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Originally Posted by ratbastid
If you don't know RadioLab, you NEED to.
It's like This American Life, but smaller and funkier. Sciencey. Stylish. Hosts you want to buy a beer. Lots and lots of fun. No NPR affiliate in my market carries it, but I never miss their podcast. |
I do listen to this when I catch it; for a while it was being replaced by The Moth Radio Hour. I'm not a big podcaster, but I might have to give it a shot, because I do like RadioLab, but because it's on at 8pm on Wednesdays I don't get to listen to it all that often.
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Originally Posted by SecretMethod70
Chicago Public Radio is just about the only thing I listen to these days. I've got other radio presets, but 90% of the time the dial is on WBEZ. I only listen to the radio while driving, but I enjoy many of the shows enough to also download their weekly podcasts.
Unlike apparently most people, I'm no fan of Prairie Home Companion or Car Talk. I love This American Life and Sound Opinions (both hail from Chicago!), not to mention Radio Lab. All Things Considered and Morning Edition are great news sources, and I listen to Eight Forty-Eight for Chicago- and Illinois-based news. Let's not forget about Marketplace! Depending on the subject, I'll also listen to Worldview, Fresh Air, CBC's Ideas... the list goes on. And, of course, there's always Wait, Wait... Don't Tell Me! (also based in Chicago!) though I don't go out of my way to hear that one.
I listen to so much public radio I actually kind of enjoy the pledge drives. |
I like the pledge drives because I feel less pathetic for the amount of public radio I listen to.
And my love of A Prairie Home Companion stems from growing up in a town full of Norwegian Lutherans, nothing more. Like Lindy, it fills me with nostalgia.
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Originally Posted by Xerxys
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Uhh...Xerxys...that's not public radio. That's commercial radio.
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Originally Posted by filtherton
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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Wow, they play commercials from the local Fox affiliate? That seems a bit much. OPB Radio has some corporate sponsorship, but it's nothing awful; their big sponsors of late seem to be Yogi Tea and Traditional Medicinals Herbal Teas, and they certainly don't play commercials. It's more of "This program is brought to you by ..." sort of thing.
As for Marketplace: I like the sound of Kai Ryssdal's voice, though.
Oh, and another thing I love about public radio here: OPB Radio covers--or tries to cover--the entire state. I can listen to OPB Radio wherever I am here; the one exception seems to be at the top of Tombstone Pass in the Cascades. This is great for us because my SO and I have a hard time agreeing on what to listen to in the car. He doesn't care for all of my music nor do I care for much of his, so public radio it is.