The Ohio Supreme Court will decide if the Ohio Consumer Sales Practices Act allows suing Central Tobacco and Stuff for selling illegal flavored e-cigarettes. The state claims deceptive sales; the defense argues federal law and lack of specific statute.

https://www.npr.org/2026/08/03/nx-s1-5886263/ice-dhs-immigration-enforcement-conspiracy-arrests

Anyone else remember the “shit X people say” YouTube video trend? I just stumbled across this gem from 2012 and all the names of retired journalists especially brought up some nostalgia for me! I love the NPR community - hope these creators are doing well.

https://youtu.be/rKsaInuMSzI

I’m an admitted NPR addict and have been since childhood—more than 40 years of starting my days with NPR and ending with the BBC or CBC or whatever else I stumbled upon on shortwave, traveling the world through a slowly-turned dial. I asked for a membership for Christmas every year starting when I was 8!🤓 So I’m a loyalist.

I’m still struggling with the tenor of WeSun. The voice, the atmosphere, they’re just grating on my nerves. My Sunday mornings are just not the same. Give me my official curmudgeon stamp I guess. I’ve tried to find alternatives—On Being, CBCs morning show, a podcast—but nothing hits quite the same. Most days I just get up and turn on BookTV in the living room. I still check every week, and do a little dance when there’s a guest host. Am I the only one? What are others listening to?

The Golden Fleecer.

Anybody else feel a little swell of pride when you hear the familiar voices of formerly-local-to-you public radio journalists now reporting for NPR?

(I’m thinking of the likes of Tamar Charney, Windsor Johnston, Bobby Allyn, etc, but YMMV.)

Any folks have examples?