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Does anyone out there listen to NPR?

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swf44nc 5 Jan 31
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Level 6

I do, it's one of my mother's favorite things to listen to in the car, I don't care for the two car guys though. Show is too old!

Car Talk is my favorite thing on the radio. I'm old too though.

Me nither! I thought it must be me...
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Level 8

Like @Fearlessfreep, my NPR listening has decreased with the constant trump coverage. But, if I'm not listening to a podcast, I turn to NPR until they obsess on him again.

Before trump, I listened all the time and have always loved it.

Two things I'm not liking lately -- One, the commercials are getting more and more commercialized and longer. Two, there is a host in the afternoons who has a nasally voice and pronounces words funny (i.e. Edwards is clearly said as ETwards. Many words like that.) and she pronounces some of our local towns wrong. Kills me.

Still a fan generally!

I often listen to audio books these days.

@Fearlessfreep I also have a backlog of those! 🙂
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Level 7

I love, "WAIT, WAIT"!!

Me too! My favorite! I saw it live this past year and it was great!
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Level 9

Love my NPR. All I listen too.

Me too. No music, just NPR. Both local stations. 🙂
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Level 7

I support the local station(KMUW) and I used to listen all the time but post Trump I've not listened much.

Trump is ruining everything. sigh
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Level 4

I love public radio! I listen to local station MPR (Minnesota), but they include a lot of content from NPR too.

Nothing beats Radio Lab programs!!

Rossi Level 4 Jan 31, 2018
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Radio Lab is awesome. Also the Moth Radio Hour!

@DJ_Blaser The Moth is my FAVORITE podcast. I want to go to one of their live shows in New Orleans, but talking myself into going out "on a school night" (work night) is really difficult. Especially now that I live an hour + away from the city.
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Level 6

Number one on my presets...and I play NPR in my studio while working.

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Level 9

I miss Garrison Keillor and Car talk!!! All good things must pass. My regional NPR has stopped the Friday and Saturday night jazz programs I am pissed.

I miss Diane Rehm. I still listen to her podcasts.

Prairie Home Companion is still alive and well. The new guy is Chris. Totally different, but good. Give him a chance to grow on you. He is certainly a better singer. I don't mean to bash Garrison. I listened to him all the way back in my teens. But the show goes on! 🙂

@MikeInBatonRouge Chris Thile is an amazing mandolin artist. I have one of his first CD's 'Not All Who Wander Are Not Lost". He was in a blue grass band , Nickle Creek for a while - Yeah, I need to tune in. Thanks for reminding me of the new direction of show.

Funny, we still have Saturday night jazz...I get so mad, 'cause I dislike it and here it is on until midnight! Lol
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Level 6

Yep. I sure miss the car guys. Love the puzzles and quiz shows on the weekend.

I don't listen in my car on weekends, but I subscribe to the Wait Wait Don't Tell Me podcast so I don't miss any of them!

@AviatorJim -- I was devastated when Tom Magliozzi of the Car Guys died. That's not a show where reruns would be worth much, but they were great.
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Level 7

I love NPR. it's all I listen to in the workshop.

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Level 8

Oh yeah.

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Level 5

All the time!

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Level 9

Every, several times a day. It, along with PBS comprise the 2 most accurate and objective news sites.

I agree.

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Level 1

All the time!

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Level 8

I listen to NPR almost exclusively in the car.

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Level 8

Almost exclusively

MsAl Level 8 Jan 31, 2018
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Level 7

I almost forgot about Tiny Desk Concert! Although most of that I've watched on YouTube. I've discovered a number of musicians I love!

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Level 7

No listening to NPR, but I frequently go to their website to read the news.

CS60 Level 7 Jan 31, 2018
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Level 8

Here! Chris Thiele (sp?) is doing a helluva job with "Live From Here", f.k.a. " A Prairie Home Companion.". I never thought I could so well like the next incarnation of that show. I like all the news, Living on Earth, the Bioneers, Philosophy Talk, Quirks and Quarks, even To Your Health with Zorba Pastor. From the Top has a special place in my heart as a former adolescent musician. There's little of which I am not fond. Bruce Adolph's Piano Puzzler is a delight. Wait Wait Don't Tell Me and Says You are my favorites. Car Talk will never be matched. 😟

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Level 2

I do on a regular basis.

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Level 8

Mosdef! 'Wait, wait don't tell me' , 'Fresh Air' , 'The Moth Radio Hour' , 'This American Life' , and many more.

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Level 9

Used to... I don't radio anymore either.

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Level 7

I listen to NPR daily, and am support public radio in two different cities!

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Level 7

I used to the I moved, and lost track of some of the good things. I always found NPR interesting.

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Level 9

Listen to NPR all the time...when I am not on my phone wifi! Lol

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Level 4

Yep, I love NPR.

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