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Just wondering about everyone's favorite and least favorite public radio shows.
Doesn't have to be an NPR-produced show -- can be APM (American Public Media), PRI (Public Radio International), or PRX (Public Radio Exchange) -- but please choose something that can heard on most NPR-affiliated news/talk stations across the U.S.
I LOVE "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me", and if I can I build my Sundays around the time it is broadcast in my area.
"This American Life" is often interesting, but Ira Glass has one of the most annoying voices on radio. As long as he's not the person doing the talking I like the show.
Zorba P On Your Health is creepy to listen to - that might just be a Wisconsin Public Radio show, though. I also dislike "Whaddya Know" - which is also a Wisconsin show. Are these broadcast nationally??
This American Life is brilliant radio, and I think Radio Lab - in somewhat the same vein - is very good as well.
Fresh Air - Terry Gross is an exceptional interviewer.
And Talk of the Nation? It's very good now that John Hockenberry has taken over for Neil Conan (but still not as good as it was back in the 1990s when Ray Suarez was the host).
Can't stand the Moth. When did this show start? What's its actual purpose? Who created it? So blah and annoying. Can't they just repeat a talk show from that day?
It airs overnight here in Boston...is that its typical air time elsewhere?
Is Terry Gross weekdays or just weekly? Could never figure the schedule, as I don't tune in much to afternoon radio?
Those Wisconsin shows mentioned above are unfamiliar to me.
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Love Leonard Lopate , Fresh Air , Brian Lehrer , Wait Wait & Car Talk . Not crazy about Jonathan Schwartz and his Sinatra fixation on Sundays. OMG... I think that show has been on my entire life .....
I love NPR, but I am not able to get it inside of my house. I always listen to it in the car, but there is no signal inside. Is there a more powerful radio that I can
get or is this just the way it is ? I live on Long Island and get WNYC NPR and WSHM ( Connecticut ) in the car.
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Love Leonard Lopate , Fresh Air , Brian Lehrer , Wait Wait & Car Talk . Not crazy about Jonathan Schwartz and his Sinatra fixation on Sundays. OMG... I think that show has been on my entire life .....
I love NPR, but I am not able to get it inside of my house. I always listen to it in the car, but there is no signal inside. Is there a more powerful radio that I can
get or is this just the way it is ? I live on Long Island and get WNYC NPR and WSHM ( Connecticut ) in the car.
That is really strange unless you live in some sort of grounded metal box.
The problem has got to be the antennae you are using on your radio. Some radios are made with really poor internal antennae and need to have an external antennae attached to boost things up. There is usually a connection on the back of the radio.
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