All right, so today is the first day in the entire history of NPR,
more than 50 years, that we are broadcasting,
reporting, and fulfilling our public mission without federal funding.
Here's what I know.
We will not easily be silenced.
We will continue to be advocates for the truth, for facts.
We will ask the questions our listeners, the American public,
want the answers to, even if those we're asking don't like our questions.
With your support, my co-hosts and I will be here every morning to do this show,
and our journalists around this country and the world will keep you informed.
We're not going anywhere because we're powered by you, the public, and we're accountable to you.
the public.
Thank you for always supporting this vital work.
So Leila, I don't know if you're gonna be surprised by this,
but I used to be a pretty one-dimensional kind of guy.
All I cared about was sports and nothing else until... public radio.
Public radio really changed my world.
It opened up a curiosity that I didn't know I had and I think I became a better person.
And it's because people support public radio support the things we do here at NPR.
So thank you to everyone that supports us and will keep supporting us in the future.