Wes ("Scoop") Nisker (born 1942) is an author,

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commentator, comedian, and

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meditation instructor. Nisker was a fixture on the

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original free-form radio station KSAN in the late 60's and 70's, and later was heard regularly on

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. He has become well known for the catchphrase, "If you don't like the news ... go out and make some of your own," which he used as the title for a 1994 book. His radio features could be unconventional, like this traffic report: "People are driving to work to earn the money to pay for the cars they're driving to work in. Back to you." He and his books have been covered in various publications of record. He is the founder and co-editor of the international

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journal ''Inquiring Mind''.Spirit Rock Teachers: Wes Nisker
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
in Marin County, California. Steve Feinstein of '' Radio & Records'' wrote of Nisker's work in 1985: "Nisker is the dean of FM rock radio newspeople. Since 1968 and the days of progressive pioneer KSAN, he's been crafting irreverent, satirical

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s that present news as an ongoing drama in the theater of life. The timing and rhythm of his work brings to mind music; no wonder that two record,albums have compiled his newscasts." Nisker is Jewish and his father was a Jewish immigrant from

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1942 births Jewish American writers American people of Polish-Jewish descent Living people People from the San Francisco Bay Area American spiritual writers Radio personalities from San Francisco American non-fiction writers American magazine editors Students of S. N. Goenka 21st-century American Jews {{US-radio-bio-stub