The Media Show: Can NPR survive Trump’s cuts?

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  This BBC podcast is supported by ads outside the UK.

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  Good Bad Billionaire is back for a brand new season.

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  And this time, we're shaking things up on the podcast,

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  looking back on the lives and fortunes of US industry titans.

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  From one of the founders of the American retail giant Walmart, Sam Walton.

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  To the aviator, filmmaker, property tycoon,

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  playboy and original eccentric billionaire, Howard Hughes.

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  Simon and I are asking if they were good, bad or just another billionaire.

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  That's Good Bad Dead Billionaire from the BBC World Service.

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  With me, Zing Zing.

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  And me, Simon Jack.

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  Listen now, search for Good Bad... billionaire wherever you get your BBC podcasts.

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  Welcome to The Explanation from the BBC World Service.

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  I'm Roz Atkins and this is The Media Show.

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  We're here to explain the trends behind the fast-changing media landscape.

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  This week on The Media Show we'll look... at NPR,

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  National Public Radio in the US and its efforts to resist cuts to its federal funding.

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  We'll learn about the Hajj in Saudi Arabia as a media event and we'll look at Apple's long history of investing in China.

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  That's all coming up on The Media Show.

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  National Public Radio, NPR,

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