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Libby Copeland January 28, 2016
Is Howard Stern Going Soft or Just Getting Sharper?Photo by Carsten S.

Is Howard Stern Going Soft or Just Getting Sharper?

Originally Published: Washington Post • December 14, 2015

“The Howard Stern Show” isn’t what it used to be, which is either evidence of his professional genius or a crying shame.

“You used to say bad things about me,” Madonna mused during a recent appearance on his satellite radio program. It’s true: He panned her acting; he dished filthy gossip about her. But now he was interviewing her as respectfully as an ambassador, drawing out stories about the time she dated rapper Tupac Shakur and her harrowing rape as a teenager. She cited her belief in the “science” of astrology, and her host didn’t utter so much as a snort.

“I used to say bad things about everybody,” Stern said, with an air of apology. “I was an angry young man.”

Those who stopped tuning in when the pioneer of shock jock culture left terrestrial radio for satellite a decade ago have no idea what they’re missing…

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Categories: Pop Culture, Washington Post Tags: Artie Lange, Bob Lefsetz, Daryl Hall, David Letterman, Howard Stern, Jackie Martling, John Melendez, Madonna, Marci Turk, pop culture, Stuttering John

Libby Copeland

Libby Copeland is an award-winning journalist who writes about culture, science and human behavior.
Her book, The Lost Family published March 3, 2020, looks at the impact of home DNA testing on the American family (sign up below for updates and events). A staff reporter and editor for The Washington Post for over a decade, she now writes from New York for publications including Slate, New York Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine, The New York Times, The New Republic, Fast Company, The Atlantic, Glamour and more. As a staffer at The Washington Post, she wrote feature stories from the 2008 presidential trail, the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, and the 2005 Michael Jackson molestation trial. Copeland has appeared on MSNBC, CNN and NPR. Read More…

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