{"id":32809,"date":"2018-06-14T06:11:04","date_gmt":"2018-06-14T10:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=32809"},"modified":"2018-06-14T06:11:04","modified_gmt":"2018-06-14T10:11:04","slug":"npr-radio-dodo-creates-bedtime-stories-for-syrian-refugees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/npr-radio-dodo-creates-bedtime-stories-for-syrian-refugees\/","title":{"rendered":"NPR: &#8216;Radio Dodo&#8217; Creates Bedtime Stories For Syrian Refugees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Syria-MAp.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-32810\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Syria-MAp.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Syria-MAp.jpeg 952w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Syria-MAp-300x118.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Syria-MAp-768x301.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Syria-MAp-624x244.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2018\/06\/13\/619672905\/radio-dodo-creates-bedtime-stories-for-syrian-refugees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NPR<\/a> via Eric McFadden)<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>NPR&#8217;s Ari Shapiro talks to Brigitte Alepin, the creator of &#8220;Radio Dodo,&#8221; or Sleepytime Radio, a program that creates bedtime stories for Syrian refugees.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"NPR embedded audio player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/player\/embed\/619672905\/619672914\" width=\"100%\" height=\"290\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2018\/06\/13\/619672905\/radio-dodo-creates-bedtime-stories-for-syrian-refugees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to read the full transcript or listen to the story via NPR.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Source: NPR via Eric McFadden) NPR&#8217;s Ari Shapiro talks to Brigitte Alepin, the creator of &#8220;Radio Dodo,&#8221; or Sleepytime Radio, a program that creates bedtime stories for Syrian refugees. Click here to read the full transcript or listen to the story via NPR.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[56,3],"tags":[2887,20,7115,1924,2888,102],"class_list":["post-32809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-news","tag-eric-mcfadden","tag-npr","tag-radio-dodo","tag-syria","tag-wd8rif","tag-why-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-8xb","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":28593,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/npr-amateur-radio-operators-stepped-in-to-help-communications-with-puerto-rico\/","url_meta":{"origin":32809,"position":0},"title":"NPR: Amateur Radio Operators Stepped In To Help Communications With Puerto Rico","author":"Thomas","date":"September 29, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: NPR via Eric, WD8RIF) Volunteer HAM operators have set up informal radio networks to connect family and friends with their loved ones in Puerto Rico. 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