NPR Master Thread

[Fedor]

It has been a long time coming folks, but here it is.  Time to chime in on your tax dollars at work.  Love it? Hate it? Love to hate it?  Hate to love it?   

[puniraptor]

i love it.

listen to it every drive to and from work. and listen as much as possible when driving long road trips. its like a champion podcast that never ends (except when hearts of space starts, thats pretty much the end)

[Emo EMAW]

Love it sometimes and love to hate it sometimes.  I do enjoy listening, I just don't agree with everything.  But they that's life right folks!  No reason to let it put a hitch in my giddy up!

[puniraptor]

what dont you agree with?

[Fedor]

I love The Writers Almanac, really makes me ponder some stuff while I head into work.  Wait Wait Don't Tell Me  is a real hoot as well. 

However, I have a problem with how they seem to love hiring people with speech impediments to work on the radio.  GTFO Diane Rheem or should I say Di..i...i...i...a...a...a...ne Rhe...e...e...e...e...e...m! Thining off, Thith ith Tham Thtevethon.

[Rage Against the McKee]

I am completely indifferent toward it.

[The Big Train]

my grandparents listen to NPR all day long

[puniraptor]

i said it in another thread, but Nina Totenberg's readings of supreme court transcripts are pure joy

[CNS]

I like some and dislike some.  I listen to the KCMO one and the Lawrence one.  I dislike the stupid stories where they have ppl call in and talk about their fav sound or something dumb like that. 

[XocolateThundarr]

I think I would enjoy the crap out of NPR if I was REALLY stoned.

[CNS]

I think I would enjoy the crap out of NPR if I was REALLY stoned.

some of it, probably.  Some of it is super interesting where they present in depth info on a wide variety of subjects.  I could see how that would turn some off, though. 

[XocolateThundarr]

I think I would enjoy the crap out of NPR if I was REALLY stoned.

some of it, probably.  Some of it is super interesting where they present in depth info on a wide variety of subjects.  I could see how that would turn some off, though. 

Every time I turn it on, I just hear those soothing voices and mellow jazz. 

[420seriouscat69]

I use to hook up with a pig aggie that worked as the NPR voice in the mornings in Garden City. She was extremely boring and uninteresting. That job was perfect for her.

[XocolateThundarr]

I use to hook up with a pig aggie that worked as the NPR voice in the mornings in Garden City. She was extremely boring and uninteresting. That job was perfect for her.

Did she ever mention whether or not people got HAF while listening to her?

[Emo EMAW]

what dont you agree with?

Some of their takes and stuff they present as facts.  Years ago I remember a take on the reintroduction of wolves into Yellowstone.  They misrepresented some stuff and got other facts flat out wrong.

[420seriouscat69]

I use to hook up with a pig aggie that worked as the NPR voice in the mornings in Garden City. She was extremely boring and uninteresting. That job was perfect for her.

Did she ever mention whether or not people got HAF while listening to her?

No, but she did toke up, so maybe she just thought I already assumed it went with the territory.

[420seriouscat69]

Also, she hated foreplay. There's something there.

[puniraptor]

It's usually pretty good, not nearly as left leaning as they used to be.   I guess that's what happens when you're caught red handed leaning heavily in one direction in the arena of partisan politics and you're a taxpayer funded entity.

i dont know. i would agree that the content choices are more "left"-focused, but as a person born with the rare gift of pure objective though, I have evaluated their actual reporting for objectivity and rated it A+.

[420seriouscat69]

You guys are so lucky I gave you the inside track of what these monsters do/think 24/7!

[Rage Against the McKee]

Also, she hated foreplay. There's something there.

No foreplay is a pretty good description of NPR.

[CNS]

I have only been listening for a few years off and on, and haven't really felt the lean that they always get mentioned for having.  I don't really pick up a position that they are trying to sell.  I guess I have the gift of really good objectivity, too.

[Emo EMAW]

Lean is one thing, getting things flat out wrong is another.

[Rage Against the McKee]

Lean is one thing, getting things flat out wrong is another.

What sort of things were they getting flat out wrong?

[Rob_Cassidy]

I listen to the podcasts mostly. I really enjoy "Pop Culture Happy Hour." Linda Holmes and Glen Weldon are delightful. Steven Thompson is great, too.

I highly recommend it.

[Fedor]

It's usually pretty good, not nearly as left leaning as they used to be.   I guess that's what happens when you're caught red handed leaning heavily in one direction in the arena of partisan politics and you're a taxpayer funded entity.

i dont know. i would agree that the content choices are more "left"-focused, but as a person born with the rare gift of pure objective though, I have evaluated their actual reporting for objectivity and rated it A+.

Left bias, Right bias, who gives a crap!  They are paying people to communicate over the airwaves who cannot speak.
"Here is Tony Notongue with the traffic report  - Mnmennn Mnemhenemn Mnnnhnh, aahhahah nnmennemnnn."  "Isn't that great folks he doesn't have a tongue but we aren't going to let that stop him."