Travis Bubenik

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NEWS: NPR's head of news and acting content chief announced she'll step down just days after Congress wiped out all federal funding for public media. Edith Chapin says she needs time away after holding two senior executive jobs for two years My story: npr.org/2025/07/22/nx-…

On this week's @nprpolitics podcast - a mention of @MarfaRadio's sleepcast! Listen around 19:00 for a clip of our special new ep of Marfa Public Radio Puts You To Sleep - featuring - The Rescissions Act of 2025 💤 npr.org/2025/07/25/125…

Need a new podcast for falling asleep? Local public radio has you covered. The latest episode of “Marfa Public Radio Puts You to Sleep” includes a full reading of the Recissions Act that clawed back funding from stations like this. Take a listen and 💤 marfapublicradio.org/podcast/marfa-…

Reminder that @MarfaRadio is hiring a reporter! Deadline for applications is tomorrow - Friday, 7/25. Details here: marfapublicradio.org/careers

scoop: donations to NPR and PBS stations have exploded, with donors across the country giving in unprecedented numbers since Congress cut federal funding nytimes.com/2025/07/24/bus…

"It’s the kind of direct and smoking gun type evidence that we almost never have in employment cases." Legal experts talk to @bigbendsentinel about Marfa City Council members caught talking about only considering male candidates for a city job: bigbendsentinel.com/2025/07/23/cit…

The Big Bend region is FINALLY out of "exceptional" drought - and down to just "extreme" drought! Only extreme! But hey we'll take it. Per latest @DroughtCenter report: droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap.aspx

"It would not only erase all current limits on greenhouse gas pollution from cars, factories, power plants and other sources. It would prevent future administrations from trying to tackle climate change..." nytimes.com/2025/07/22/cli…

Terlingua Creek is roaring again, per @txdotelp video: facebook.com/reel/129356281…

Tom Michael of @KBSX915 also founded @MarfaRadio - a Herculean effort - so he certainly speaks with authority on how funding cuts will hit rural stations - worth a listen: npr.org/2025/07/18/nx-…

Here are the details of the emergency fundraising campaign @MarfaRadio launched today: marfapublicradio.org/emergency

NEW: Texas NPR/PBS stations will lose millions from Congress' rescissions bill. Stations I spoke with said they're in new territory, with tough decisions ahead. Ft. @HoustonPubMedia, @YourKEDT and @MarfaRadio chron.com/culture/articl…

This is a moment for us to listen deeply to our community and reimagine how we serve you. Read a letter from our Executive Director Anne Pitts Marozas here: marfapublicradio.org/highlight/2025…

"Tonight, our network's service to the nation suffered a tremendous setback," NPR says. "Together — and with support from listeners and readers in communities around the nation — we will work to rebuild." npr.org/2025/07/18/g-s…

New: I teamed up with @elenalingshao and @nytgraphics to map more than 100 public TV and radio stations that are at risk of closing as a result of tonight's vote: nytimes.com/interactive/20… This is a time bomb that will go off in the fall, when the last federal grants run out.

By a partisan 216-213 vote, the House approved President Trump's request to pull back $8B in foreign aid and all $1.1B set aside for NPR, PBS and their stations for the next 2 yrs. Congress has now unraveled its role in public media stretching back more than a half-century.

Hosted an hour of music on @MarfaRadio featuring some of the best Texas pedal steel guitar players of old and new (which is def something you won’t hear on commercial radio in 2025 but anyways) mixcloud.com/MarfaPublicRad… (That’s my Sho Bud in the pic!)