More with NPR's Rob Schmitz: A correspondent's life - thanks to a father's lesson

from Roman on the Radio · host Nick Roman

Rob Schmitz looks back at 10 years as an NPR international correspondent, first in China and now in Germany. He talks about Europe's relationship now with the US; how Chinese EVs have left German automakers in the dust; and a scary night in an Israeli bomb sghelter, Ron also remembers the life lesson from his father that led him to an award-winning career as a public radio reporter.

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