Sam Sanders
Sam worked at Vermont Public Radio from October 1978 to September 2017 in various capacities – almost always involving audio engineering. He excels at sound engineering for live performances.
Sam has been an audio engineer for most of his professional life. From 1965 to 1978 he was the Supervising Audio Technician at the New York Public Library Record Archives at Lincoln Center.
He enjoys camping, hiking, canoeing, and contra dancing; and he loves to travel, especially to Peru and the Caribbean. Sam has served for many years as a volunteer in response to the AIDS epidemic.
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![Tearful Ted Cruz supporter Linda Bond hugs another supporter after her candidate exited the race Tuesday night. "[I'm] sad, hurt. Hurt by Americans," Bond said. "I believe that they had an opportunity of a lifetime and instead gave in to anger and emotion instead of thought."](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/7a7b0eb/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3024x1685+0+8/resize/280x156!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2016%2F05%2F04%2Fundefined_wide-231d441b810f6fbe3b94308e74a31ab3dab89c68.jpg)
It would be hard to overstate the amount of tears that were shed in that room after Cruz's announcement. There were cries that shake your chest cavity. Tears that run your makeup off your face. -
Washington's biggest night has gotten big because of all the parties happening around the main event. A weekend of nerd prom excess could be seen as D.C. at its worst, or D.C. at its best. -
There are a few ways to deal with a noisy protester. Sometimes, a politician needs to act like a stand-up comic — command the stage, let them have their say, but have a comeback. -
Over the course of just one day, Harriet Tubman and her new place on our money came to represent the eternal timeline of Internet phenomena. -
This week's Democratic debate seemed to be the noisiest yet. And The Internet did not like that. -
The state attorney for Palm Beach OCunty refused to go forward with battery charges against Corey Lewandoswki over his pulling and grabbing a journalist after a Trump press conference. -
Oregon Democrat Jeff Merkley has backed Sanders, which could help him in Oregon's May 17 primary. Hillary Clinton has far more endorsements from Congress — a big part of her superdelegate lead. -
The presidential candidate took a two-stop ride on the New York City subway this week. It seemed to be a play at the authentic, but it may have turned out to be anything but. -
Defending his 1994 crime bill to a protester, Clinton said: "You are defending the people who kill the lives you say matter."
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The president decried the media's role in and responsibility for the current political climate — and this campaign — at a journalism award dinner Monday night.
![Tearful Ted Cruz supporter Linda Bond hugs another supporter after her candidate exited the race Tuesday night. "[I'm] sad, hurt. Hurt by Americans," Bond said. "I believe that they had an opportunity of a lifetime and instead gave in to anger and emotion instead of thought."](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/8a193c1/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3024x1685+0+8/resize/560x312!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2016%2F05%2F04%2Fundefined_wide-231d441b810f6fbe3b94308e74a31ab3dab89c68.jpg)
