Jeepin4x4 #Pack9 35774 Posts user info edit post |
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 |
pilgrimshoes Suspended 63151 Posts user info edit post |
i really
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can't stand the lady that sounds like she had a stroke 2/1/2008 1:38:43 PM |
Jeepin4x4 #Pack9 35774 Posts user info edit post |
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 |
Restricted All American 15537 Posts user info edit post |
Diane Rehm 2/1/2008 1:41:33 PM |
lmnop All American 4809 Posts user info edit post |
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 |
pilgrimshoes Suspended 63151 Posts user info edit post |
i heard she's kinda cute
for a decrepid broad 2/1/2008 1:42:32 PM |
nastoute All American 31058 Posts user info edit post |
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 |
Jeepin4x4 #Pack9 35774 Posts user info edit post |
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 |
lmnop All American 4809 Posts user info edit post |
she has some sort of vocal cord malady 2/1/2008 1:46:09 PM |
Jeepin4x4 #Pack9 35774 Posts user info edit post |
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 |
Jeepin4x4 #Pack9 35774 Posts user info edit post |
nevermind, it was Music of the Millenium from the local station. 2/1/2008 2:07:46 PM |
TroopofEchos All American 12212 Posts user info edit post |
signed! 2/1/2008 2:19:02 PM |
punchmonk Double Entendre 22300 Posts user info edit post |
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 |
Joie begonias is my boo 22491 Posts user info edit post |
i <3 npr 2/1/2008 2:22:10 PM |
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2/1/2008 2:33:29 PM |
nothing22 All American 21537 Posts user info edit post |
i can take about 10 minutes tops of npr
10 minutes tops 2/1/2008 2:35:16 PM |
Jeepin4x4 #Pack9 35774 Posts user info edit post |
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 |
Jeepin4x4 #Pack9 35774 Posts user info edit post |
Diane Rehm
I expected her to look like this
2/1/2008 3:07:28 PM |
MinkaGrl01
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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 |
ActionPants All American 9877 Posts user info edit post |
Car Talk bitches 2/1/2008 3:22:58 PM |
LunaK LOSER :( 23634 Posts user info edit post |
it's all politics 2/1/2008 3:23:41 PM |
Snewf All American 63361 Posts user info edit post |
oh man NPR is great 2/1/2008 3:23:59 PM |
Restricted All American 15537 Posts user info edit post |
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 |
Snewf All American 63361 Posts user info edit post |
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 |
Jeepin4x4 #Pack9 35774 Posts user info edit post |
gg on thread bridging 2/1/2008 3:41:32 PM |
Snewf All American 63361 Posts user info edit post |
thxu 2/1/2008 3:43:08 PM |
miska All American 22242 Posts user info edit post |
and Sound Opinions, I fucking love Sound Opinions.]
2/1/2008 3:48:56 PM |
Shaggy All American 17820 Posts user info edit post |
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 |
Jeepin4x4 #Pack9 35774 Posts user info edit post |
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 |
se7entythree YOSHIYOSHI 17377 Posts user info edit post |
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 |
legatic All American 7481 Posts user info edit post |
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 |
lmnop All American 4809 Posts user info edit post |
This American life is one of the greatest shows EVER. 3/7/2008 11:33:19 AM |
stuck flex All American 4566 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "and Sound Opinions, I fucking love Sound Opinions. " |
3/7/2008 11:35:10 AM |
TallyHo All American 11744 Posts user info edit post |
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 |
vinylbandit All American 48079 Posts user info edit post |
DON'T YOU BESMIRCH THE NAME OF SARAH VOWELL 3/7/2008 12:14:29 PM |
TallyHo All American 11744 Posts user info edit post |
I WILL DIAL BACK THE BESMIRCHITUDE WHEN SHE BEGINS TO ENTERTAIN 3/7/2008 12:16:23 PM |
Nerdchick All American 37009 Posts user info edit post |
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 |
JCASHFAN All American 13916 Posts user info edit post |
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 |
vinylbandit All American 48079 Posts user info edit post |
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 |
marko Tom Joad 72827 Posts user info edit post |
i liked wait wait better before they had the panel of comedians 3/7/2008 12:38:11 PM |
gunzz IS NÚMERO UNO 68205 Posts user info edit post |
npr rocks even heard The Rza on there doing an interview once 3/7/2008 12:39:55 PM |
vinylbandit All American 48079 Posts user info edit post |
^^ yeah 3/7/2008 12:43:27 PM |
myerlyn All American 1319 Posts user info edit post |
I agree with this thread 3/7/2008 12:56:13 PM |
punchmonk Double Entendre 22300 Posts user info edit post |
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 |
GraniteBalls Aging fast 12262 Posts user info edit post |
I dont listen to anything but NPR and my CDs. 3/7/2008 1:14:38 PM |
punchmonk Double Entendre 22300 Posts user info edit post |
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 |
Jeepin4x4 #Pack9 35774 Posts user info edit post |
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 |
slut All American 8357 Posts user info edit post |
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 |
dustm All American 14296 Posts user info edit post |
Radiolab 3/7/2008 2:08:36 PM |
myerlyn All American 1319 Posts user info edit post |
I get "wait wait don't tell me" on facebook. damn thats kind of sad 3/7/2008 2:25:53 PM |