celebrating our 35th birthday this week with family. Here's to our hosts at member stations around the country. Thanks for making us look — and sound — so good.

BJ Leiderman is the composer of the theme music heard on NPR's Morning Edition, Weekend Edition and Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!

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The Man Behind The 'Morning Edition' Theme Music. Also, Lyrics!

2:26pm November 06, 2014

by NPR Staff

Composer BJ Leiderman talks about writing the show's theme music and sings some of the lyrics that accompany that catchy tune.

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Bob Edwards was the host of Morning Edition from its 1979 inception until 2004.

'Morning Edition' Celebrates 35 Years With A Trip Down Memory Lane

2:32pm November 05, 2014

On this day in 1979, Morning Edition broadcast its first show, bringing a new style of storytelling to the early-drive-time airwaves. That first show was hosted by Bob Edwards and Barbara Hoctor.

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