Yellow Springs

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Noah Adams, the longtime host of NPR's All Things Considered, died on October 16th at his home in Yellow Springs, Ohio.

He was 84.

Noah, a postman's son from Kentucky, was the host of ATC for some 18 years.

His quiet Appalachian baritone, the warmth of his voice, his curiosity, and empathy for the lives of working people, was part of the fabric of public radio for decades.

Noah's wife, Nina Ellis, who he met when she was a producer on All Things Considered, and who is station manager at WYSO, the community radio station in Yellow Springs, Ohio, where the two have lived for some 20 years, said this about Noah.

"He was looking for who was yearning, who was in pain, who needed help out in the country." Along with Deborah Amos and James Reston Jr., Noah produced one of the most important, powerful radio documentaries of the 20th century, Father Cares: The Last of Jonestown, about Jim Jones and the mass cult suicide and murder in Jonestown, Guyana.

Perhaps Father was evil decades before.

Individuals can drive Haitian kids to school because often parents aren't present or for an obvious reason can't get out of the house to drive them to school.

So there are things that, I mean, I'm sure there are people in this room who are doing these things, but certainly from, yeah, from Yellow Springs, there are things you can do in Springfield and there are, you know, there are Haitian churches and good communities with where one can coordinate.

Yeah, so absolutely, there are local things one can do.

Well, I'm thinking about the attention part of it.

And especially when it comes to information, that's very bad, right? Like if your neighbor said like, you know, hey, buddy, I'll fix your muffler for free.

You know, I don't know, maybe you would go along with it, but I didn't get the immediate reaction I expected.

Maybe everybody in Yellow Springs is super handy with mufflers.

But, like, in general, if your neighbor said, like, hey, you know, trust me, I can do a great job with your plumbing.

I'm like, you young whippersnapper.

I'm sitting with Chappelle at his house in Yellow Springs a couple years ago, maybe.

And I have the moment where you realize you're with Chappelle.

And I said... we've been just partying and bullshitting, talking about wives and, you know, life.

I'm like, you young whippersnapper.

I'm sitting with Chappelle at his house in Yellow Springs a couple years ago, maybe.

And I have the moment where you realize you're with Chappelle.

And I said... we've been just partying and bullshitting, talking about wives and, you know, life.

from the beginning.

So I immediately texted Claire and I actually texted Emily, my midwife too, because her practice is in Yellow Springs and that's an hour and 40 minutes, an hour and 30 minutes away.

So texted my husband.

He came home and Within an hour, they were between 40 seconds apart and a minute apart, 43 seconds, 53 seconds, and very intense.

Originally influenced by jazz and R&B singers such as Billie Holiday, Ray Charles, and Sam Cooke, Mia would go on to be possessed by a very different kind of music, punk rock.

In 1984, Mia enrolled at a liberal arts college in Yellow Springs, Ohio, and it's here that she and three of her close friends started a band they called The Gits.

Within no time, The Gits had developed a loyal following amidst the local underground punk scene, and the band saw such success that they decided to pursue their musical ambitions full-time.

In late 1989, the Gits relocated to Seattle, Washington to engage in the city's burgeoning grunge scene, with fellow musicians saying that their approach warranted immediate respect and interest.