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How You Think NPR Reporters Look Vs. How They Actually Do
Radio is theater of the mind, right?
Imagined Larry Mantle

Actual Larry Mantle

Imagined Lakshmee Sang

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Actual Lakshmi Singh

Via publicbroadcasting.net
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Imagined Ari Shapiro

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Imagined Steve Chiatakiss

Actual Steve Chiotakis

Via Facebook: thisisnpr
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Imagined Audie Cornish

Actual Audie Cornish

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Imagined Steve Inskeep

Actual Steve Inskeep

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Imagined Terry Gross

Actual Terry Gross

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Imagined Alex Cohen

Actual Alex Cohen

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Imagined Ira Glass

Actual Ira Glass

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