Sam Yellowhorse Kesler
Sam Yellowhorse Kesler is an Assistant Producer for Planet Money. Previously, he's held positions at NPR's Ask Me Another & All Things Considered, and was the inaugural Code Switch Fellow. Before NPR, he interned with World Cafe from WXPN. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, and continues to reside in Philadelphia. If you want to reach him, try looking in your phone contacts to see if he's there! You'd be surprised how many people are in there that you forgot about.
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Gretchen Rubin, host of the Happier podcast, explains the secret to happiness — and why knowing your personality type can help you make better decisions about what can bring you more joy. -
The Pantone company built a business by standardizing the way designers and companies communicate about color. But one artist is challenging their color monopoly.
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A food distribution company in Philadelphia, Pa., had a few too many avocados on hand. Its solution? Giving them away for free.
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The video game Citizen Sleeper critiques the gig economy in a cyberpunk "post-capitalist" future -
The number of people who identify as Native American on the U.S. Census has soared in recent years, which raises a lot of concerns in Native communities about people falsely claiming Native identity.
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Want to read and laugh? From NPR's yearly reading list, Books We Love, four NPR staffers offer their suggestions.
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Louise Erdrich's novel turns the trope of the haunted Indian burial ground on its head with the story of a Native-run bookstore being visited by the ghost of a white woman obsessed with indigeneity. -
Native American artists have brought an incredibly diverse array of sounds and styles to the Tiny Desk, representing just a slice of the breadth and beauty of Indigenous art.
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The Akimel Oʼotham folk singer performs four songs for her Tiny Desk (home) concert.
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From the Sheet'ka Kwaan Naa Kahidi community house, the Southeast Alaskan artist uses a combination of electronic and acoustic elements to fuel his Tiny Desk home concert.
