Dave Davies

Stamberg died last week at the age of 87.

Next, we're going to listen to some of an interview Terry recorded just four years ago in 2021 on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of NPR and All Things Considered.

She spoke to Susan and Bill Seemering, who was the first director of programming at NPR.

He created All Things Considered and wrote the network's first mission statement, saying that NPR should reflect the diversity of America and let the country hear itself.

From 1978 to 1987, Seemering was station manager here at WHYY, where he played a critical role in making Fresh Air, then a local product, a daily national show.

He also hired me in 1982.

In their interview, Terry asked Susan about the first days of All Things Considered when Susan was a production assistant on the show.

Susan Stamberg and Bill Seemering spoke with Terry Gross in 2021.

We'll hear more of their conversation after a break.

This is Fresh Air.

This is Fresh Air, and we're remembering NPR's Susan Stamberg, who became the first woman to anchor a nightly news program when she hosted All Things Considered in 1972.

In 2021, Terry spoke with Susan and Bill Seemering, who, as NPR's Director of Programming, made Susan anchor of the flagship program.

Susan Stamberg and Bill Seemering spoke with Terry Gross in 2021 on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of NPR and All Things Considered.

Stamberg died last week at the age of 87.

On Monday's show, we'll speak with Cameron Crowe, who made the films Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Jerry Maguire, Say Anything, and Almost Famous.

His new memoir shows how his life parallels Almost Famous, the story of how a boy in his mid-teens gets to write about his rock heroes for Rolling Stone and grows up along the way.

I hope you can join us.

Fresh Air's executive producer is Danny Miller.

Sam Brigger is our managing producer.

Our senior producer today is Roberta Shorrock.