Lynn Menegon

3 days ago | wusf.org | Lynn Menegon |Peter O'Dowd

A ceasefire brokered between Iran and Israel appears to be holding, even though missiles and accusations were still flying as it took effect Tuesday morning. Meanwhile, President Trump insists that the U.S. attack over the weekend destroyed Iran’s nuclear enrichment program, hitting one underground site — Fordo — with bunker-busting bombs.

4 days ago | tpr.org | Asma Khalid |Lynn Menegon

After the U.S. bombed three nuclear facilities in Iran, President Trump mused online about a regime change in the country. Meanwhile, the Associated Press reported that some residents of Tehran took to the streets on Sunday to protest the U.S. and its involvement in the conflict. “What I can see here in Iran from the social and political point of view, [the U.S.] made a mistake,” said Ali Safari, former news editor and Tehran resident.

2 weeks ago | boisestatepublicradio.org | James Trout |Lynn Menegon |Peter O'Dowd

Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd speaks with San Antonio-based fiddle player Belen Escobedo about the old-style barn dance music her grandfather taught her to play. Escobedo says when she plays the old songs nowadays, it makes men cry because they remember how their fathers taught them, too. Lynn Menegon produced and edited this interview for broadcast with Todd Mundt. James Trout mixed it for broadcast. This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

1 month ago | boisestatepublicradio.org | Lynn Menegon |Peter O'Dowd

Sen. Ron Johnson, a Republican from Wisconsin, says President Trump’s “big, beautiful” spending bill doesn’t do enough to reduce the deficit. In an interview with Here & Now’s Peter O’Dowd, Johnson criticized the bill for not bringing government spending back to pre-pandemic levels and didn’t answer whether he would commit to voting for it if Trump asked him to compromise. “I will talk to him,” Johnson said. Have you changed your mind on the bill?

1 month ago | boisestatepublicradio.org | Lynn Menegon |Peter O'Dowd

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) says President Trump’s “big, beautiful” spending bill doesn’t do enough to reduce the deficit. In an interview with Here & Now’s Peter O’Dowd, Johnson criticized the bill for not bringing spending back to pre-pandemic levels and didn’t answer whether he would commit to voting for it if Trump asked him to compromise. “I will talk to him,” Johnson said. Have you changed your mind on the bill?