Recently I have noticed whenever someone tells me
something interesting they say " I heard it on npr". "Guess
what I heard on npr?" "Did you hear on npr?" npr... npr... npr...
it has been popping up everywhere. I told Tina she should order an npr
tshirt.
I only have a seven minute drive into work... so it would be hard for me to catch anything on npr... even if I took a "driveway moment" as it's called (waiting at your destination in your car to hear the end of an npr segment) Besides that, there is something wrong with my AM radio... npr comes in fuzzy... and my turn signal *bink bink* plays through the station.
So I set up Real Audio on my computer and have been listening to streaming npr. Everything that comes out of my mouth now is " I heard on npr...." How can so much in day to day life relate to npr reports?!
One of my favorite NPR shows is Car Talk. What started as a Saturday morning tradition with the folks has turned into an addiction.
ReplyDeleteYep. That's pretty much all that ever comes out of my mouth... "Dude, I was listening to Morning Edition last Tuesday and there was this guy..." or "Oh my gawd, I was listening to Fresh Air and Terry was interviewing so-and-so..." or "Did'ja happen to catch Science Friday? Ira Flatow did the show on the topic of..."
ReplyDeleteWhich is met with blank stares about 99.9% of the time. ;-)
My radio in my car is preset to three different NPR stations that serve this area. I listen to it almost constantly. If I miss a show, I will download it and listen to it on my computer. I think I'm what you call an "Public Radio Geek".
--Sarah, long time lurker of ljc
http://www.modehistorique.com
i love npr too - i learn so many new things just by tuning in. my drive to work is about 15 minutes and i have many driveway moments. sometimes i wish i got off work when fresh air was on. welcome to the npr junkies.
ReplyDeleteNot only am i an npr junkie, but I think I maybe able to use my "I heard it on npr..." knowledge to help you with your turn signal radio problem. I was listening to car talk on a few weeks ago (4/24 i think), a woman called called in with a similar problem, that when she was breaking and using her turn signal, they interfered with her AM radio. They told her that the break lights, and the turn signal are often activated with a radio signal, and the problem was likely caused by an incorrectly shielded or an unshielded radio wire/signal. They told her she should be able to take her car to the dealership and have them fix it for not very much money.
ReplyDeleteI'm no car guru by any means so this may be nothing like your problem but it sounded like the same thing. Good luck with the new NPR addiction...
I love npr! Too bad I ride the bus now and don't have a walkman to listen. I always liked listening during my looong commute home: All Things Considered and Marketplace. They even have a music cd: "I heard it on npr" with, obviously, songs they play on npr. How funny, I've even caught myself saying "I heard it on npr"! What else is there to say?
ReplyDeleteFortunately, there are two college FM stations that broadcast npr. Good luck getting it in your car!
I think you'd really dig This American Life, which can be found at thislife.org . But remember to support your local npr!
ReplyDeleteLong live Ray and Tom, gurus of "Cah Tahlk"!
ReplyDeleteI used to work with a girl who would often say that she heard things on NPR, when actually, her little tidbits came from Access Hollywood and Extra. (NPR rarely covers why Ben & J-Lo split.) NPR rocks, though. Don't stop saying you heard it there!
ReplyDelete(Didn't mean to remove my previous post--just wondered what the little trash can stood for.)
Hey, since you're listening via the web you can tune into any NPR station across the country! Try out KQED in San Francisco. It's great. I moved to San Diego two years ago and can't stand our local station so I listen to my old one. Familiar voices and I know when all the programs air.
ReplyDeleteTry listening on Saturday mornings at 11am to "Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me!". It's a funny look at the week's news stories. You'll laugh the whole time.
What is the price of the t-shirt?
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