Julie Depenbrock
Julie Depenbrock (she/her) is a producer/director for Morning Edition and Up First. Previously, she worked at The Washington Post and on WAMU's Kojo Nnamdi Show. Depenbrock holds a master's in journalism with a focus in investigative reporting from the University of Maryland. Before she became a journalist, she was a first grade teacher in Rosebud, South Dakota. Depenbrock double-majored in French and English at Lafayette College. She has a particular interest in covering education, LGBTQ issues and the environment. She loves dogs, hiking, yoga and reading books for work (and pleasure). [Copyright 2025 NPR]
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Sorry, Baby follows a professor's life before and after a sexual assault. Writer-director Eva Victor talks to Morning Edition about telling the story through comedy -
Journalist and author Isabel Wilkerson reflects on this year's Juneteenth celebrations — and the push and pull of the Black experience in America. -
NPR's A Martínez speaks with Orville Schell, director of the Center on U.S.-China Relations at the Asia Society, about the escalating trade war between the U.S. and China. -
Scientists in New Zealand believe they may have the first-ever recording of a shark making noise. -
Paul Rudd stars in the new comedy-horror film Death of a Unicorn as a meek father who hits a unicorn with his car — and soon learns that's a very bad thing to do. -
The National Medal of Honor Museum opened this month in Arlington, Texas. Chris Cassidy, the museum's president and CEO, discusses its origins and what it's meant to inspire. -
Oscar-winning film Flow has caught the eye of many pets. Here's what a researcher told NPR our furry friends might pay attention to on the screen. -
After a 16-year prohibition, a group of Virginia watermen voted to reinstate winter crab dredging. Many argue the decision puts the blue crab's fragile population in jeopardy. -
Two Alaska moms create a Yup'ik alphabet coloring book, with an Iñupiaq one next in line.
