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NPR's Robert Siegel Reflects on 30 Years of All Things Considered

WUFT | By Glenn Richards

Published January 9, 2018 at 5:47 PM EST

NPR All Things Considered Host, Robert Siegel, surrounded by his NPR Colleagues for his final broadcast.

On January 5th, 2018, following three decades as host of NPR’s All Things Considered, Robert Siegel retired. WUFT’s Dana Hill spoke with Siegel during the veteran newscaster’s final days at NPR, which he joined in 1976. Siegel concludes that “the overarching theme” he has observed is a shift from “a very predictable, if stable, order … into a very unpredictable world.”

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Glenn Richards

Glenn Richards is Operations Coordinator and local host for Morning Edition on WUFT-FM. His background includes 30+ years of radio in South Florida as an air personality, promotion director, and morning show producer (WSHE, WZTA, & WFLC). His previous education includes a Bachelor of Science in Communication from the University of Miami where he was also general manager of WVUM-FM. Upon his arrival in Gainesville in 2006 to pursue a telecommunication master’s degree at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, he worked as an air personality at WRUF-FM (both Rock104 and Country 103.7 The Gator). One of Glenn’s passions is local music. Since 1990, he has produced and hosted local music programs in both South Florida and Gainesville, playing demos and independent releases from unsigned artists, many of whom went on to national prominence including: Marilyn Manson, Sister Hazel, For Squirrels, Matchbox 20, Saigon Kick, Mary Karlzen, Nil Lara, Hundred Waters, and more.

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