Recent questions tagged npr

Description : NPR listeners, would you be willing to pay in order to avoid the support announcements and fund raising drives?

Last Answer : I already do pay NPR an annual membership fee, and they do the drives twice a year anyway, to get new members. So it doesn’t seem to matter whether people join or don’t join – they’re going to do their begging no matter what. Makes me wonder if I should remain a member…

Description : Is NPR really commercial free?

Last Answer : answer:The read the names and short plugs for the sponsors. It’s a far cry from Paris Hilton eating a hamburger or beer commercials with monster trucks.

Description : What are your thoughts on the Serial case?

Last Answer : Is there not some more concise way of getting the details than spending 12 hours listening to podcasts? That’s quite a time demand.

Description : What are your thoughts on the end of live "Car Talk" shows?

Last Answer : Here’s the official announcement on their blog.

Description : Does NPR have a political bias?

Last Answer : answer:NPR has had a leftist bias for many years. The correspondent that wished Jesse Helms’ grandkids would all get aids and die did not get fired. In fact she got promoted.

Description : Is this a hint as to how the free world will end?

Last Answer : This is just the “Thought Police”.They are trying to control what you think and do.

Description : Can I download mp3s from NPR shows?

Last Answer : answer:Look for podcasts on the shows' web sites or the iTunes store (they are free, even if they are in the iTunes store). If not available, you can record off a radio station's Internet ... Replay AV http://www.applian.com/replay-av/index.php Freecorder http://www.applian.com/sound-recorder/

Description : Recommendations for specific favorite episodes of This American Life or The Moth podcast?

Last Answer : Search for a Frank Sinatra commemorative on This Am Life, one of my favorite radio shows (there’s a great iPhone/iPod app for it). There’s also an excellent episode about home movies.

Description : What was that band that I heard on NPR last night?

Last Answer : NPR isn’t necessarily a ring of stations that plays everything at the same time across different stations. Which show or individual station were you listening to?

Description : How do Garrison Keillor and Ira Glass get along?

Last Answer : Jews don’t talk to Lutherans.

Description : What is the name of the music played on NPR's Marketplace when the market has a down day?

Last Answer : Stormy Weather

Description : Do you change the station during pledge drives?

Last Answer : I do too. But I don’t donate money to them. I don’t listen to NPR but I watch a lot of PBS.

Description : Do you agree with this NPR article that says that the economic downturn is coming to an end?

Last Answer : I’ll believe it when I see it. The job market in the US is down more than it has been in 26 years.

Description : Are we all self decievers?

Last Answer : Wow, I disagree. P.S. – Question 2 makes me really sad. If anybody knows someone who was raped or was raped themselves then they know it’s not something you want to happen. [equal][