Ken Stern is President of Palisades Media Ventures and the author of With Charity for All and Republican Like Me: How I Left the Liberal Bubble and Learned to Love the Right.

[3] Additionally, Stern oversaw the April 2006 launch of NPR Berlin, an FM channel in Germany that marked the organization's move into international broadcasting.

It is expanding foreign coverage, winning more underwriting dollars, and forging into the digital age with online streams and podcasts.

[5] The next day, March 6, 2008, the NPR Board announced that Stern would be stepping down from his role as chief executive officer.

[9] Ken also wrote the book Republican Like Me: How I Left the Liberal Bubble and Learned to Love the Right.

In the book he chronicles his journey interviewing conservatives from all backgrounds and ends up becoming an independent voter.