NPR Fan
So, how about that Robert Gates confirmation hearing? I can't believe how fast he's flying through. I guess it just shows how desperate Washington is to get someone else in charge. Who can blame them?
I had an appointment in New Haven this afternoon, so I was in the car for a couple of hours driving there and back. I heard some of the hearing in real-time, and highlights of the rest of it. I almost expected them to take the vote today, it was going so fast.
I'm a big NPR listener. I've been listening to National Public Radio on and off since 1994. I enjoy the in-depth reporting on a variety of topics, but I also love the lack of daily advertising. And the dearth of stupidity (if you don't know what I mean, you may not have heard a commercial radio "morning show" lately). I feel smarter when I listen to NPR, and I like that, too.
Very little of the NPR operating budget comes from the government, and I think that's a good thing. That's why the periodic membership drives are necessary, and also why I support them.
My local NPR stations are 90.5 FM Hartford/New Haven, and 89.1 FM Norwich/New London. They recently went to an all-talk format, and I love it. When I need music, I just switch over to a CD. I keep coming back to the talk, though. It's just so interesting.
I had an appointment in New Haven this afternoon, so I was in the car for a couple of hours driving there and back. I heard some of the hearing in real-time, and highlights of the rest of it. I almost expected them to take the vote today, it was going so fast.
I'm a big NPR listener. I've been listening to National Public Radio on and off since 1994. I enjoy the in-depth reporting on a variety of topics, but I also love the lack of daily advertising. And the dearth of stupidity (if you don't know what I mean, you may not have heard a commercial radio "morning show" lately). I feel smarter when I listen to NPR, and I like that, too.
Very little of the NPR operating budget comes from the government, and I think that's a good thing. That's why the periodic membership drives are necessary, and also why I support them.
My local NPR stations are 90.5 FM Hartford/New Haven, and 89.1 FM Norwich/New London. They recently went to an all-talk format, and I love it. When I need music, I just switch over to a CD. I keep coming back to the talk, though. It's just so interesting.
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I love NPR too. Our local public radio station switched from classical to almost all talk about a year ago and it's awesome. I've been driving A LOT more than normal over the past few months and it's great to get to listen to Fresh Air, The Diane Reem show, Morning Edition and the others. Today I got to listen to Sandra Day O'Conner and Charles Rob talk about how badly everything Bush has done in Iraq is working out.
I listen to their stream every night while I'm falling asleep. Love NPR. Yes.
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