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beachbumNC · Joined: 30 May 2007 Location: Gumi

the talk show thread inspired me to make this one. i dig me some NPR.

i really like Here and Now with Robin Young.

but i'm also a big fan of Wait! Wait! Don't Tell Me! and Praire Home Companion.

any other NPR fans?

Tony_Balony · Joined: 12 Apr 2007

I enjoy NPR on occasion largely due to the low pressure speaking tone of the DJ's. I like Whadaya Know and the music reviews sometimes and PHC. Andre Codrescu(?) is good, I "tyre" of the Car Guys sometimes and NPR makes those awful cunning linguist jokes too often. I recommend Art Bell.

However, NPR is a Marxist Leninist mouthpiece and I like to tease them about it. If they get me really upset, I seek to have them shut down.
They seem to run a long trail of victim stories and I always know what Scott Simon and Daniel Schorr will say.

I actually went to the office one time in DC. I appreciate our public radio because they can do entertainment well - WUWM the local affiliate in Milwaukee used to have a really good jazz show.

Happy listening and give more money when they come around and panhandle next time.

coler651 · Joined: 24 Jul 2007

NPR is a pro-government progangist mouthpiece

OiGirl · Joined: 23 Jan 2003 Location: Hoke-y-gun

Love:
Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me
Car Talk
This American Life
The Splendid Table
Whad'Ya Know?
all the daily and weekend news shows

Hate:
Prarie Home Companion
Only a Game

(I am aware that some of these shows are not NPR-produced.)

Love the podcasts so I can hear them at the correct time in Korea.

Spanishnative · Joined: 04 Sep 2006 Location: Seoul, South Korea

I enjoy NPR. Since people tend to think it's either socialist or a government mouthpiece, I would say they are doing a decent job at being neutral. They give air time to many views. My favorite being a discussion between the differing world views of Christianity (Liberation Theology vs Evangelism in Latin America). I like the daily news personally but the music selection is great.

yushin · Joined: 14 Oct 2006

why do all of the announcers have such terrible speaking voices? I mean all of them! They're supposed to be professional broadcasters after all...give me the BBC any day...

Qinella · Joined: 25 Feb 2005 Location: the crib

SuperFly · Joined: 09 Jul 2003 Location: In the doghouse

I like them all, used to listen to NPR nonstop back home...now I occaisionally get to the website and listen - but nothing like before.

Car talk is a great show.

jaderedux2 · Joined: 09 Jul 2007 Location: lurking just lurking

davai! · Joined: 04 Dec 2005 Location: Kuwait

There is (was?) a cool Reggae show on Sunday afternoons. But I love the ads(?) that tell you if you eat the equivalent of like a grape a day, you will live to be 130 years old.

No thanks!

OiGirl · Joined: 23 Jan 2003 Location: Hoke-y-gun

So...what's on your MP3 player?

Gopher · Joined: 04 Jun 2005

All Things Considered and Talk of the Nation. NPR is an excellent source of information and analysis re: American affairs.

dogshed · Joined: 28 Apr 2006

chaz47 · Joined: 11 Sep 2003

Did anybody mention "Chapter a Day" the weekend stuff rocks the most though, especially "Old Time Radio"? Does Harry Shearer still do his satire bit... awesome stuff... it makes me laugh just thinking about it... those mock conversations between George Sr. and Jr. where they address each other by their order in the presidential line.

Laughing

I got a hankerin' I think I'll check out that site.

jessie-b · Joined: 17 Apr 2006

How can someone hate Terri Gross? She's so smart and really listens to the people she interviews, asking such perceptive questions. I love her.

This American Life is great and my new favorite is Fair Game with Faith Saillie. SOOO funny. Its like the Daily Show, but on the radio.