Current's The Pub

If you work in public radio, you might just be on a sugar detox right now. And no, that's not a comment on the stereotypically healthy diets of public media staffers. Public radio folks across the country recently took part in the 6th annual Public Radio Cake Week. The tradition started at Vermont Public Radio when several staffers' birthdays fell around the same time in April. Rather than have one cake to celebrate, the station leaned into the sugar consumption and celebrated with a week of cake. As other member stations learned about the sugar binge, the event took on a competitive quality. Stations spend all week baking, with each day centered around themes like news story of the year, historic events depicted in cake, "this is not a cake," station pride and public radio stereotypes. This year a record number of stations participated with cakes that were as visually impressive as they were hilarious and, one can assume, delicious. On this week's episode of The Pub, we hear from four Cake Week winners about