What it takes to make a Tiny Desk Concert

举办一场小小桌面音乐会所需要素

The NPR Politics Podcast

2025-11-28

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NPR's Tiny Desk Concerts, first launched on a whim in 2008, attract millions of viewers. In this episode of Consider This from NPR, we hear from two members of the NPR music team on what they love about producing and sharing Tiny Desk performances with the world.  Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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  • Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast.

  • I'm Ashley Lopez.

  • I cover politics.

  • And today on the show, we want to give you a little bit of a treat,

  • especially as we all sit around digesting our Thanksgiving leftovers.

  • Our friends at the podcast Consider This took a behind-the-scenes look at one of the neatest things we do at NPR,

  • the tiny desk concerts.

  • We wanted to bring that to you today.

  • After a quick break, NPR Sasha Pfeiffer.

  • All reporters at NPR, including me,

  • are very pleased when our stories generate a lot of public interest when they get seen and heard on air and online by thousands and sometimes millions of readers and listeners.

  • But everyone at NPR is well aware that there's one team here whose work is much more widely known than any single story.

  • I'm Taylor.

  • Welcome to my tiny desk concert.

  • I'm talking about the Tiny Desk concert series.

  • That's where musicians ranging from little-known bands to superstar recording artists perform behind what is literally a tiny desk in an office at NPR.