NPR Geeks
Morganatron
23-10-2006, 22:41
Which is your favorite NPR program, and why?
I love the "Diane Rehm Show", especially the Friday News Roundup. She asks pretty tough questions and calls out her guests if they start making things up.
Also a fan of "Wait Wait, Don't Tell Me." :D
Farnhamia
23-10-2006, 22:44
Curse you for making me choose between Car Talk and Talk of the Nation (especially Science friday)! :gundge:
The Psyker
23-10-2006, 22:45
Car Talk is great, but I'm normally not up to listen Prarie Home Compainion is also funny. The news is good too.
Morganatron
23-10-2006, 22:48
Curse you for making me choose between Car Talk and Talk of the Nation (especially Science friday)! :gundge:
Oooh! I forgot all about Science Friday ! Curses! I change my vote to TotN Science Friday. Meh.
Farnhamia
23-10-2006, 22:49
Oooh! I forgot all about Science Friday ! Curses! I change my vote to TotN Science Friday. Meh.
:headbang: Arrggghhh! Now I have that damn brass intro going through my head!
It's not an official NPR program per se but it practically is
http://prairiehome.publicradio.org/programs/2006/01/07/
I also really enjoy what might be the tiniest ongoing regular program my local NPR station broadcasts
http://stardate.org/
Andaluciae
23-10-2006, 23:00
On the list? Car talk!
The Psyker
23-10-2006, 23:01
It's not an official NPR program per se but it practically is
http://prairiehome.publicradio.org/programs/2006/01/07/
I also really enjoy what might be the tiniest ongoing regular program my local NPR station broadcasts
http://stardate.org/
I thought stardate was national, just with diferent brodcasts for different locations I know we have it here, too.
Prairie Home companion, car talk, wait wait don't tell me, and of course, all things considered. <3 NPR :)
Andaluciae
23-10-2006, 23:03
Yizzah! I got Ralph Regula!
I also love the show where an actor gives his views as Thomas Jefferson. I cant remember the official name of the prog though:(
I thought stardate was national, just with diferent brodcasts for different locations I know we have it here, too.
You could very easily be right. Im completely unsure about how and what each staion subscribes to when they join the public radio stations. I know there are differences but Im unsure what the differences are.
Citizen_Patriot
23-10-2006, 23:15
I enjoy listening to Car Talk, as it is one of the few NPR shows which is not plagued by rampant bias.
Morganatron
23-10-2006, 23:16
There was a show produced in Seattle called Rewind that I absolutely adored, but I don't think it's on any more... :(
I have my alarm on NPR and I usually wake up to Stardate. I think "ooh! I have to remember that Mars and Venus will be closest to the moon tonight!" and then I forget to go out at night and see.
New Granada
23-10-2006, 23:17
Car talk is by far the most entertaining, but the d. rehm show is probably the most intelligent, most of the time.
This american life and studio 360 can also be very interesting, and i listen to npr every time im driving, regardless.
Qwystyria
23-10-2006, 23:23
How is it Prarie Home Companion didn't make the list. It may not be exactly an NPR broadcast, but it's on lots of NPR stations, and I've never heard it on anything else... plus, it's the best show by far on NPR... some others are great, but nothing quite compares.
News: BBC/As it happens
Entertainment: Whaddya Know/Car Talk
Texoma Land
23-10-2006, 23:34
1) The World http://www.theworld.org/
2) As It Happens http://www.radio.cbc.ca/programs/asithappens/ (technically a CBC show, but it plays on NPR in Minnesota)
3) Prairie Home Companion
4) The Diane Rehm Show
5) Wait, wait ... don't tell me! http://www.npr.org/programs/waitwait/
Morganatron
23-10-2006, 23:39
How is it Prarie Home Companion didn't make the list. It may not be exactly an NPR broadcast, but it's on lots of NPR stations, and I've never heard it on anything else... plus, it's the best show by far on NPR... some others are great, but nothing quite compares.
I've listened to it a couple of times, but it never made me laugh out loud...that's the qualifier for a good entertainment program.
Cartalk and Wait Wait usually make me bust a gut.
Desperate Measures
24-10-2006, 00:04
I love Diane Rehm. In my opinion, she gives the most unbiased interviews even though you can tell what her own opinions are.
I've listened to it a couple of times, but it never made me laugh out loud...that's the qualifier for a good entertainment program.
Cartalk and Wait Wait usually make me bust a gut.
Try this one, it's the annual joke show
http://www.publicradio.org/tools/media/player/phc/000401/000401_phc
Markreich
24-10-2006, 03:16
Engines of our Ingenuity!!