i'm 21 and was introduced to NPR about a year ago on the job. and i haven't looked back yet. it's basically all i ever listen to until the second or so loop of BBC World News, and even then i'll flip back and forth.

what are some of your favorite shows? i like Science Friday, of course, but my favorite is This American Life.

do your local stations produce their own shows? here in charlotte we have a great show aptly titled Charlotte Talks.

what are the broadcasting schedules like in your area?

i think there are tons of people in my generation, and younger, who would love NPR if they even knew it existed, or if it didn't have that SNL "Schwetty Balls" crap attached to it. yes, some of the programming can be a little dry (for some people), but most of it is very engaging.

i say spread the word and get NPR some more well-deserved recognition.

oh, and don't forget to pledge. i scored four IMAX tickets good for any movie i choose.

I, too, enjoy NPR. I agree it can get a little Melba-toasty for me on occasion, but I love Studio 360 (which is not produced by NPR but can be heard there occasionally). If you enjoy NPR, you'll most likely enjoy Studio 360.

http://www.wnyc.org/studio360/

Oh, and Brian Leherer is great, too.

I've been listening to All Things Considered pretty regularly for twenty one years now. And it makes me feel old to be able to say that.

Good stuff...!

I have about a 20 minute commute to work each morning & listen to the news on NPR on the way there.
[stuck listening to top 40 crap-rock most of the day courtesy of my boss' son... God help him, if he ever thought deeper than which NASCAR driver he likes, I think he'd have a stroke. At least it's a Canadian station, so there are some peculiar grooves to enjoy which you won't hear on American radio.]
Afterwords, I usually catch All Things Considered... Like Science Friday, too.
Last week's show with the author of "Sneaky Uses For Everyday Things" was a good one. Fresh Air is another I'll usually check out.
This American Life is OK, but for some reason I find I want to punch the host in the nose... guess it's just his voice. ;)

yeah, he does have a distinct intonation, but those stories just blow my mind, even the ones where you think you're going to turn the channel. the archives are at www.thislife.org. if anyone is interested look for the one about Superman, i think it is a short story (edit: its called "How to win friends and influence people" the story i'm talking about is act four-toward the end but the whole thing is good.). frickin great. also the one about the guy that cleans up murder and death sites.

Definately. My g-pa introduced me to it a few years ago and have been listening ever since. People at school do look at me weird when they ask what I listen to and I say "National Public Radio, your source for national news and classical music. You are listening to All Things Considered."

I'm partial to All Things Considered and [/i]The World[/i], which is a production by PRI (Public Radio International) but my local NPR station airs it from 2-3pm.

The other syndicated shows they do that are great are Fresh Air and The Diane Rehm Show, both are good interview shows that feature authors and politicians. Diane Rehm allows callers and often has a panel or opposing viewpoints on the same show. Terri Gross usually sticks to one-on-one interviews and doesn't have a call-in option. Gross' questions are the best of any interviewer I've listened to and her more famous interviews include Gene Simmons and Bill O'Reilly, both of whom made fools of themselves! But she's interviewed just about everyone and anyone in politics, showbusiness, literature, and the arts. I recommend Fresh Air (http://freshair.npr.org/)... check out a show online.

My local station, KERA, has another interview show that's very good also: The Glenn Mitchell Show. This show isn't syndicated, but he interviews some interesting people from around the world, often authors. You can hear it via the "Listen Live" link (http://www.kera.org/radio/GMS/)between 12:00 and 2:00pm CST, Mon-Fri. Tomorrow (4/13) he's interviewing Greil Marcus, the author of Like a Rolling Stone: Bob Dylan at the Crossroads in the first hour and Tom Schatz, the author of The Pig Book: How Government Wastes Your Money.

But on Thursday, Glenn is interviewing Dr. Edward Baker, a Supervisory Oceanographer at NOAA's Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory in Seattle. They'll be talking about seafloor hydrothermal systems and their effect on the deep ocean. Glenn always takes callers and email questions on the air throughout the show.

The good thing about NPR is that you can listen to just about any show via the internet without too much trouble. Some shows, like All Things Considered, Diane Rehm, Fresh Air, etc. are even archived for years.

Yeah I enjoy NPR very much. Probably the best radio station where I live everything else sucks basically.

Oh I do so miss being able to listen to NPR. I occasionally try and catch some over the internet. Does this american life still run I really enjoyed some of those segments.

What is NPR?

What is NPR?


http://www.npr.org/

I love NPR! I like Fresh Air, Talk of the Nation, Day to Day, All Things Considered, Marketplace, FutureTense, Radio Times ect.

it's National Public Radio, kind of like PBS but better, imo. hands down the best way to get the news- as in depth as a newspaper, but less biased. plus they play some good music depending on your local programming schedule.

What is NPR?I feel bad for you. You are missing out.

I listen to Morning Edition and All Things Considered. On the Detroit affiliate, WDET 101.9, there is a really good afternoon show called The Martin VanDyke Show. He plays a bunch of really cool music.....Radiohead, Luna, old Bowie, a bunch of different stuff. Gotta love NPR!!!!!!!!

I like NPR because they have so little hype to it. There's something understated in their news that gives me a little hope. Watching CNN or Fox or listening to other news programs makes me feel so cynical. All the mainstream media's stories are there to yank chains and attract viewers. NPR has the ability to report stories that aren't all blood and guts and Terry Schiavo since they're non-profit.

I also like the 30 second breaks they take and play clips of awesome alternative bands. I heard a piece of Gorillaz on there the other day, and The Decemberists recently.

Publicly funded radio seems too much like a pyramid scheme for me. No thanks.

NPR is pretty much the only thing we listen to at the lab where I work.

I never miss "Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me", though I usually listen to it the week after on archives.

Besides those shows others have listed, I also regularly listen to "On the Media", "The Splendid Table", and "Car Talk".

We have a locally produced show "The People's Pharmacy", but I cosider the hosts to be a pair of quacks.

we get People's Pharmacy here too, but it's on a bit early for me.

NPR is pretty much the only thing we listen to at the lab where I work.
Yeah, ditto. Well, that and chick bands. What kind of lab do you work in?

I dont know if every classical stations got it, but there are two npr stations where I live and one of them had a show called "adventures in good musics with Carl Hass." it was like a daily class on classical music, you could learn so much about classical music from that guy, but he died. bummer =[

anyone hear the latest crap about cutting or stopping altogether funds to the CPB?

eso- yeah i got an email today from move-on.org to sign a petition against removing funds for public television including NPR:

Dear MoveOn member,
You know that email petition that keeps circulating about how Congress is slashing funding for NPR and PBS? Well, now it's actually true. (Really. Check the footnotes if you don't believe us.)

A House panel has voted to eliminate all public funding for NPR and PBS, starting with "Sesame Street," "Reading Rainbow," and other commercial-free children's shows. If approved, this would be the most severe cut in the history of public broadcasting, threatening to pull the plug on Big Bird, Cookie Monster and Oscar the Grouch.

Sign the petition telling Congress to save NPR and PBS:
http://www.moveon.org

Oops., btw youll have to look around the site for the petition I think. The URL I orginally posted was to the page for my specific signature. Or maybe this one will help:http://www.freepress.net/publicbroadcasting/=moveon

why would anyone want to cut NPR or pbs? I think they are an invaluable public service.

why would anyone want to cut NPR or pbs? I think they are an invaluable public service.


My guess is, that this administration is making all kinds of cuts in what they consider to be unnecessary programs, because theyve spent this country dry on their useless mindless pointless fucking terrorist murderfest war in Iraq. Thats just my meek humble opinion though. They could fund npr and pbs for a century on what the war cost them in just 5 days.,

NPR and PBS don't bend over and kiss butt to corporate and political entities but tell the news as it is: good or bad. This pisses off a lot of those in the far right or within christian fundamentalist sects. I think it irks them that the funding is public and from the government yet NPR/PBS still won't kiss their butts.

I remember PBS refusing to air a creationist-slanted program recently (most PBS stations anyway), which created a HUGE stir among the Christians for Family Values nutters (or whatever their cult is called -the same ones that say Spongebob is gay).

yeah true. That too. Did you sign up at moveon.org to sign the petitiion?

hey i say screw the petition. we could easily fund NPR, and then get the radio that we want to hear. just pledge to your local station religiously... or secularly... or all the time. give what you can when you can, and we'll all keep enjoying the best news and human interest money can buy.