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WAMU 88.5 Senior Administration

July 29, 2011
 

Caryn Mathes
Caryn Mathes,
General Manager

  

Mark McDonald
Mark McDonald,
Programming Director

Carey Needham
Carey Needham,
Senior Director, Business Administration

Walt Gillette
Walt Gillette, ACFRE,
Development Director

Anthony Hayes
Anthony Hayes,
Corporate Marketing
Director

Richard Cassidy
Dick Cassidy,
Content Operations Director

Meymo Lyons
Meymo Lyons,
Managing Editor, News

John Holt
John Holt,
Engineering Director

Paul Mozzocci
Paul Mozzocci,
Director of Special Events

Christopher Lewis
Christopher Lewis,
Director of Digital Media

Kathleen Allenbraugh
Kathleen Allenbaugh,
Director of Marketing and Communications

Arts & Culture

NPR

In 'Egghead,' A New Shel: Burnham Takes On Silverstein

Bo Burnham got his start in comedy on the internet, rather than in clubs. He found fame on YouTube and parlayed millions of views into a thriving career. Now, he's turned to the printed page with Egghead: or, You Can't Survive On Ideas Alone, a collection of comedic poetry modeled on Shel Silverstein.

Food

NPR

School Pulls All-Beef Burgers From Menu, Citing Complaints

Students in a Virginia school system are now eating hamburgers with additives in them, after officials heeded their complaints about the appearance and taste of all-beef burgers it had been serving. The burgers that are now being served include a reported 26 ingredients.

Politics

NPR

Politics Within The GOP Keeps Shutdown In Motion

As the partial government shutdown nears the start of its second week, Democrats say the only way out is for House Republicans to pass a clean spending bill to re-open the government with no changes to the Affordable Care Act. Some Republicans agree. So why don't moderate House Republicans rise up, and do something to end the shutdown?

Technology

NPR

Wanted: A New Generation of High-Tech Aviation Workers

Millions of U.S. factory jobs have been lost in the past decade. Now, in North Carolina, high school students are being encouraged to think about taking manufacturing jobs. But this isn't the furniture-making or textile labor of generations past — it's a new kind of highly technical work in aviation.