Barry Gordemer
Barry Gordemer is an award-winning producer, editor, and director for NPR's Morning Edition. He's helped produce and direct NPR coverage of two Persian Gulf wars, eight presidential elections, the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, and hurricanes Katrina and Harvey. He's also produced numerous profiles of actors, musicians, and writers.
His career in radio spans more than 30 years, beginning at NPR member station WFAE in Charlotte, North Carolina, and includes stops at Minnesota Public Radio and A Prairie Home Companion.
In 2000, Gordemer received special recognition from the George Foster Peabody Awards for his long-time service to Morning Edition.
Gordemer is also the founder of Handemonium, a company that designs and creates puppets for television and film.
In 2000, Gordemer performed on the CD Dreamosauraus. It received a Grammy nomination for "Best Musical Album for Kids."
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A voiceover artist adds hilarious voices to pet videos submitted by his fans on social media. -
NPR's Daniel Estrin talks to Emily Sieu Liebowitz and Laura Flam, the authors of But Will You Love Me Tomorrow. It's a collection of interviews of more than 100 members of girl groups in the 1960s.
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A father and daughter tell StoryCorp about their love for contra dancing. It's a folk dance similar to square dancing.
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The movie follows partners in music and life as they battle through breast cancer — while holding onto their sense of the comically absurd
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A growing number of people are saying "bottoms up" to alcohol-free cocktails
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National Symphony Orchestra Music Director Gianandrea Noseda is reshaping the ensemble's sound with the help of 17th and 18th century instruments he purchased secretly.
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Lasse Wellander, lead guitarist for the band ABBA, died Friday at the age of 70.
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Thomas Bangalter, formerly of French electronic music duo Daft Punk, has released a classical music album: the score to a ballet titled Mythologies that draws on American minimalism and Baroque works.
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Twenty years have passed since the U.S. invaded Iraq. Four people who witnessed it firsthand share their impressions.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Rebecca Roberts about her biography of First Lady Edith Wilson, Untold Power. After President Woodrow Wilson suffered a stroke, she made decisions for him.
