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Re:Ira Glass: Public radio can capitalize on its popularity ... by dublinben on Tuesday May 19, 2015 @06:17PM (#9573537)
>Radiolab, Planet Money and Freakonomics are my bread and butter NPR shows

It's interesting that you list those three (excellent) shows as examples. Only Planet Money is actually produced or distributed by NPR themselves. Radiolab and Freakonomics are both productions of WNYC.

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Re:Ira Glass: Public radio can capitalize on its popularity ... by kbenson on Tuesday May 19, 2015 @07:39PM (#9573841)
I imagine it's not quite as simple as that. I imagine NPR member stations that broadcast those programs kick back some portion of their donations/underwriting to help fund them, and that gets passed along to WNYC/Radiolab/Freakonomics. I know there are some programs that bill themselves as joint ventures of the local station and NPR, PRI, or APB.
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