I just fell in love with NPR's Planet Money podcast but can't figure out how to access back episodes. [more inside]
posted by hungrytiger on Nov 8, 2009 - 4 answers

"Week in review" news podcasts? [more inside]
posted by rossination on Oct 10, 2009 - 6 answers

What music was used in the intro on today's episode of NPR's On Point? [more inside]
posted by niles on Oct 8, 2009 - 3 answers

Help me figure out the name/artist of the 8-bit techno snippet played on All Things Considered today. [more inside]
posted by contessa on Sep 14, 2009 - 2 answers

Whenever I listen to National Public Radio, I occasionally come across a news segment or op-ed by Daniel Schorr (he can be listened to here, and here's his Wikipedia article). I don't understand why, but his voice drives me up one wall and down the other. Why? [more inside]
posted by WCityMike on Aug 24, 2009 - 32 answers

What public radio stations, with an internet stream, broadcast NPR's Morning Edition and All Things Considered without local programming segments? [more inside]
posted by wuntu on Jul 9, 2009 - 7 answers

Looking for an NPR video about an aggressive NYC street photographer. [more inside]
posted by donblood on May 8, 2009 - 6 answers

I remember hearing on NPR a few years ago, during the California recall election I think, a story about some merrie internet pranksters who digitally removed all the words from politicians' speeches, leaving the stutters and breathing. It was fascinating to hear. Can anybody link me to this stuff, or even a similar thing created for academic rather than comic purposes?
posted by silby on Apr 28, 2009 - 5 answers

When I was a kid getting driven to school with NPR on the radio in the late 80's early 90's, there was this sort of interstitial poetry series that often played. I googled for a while finding nothing. I was hoping to find a collection or even just the author/reader's name. [more inside]
posted by Stonestock Relentless on Apr 28, 2009 - 6 answers

Why do NPR reporters have such unusual names? [more inside]
posted by empath on Apr 15, 2009 - 70 answers

I'm 29, I'm living comfortably as an IT professional in New York City, but my dream is to work for NPR. I have a bachelor's in journalism and I was the music director at my college radio station...6 years ago. I have no connections, I have been out of radio production since college. What do I do? [more inside]
posted by orville sash on Jan 18, 2009 - 12 answers

NPR Filter: What is the story from This American Life about two newspaper journalists who compete to get a certain phrase in the newspaper? [more inside]
posted by NoraReed on Jan 12, 2009 - 15 answers

Can you help identify a short story read on NPR on or around x-mas day 2007, about a poor white family helping out a poor black family, probably out west, probably in the 1930s? [more inside]
posted by chr1sb0y on Dec 24, 2008 - 4 answers

How many people work at NPR inc. National Public Radio what is the total number of employees? I can't find the info in their annual reports.
posted by Paleoindian on Dec 9, 2008 - 7 answers

Anyone remember this segment?: A few years ago I heard a radio essay (probably on NPR) about the process of getting a country song written and recorded. The reporter wasn't a songwriter by trade, but he had written a silly-ish song for the purposes of trying to get it published. [more inside]
posted by pipti on Nov 16, 2008 - 6 answers

Help me download/stream (generally listen to) the best NPR programming. [more inside]
posted by jckll on Oct 14, 2008 - 18 answers

About ten days ago I was listening to NPR in my car (KPCC in Pasadena, to be specific) and heard a hysterical piece on Great Britain's success at the Olympics. Help me find it! [more inside]
posted by kepano on Aug 28, 2008 - 4 answers

How do I make an NPR audition recording? [more inside]
posted by lizjohn on Jul 27, 2008 - 2 answers

I'm looking for a company based in India, cited in a story I heard on NPR sometime in the past week or so, that handles a given number of Joe Consumer research queries per month for a flat fee. [more inside]
posted by blue andrea on Jul 25, 2008 - 6 answers

Is "NPR stutter" a collective affectation? [more inside]
posted by evariste on Jul 24, 2008 - 35 answers

NPR or PRI story- About a year ago, I heard a story in which the narrator was attempting to find his long lost baby sitter- a woman named Susan or Sharon?! It seemed like a TAL type story but I don't believe it was Ira Glass. Sadly I missed the ending and have been searching for it ever since. Has anyone heard of the story?
posted by rlm-job on Jun 16, 2008 - 6 answers

Best episode to introduce someone to This American Life? [more inside]
posted by exhilaration on May 4, 2008 - 45 answers

Help me find a book about a Chinese businessman mentioned on NPR for my Dad! [more inside]
posted by rmless on Apr 30, 2008 - 3 answers

How can I listen to NPR on my office PC when audio/video streaming is not allowed? [more inside]
posted by Juicylicious on Apr 14, 2008 - 19 answers

How much money does my local NPR station need to stop all the fundraising drives? [more inside]
posted by clearlynuts on Apr 8, 2008 - 35 answers

Online feed of an NPR-like Japanese radio station? [more inside]
posted by puffin on Apr 7, 2008 - 5 answers

What radio stations do you turn to while the NPR stations' pledge drives go on and on an on? I'm a KUOW listening with KPLU as a backup and this week both are begging. I need suggestions for listening between 6 and 9 am.
posted by susandennis on Apr 7, 2008 - 16 answers

Lately NPR podcasts such as Fresh Air, Wait, Wait..., and All Songs Considered have been acting wonky with multiple files of the same podcast, often incomplete, showing up in my podcatcher. I subscribe via Google Reader and dL files manually to my player, and have tried un- and then resubscribing to the feeds, but to no avail. Is it NPR's problem or an RSS issue on my end? I haven't been able to find any notices regarding service issues on the NPR sites.
posted by Alvy Ampersand on Apr 3, 2008 - 14 answers

Where can I find mp3s of old episodes of the NPR show "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me"? [more inside]
posted by madmethods on Mar 27, 2008 - 6 answers

NPR-story-with-little-to-go-on-filter: Several years ago, I heard a radio story involving a tribal election in which one candidate was represented as being for re-investing funds in the tribe, while another was for direct payments to tribe members. An tribe member, interviewed, said he'd vote for the latter, although even he didn't think it was best for the tribe or for him in the long term -- because he wanted the cash. [more inside]
posted by amtho on Mar 18, 2008 - 9 answers

Help me figure out the name of a song I just heard on NPR... [more inside]
posted by arianell on Jan 23, 2008 - 7 answers

How does NPR's Road Trip application work? [more inside]
posted by schoolgirl report on Jan 21, 2008 - 6 answers

I am madly in love with NPR's Wait Wait Don't Tell Me. Please recommend similar shows, preferably available via podcast. [more inside]
posted by CaptApollo on Jan 15, 2008 - 26 answers

They have a guy on NPR sometimes who gives these brief (maybe under 15 minutes?) meditations on some topic or another, and he has a fun Slavic accent, and sort of a gruff but friendly voice. Also, I have this impression that he lives in NYC. I wonder what his name is. I always seem to turn NPR on in the middle of his shtik and don't catch his name. Does anyone know who I'm talking about?
posted by evariste on Nov 14, 2007 - 26 answers

I heard a story on NPR some time ago, and am having no luck finding it now. It was about a man, possibly a professor of architecture, who taught students how to mindfully walk and study the suburban landscape. Who was this person? [more inside]
posted by jquinby on Oct 10, 2007 - 12 answers

I want to find the name of a company I heard about on NPR. They sell framed words made out of photographs of things that look like letters. [more inside]
posted by anonymous78 on Sep 14, 2007 - 8 answers

How can I figure out a musical interlude I heard this morning on Weekend America? [more inside]
posted by msali on Sep 1, 2007 - 9 answers

Please help me put together the best of Prairie Home Companion. [more inside]
posted by sarahsynonymous on Aug 20, 2007 - 20 answers

What are your recommendations for good radio programs? I need something online to listen to while I clean house. [more inside]
posted by jennyjenny on Jun 24, 2007 - 25 answers

What other business news coverage is similar to NPR's Marketplace? [more inside]
posted by The Straightener on Apr 13, 2007 - 8 answers

Why do people's voices on NPR sound so dramatically different from those on any other radio station? [more inside]
posted by kaytwo on Feb 19, 2007 - 33 answers

Can you identify this song used in This American Life? Starts at 19:18 and continues for the entire segment. [more inside]
posted by 0xFCAF on Feb 7, 2007 - 6 answers

Mrs. Lester played Laura Mirsch's essay called 'The Dog Who Loved to Suck on Toads' for the first time last night. It's a great piece, but my bullshit detector went off immediately. How likely is this to actually happen? Have any dog owning mefis had had problems with dogs being addicted to other substances?
posted by lester's sock puppet on Jan 1, 2007 - 14 answers

Trying to track down a town where a resident makes Christmas-light star decorations for the roof of every house in the town. Vaguely remembered details from an NPR story inside. [more inside]
posted by mikepop on Dec 7, 2006 - 4 answers

"This American Life" filter: a story about traveling to a city in Peru or Ecuador, and being overwhelmed by swarms of horrible insects. I caught part of this broadcast a couple of years ago. It could have been any time between 2001 and 2005. I would like to find out the date of broadcast, the name of the city & country where the events occurred, and the kind of insect that caused the problem. [more inside]
posted by Araucaria on Oct 16, 2006 - 13 answers

This American Life has at least a dozen instrumentals that they use over and over as background music. The Happy Flute Song, the Things Are Kind of Tense Song, and so on. I've really grown to like many of them, but I cannot identify any of them. Can TAL fans identify any of the standard music beds?
posted by waldo on Oct 15, 2006 - 23 answers

I'm searching for a radio program that aired on NPR about nine months ago. Clues are inside. [more inside]
posted by mike_bling on Oct 2, 2006 - 9 answers

I spend most of my work day listening to interview and essay type radio shows on the internet. My favorite, of course, is This American Life. I also love Fresh Air . I've checked out Radio 4 a little, and sometimes I listen to Democracy Now and even more rarely Air America. Keeping in mind what I already like, what else would you recommend I listen to? [more inside]
posted by serazin on Jul 26, 2006 - 41 answers

Recommendations for public radio programs [more inside]
posted by sk381 on Feb 20, 2006 - 27 answers

Is there any place I can download or purchase the complete NPR broadcast of the SantaLand Diaries, read by David Sedaris? [more inside]
posted by ducksauce on Dec 1, 2005 - 13 answers