I've really become a fan of NPR these last two months. I don't listen to it everyday, sometimes i need music while I work but i've really taken a liking to their programs. Some of the music programs that come on saturday nights are great too. I've always gotten a kick out of Prairie Home Companion but am never around the radio to hear it many saturday nights. The Thistle & Shamrock is awesome too if you like celtic music.

So here it is..a thread to show how much you appreciate NPR.

oh and Science Friday today, Yes!

2/1/2008 1:38:15 PM

i really

really


really


really

can't stand the lady that sounds like she had a stroke

2/1/2008 1:38:43 PM

OH YEAH!!! I meant to mention her. yeah that's the one program i have to change when its on.



She sounds like she......is.....going....to die....right....on the.....rrrradioo

2/1/2008 1:39:43 PM

Diane Rehm

2/1/2008 1:41:33 PM

I have been listening to NPR for a few years now. There are a ton of good shows. The story with Dick Gordon, this american life, wait wait don't tell me, state of things, etc. are all awesome.

Diane Rehm is the lady with the weird voice. I used to be distracted by her voice but I am used to it now, and she has some good shows sometimes.


I love NPR.

2/1/2008 1:42:31 PM

i heard she's kinda cute


for a decrepid broad

2/1/2008 1:42:32 PM

not a stroke but spasmodic dysphonia (whatever that is...)

yeah, keeping her on is the downside of the liberal douchieness

she should retire for the sake of all radio

2/1/2008 1:43:29 PM

she should die for the sake of my ears

[Edited on February 1, 2008 at 1:44 PM. Reason : sake]

2/1/2008 1:44:44 PM

she has some sort of vocal cord malady

2/1/2008 1:46:09 PM

One night while I was camping I was laying down next to the fire and I had my little fm radio playing to hear Prairie home companion. after that, Thistle & Shamrock, and then a program came on and the music was very much like monkish chanting, and that type of music. It may have been a local program (i was in surry county, so from the triad NPR channel). is anyone familiar with that program?

[Edited on February 1, 2008 at 2:00 PM. Reason : SCIENCE FRIDAY WOOT!]

2/1/2008 1:54:10 PM

nevermind, it was Music of the Millenium from the local station.

2/1/2008 2:07:46 PM

signed!

2/1/2008 2:19:02 PM

Quote :

"can't stand the lady that sounds like she had a stroke"

Diane Rehm!!!! I CANNOT STAND HER EITHER!!!

I LOVE NPR!!!

2/1/2008 2:20:31 PM

i <3 npr

2/1/2008 2:22:10 PM

2/1/2008 2:33:29 PM

i can take about 10 minutes tops of npr

10 minutes tops

2/1/2008 2:35:16 PM

poor jokes don't really go well round here

[Edited on February 1, 2008 at 2:36 PM. Reason : edit]

2/1/2008 2:35:52 PM

Diane Rehm



I expected her to look like this

2/1/2008 3:07:28 PM

I love NPR!! It's all I listen to in the car and at work (when I can), especially the Diane Rehm show. If I miss it I just download it, great for working out, oh and also The Story with Dick Gordon. I <3 Talk of the Nation too.

All Things Considered, Morning Edition, Fresh Air, BBC News Hour... pretty much the entire day's line-up for WUNC is the best thing ever, without NPR my day sucks.

And of course I'm a contributing listener.



Actually I dont think I have my car radio programmed to anything else.

2/1/2008 3:15:26 PM

Car Talk bitches

2/1/2008 3:22:58 PM

it's all politics

2/1/2008 3:23:41 PM

oh man NPR is great

2/1/2008 3:23:59 PM

Quote :

"One night while I was camping I was laying down next to the fire and I had my little fm radio playing to hear Prairie home companion. after that, Thistle & Shamrock, and then a program came on and the music was very much like monkish chanting, and that type of music. It may have been a local program (i was in surry county, so from the triad NPR channel). is anyone familiar with that program?"

2/1/2008 3:27:23 PM

that wasn't chanting

that was the hum of a plane's engine as it crashed to the ground

I know this. I've heard a lot of plane crashes.

2/1/2008 3:37:52 PM

gg on thread bridging

2/1/2008 3:41:32 PM

thxu

2/1/2008 3:43:08 PM

and Sound Opinions, I fucking love Sound Opinions.

2/1/2008 3:48:56 PM

the best things on NPR are car talk and BBC news. Sometimes prairie home companion.

The rest is meh to awful.

[Edited on February 1, 2008 at 3:49 PM. Reason : This american life is fucking terrible.]

2/1/2008 3:49:15 PM

man the Diane Rehm show as actually a great listen today.


mostly because she wasn't hosting it

3/7/2008 11:01:40 AM

when i hear Diane Rehm's voice, my ears bleed.

i don't see how anybody could stand to listen to that woman's voice. god it's painful.

other than that, i <3 npr.

3/7/2008 11:20:43 AM

yeah, I was livid with NPR when they replaced The Connection with Dick Gordon for the Diane Rehm show. I didn't realize that Dick went off the air at the time, and while it's good to have him back I think The Connection was a better show.

The Connection >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Diane Rehm

3/7/2008 11:29:22 AM

This American life is one of the greatest shows EVER.

3/7/2008 11:33:19 AM

Quote :

"and Sound Opinions, I fucking love Sound Opinions. "

3/7/2008 11:35:10 AM

NPR is the only radio station I listen to besides the classical station.

I really like This American Life most of the time. Exceptions: they have some boring shows, and there's the woman with the nasally voice and the slight lisp; she's like an unfunny female David Sedaris. Can't stand her.

Wait Wait is usually pretty good. Paula Poundstone is really hit or miss. I find Mo Rocca way funnier on the Daily Show than on WWDTM.

Car Talk is great.

Marketplace is actually pretty entertaining given the dry topic.

Sound Opinions is pretty good. Last week I turned on my radio and Missy Elliott was playing and I was like WTF? And there's NPR, talking about Timbaland. I thought that was cool.

[Edited on March 7, 2008 at 12:14 PM. Reason : -]

3/7/2008 12:13:18 PM

DON'T YOU BESMIRCH THE NAME OF SARAH VOWELL

3/7/2008 12:14:29 PM

I WILL DIAL BACK THE BESMIRCHITUDE WHEN SHE BEGINS TO ENTERTAIN

3/7/2008 12:16:23 PM

I love Car Talk and Wait Wait Don't Tell Me

it's my 2 hours of good weekend listening!

3/7/2008 12:16:43 PM

grrr, I can't stand Car Talk. It is two guys with really annoying accents laughing at each other for an hour talking about cars vegans drive.

NPR is a bunch of self-important, latte-sipping, urban, leftists . . . it is also probably the best and most in-depth reporting on the radio.


So yeah, grudgingly, I'm a fan

3/7/2008 12:31:31 PM

on no other radio station can you hear anthony bourdain talk about johnny thunders dressing up to eat a free meal

3/7/2008 12:35:45 PM

i liked wait wait better before they had the panel of comedians

3/7/2008 12:38:11 PM

npr rocks
even heard The Rza on there doing an interview once

3/7/2008 12:39:55 PM

^^ yeah

3/7/2008 12:43:27 PM

I agree with this thread

3/7/2008 12:56:13 PM

Whoa...Diane Rehm does not look as old as I pictured her.

I looked up Terry Gross and she def does not look like what I expected and I love Faith Salie's voice from Fair Game and she does not look like what I expected either.

I have no idea where I get the images in my head of what I think these people look like.

3/7/2008 1:13:18 PM

I dont listen to anything but NPR and my CDs.

3/7/2008 1:14:38 PM

Peter Sagal is a sex fiend freak and I <3 Carl Kasell's voice. I would love to win at Wait Wait and get Carl Kasell to do my msg for my voice mail.

3/7/2008 1:18:10 PM

my local npr station (charlotte 88.5) rocks on saturday nights.

prarie home, thistle and shamrock, jazz out of the mainstream

3/7/2008 1:20:13 PM

Quote :

"man the Diane Rehm show as actually a great listen today. mostly because she wasn't hosting it "

Its the only time I can listen for more than 5 minutes. Other than her show npr is great!

[Edited on March 7, 2008 at 1:32 PM. Reason : *]

3/7/2008 1:32:02 PM

Radiolab

3/7/2008 2:08:36 PM

I get "wait wait don't tell me" on facebook. damn thats kind of sad

3/7/2008 2:25:53 PM