I've been a mostly-avid NPR listener since I moved to NJ. It helps that one of the premier NPR stations - WNYC - is based in New York City and I'm within the broadcast area. But I also can usually get Philadelphia public radio as well.
I have become a news junkie. This was reinforced when my children were very small, and I didn't necessarily want them exposed to the images on TV, but I could listen to the radio. I developed the habit of listening to All Things Considered while I made dinner almost every night. I love the "comedy" shows like Car Talk.
But I think my favorite-est thing on public radio is Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me. I find this weekly news quiz show just hysterical every week. I rarely catch it when it's broadcast, but through the magic of podcast, and Internet radio, I listen most weeks.
As I was preparing to listen online today, I noted a link at the bottom entitled "Knitter's Revenge." Mo Rocca had made a comment a few weeks ago about hand knit sweaters being "itchy". So, well, the knitting community just couldn't take that lying down...
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102992898
You just don't find this sort of thing published on other networks, you know?
3 comments:
Wait, wait don't tell me is my favorite show and I hate to say it but I do use it as a news source and have actually recent come across several things where I heard it first there and then saw it later in our newspaper.
Someday I want Carl Kasell's voice on MY answering machine...
Wait, wait is my favorite show. And when I heard Mo's comment, I knew the knitters would have their revenge.
I've called in several times in the hopes of getting Karl's voice on my machine, but I've yet to be selected.
I just started listening to this off and on and was thinking about podcasting it for when I work. I have car talk and the environmental podcasts to name a few, that would be a fun one. Thanks for the info.
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