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I'd say 75% of my driving and/or working time I'm listening to some sort of public radio. I have often thought of donating, but then I'll hear them play a commercial for my local Fox affiliate and think to myself, "If these motherfuckers are getting money from multinational media conglomerates, why are they asking for my money?" Or they'll do something shitty like sue the local transit authority for having the audacity to try to run a light rail line too close to the MPR studios without kissing enough MPR ass.
I enjoy one of the local interview shows because of the often insightful and challenging questions provided by the host. I can't stand Prairie Home Companion- it seems like everything Garrison Keillor says is said mid-sigh. He's often clever but rarely funny. I don't often feel folksy enough to enjoy the rest of his shtick.
I'm not a huge fan of Marketplace- they were a little too rah rah prior to the recent economic collapse. They suffer from the same problem that most finance news shows have. Namely that they don't actually have any fucking clue as to the actual meaning of any of the things they report on. I think meteorologists and market journalists could switch professions with little noticeable effect on the accuracy of their predictions.
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