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1. Member
   Full Size Tabby

   @FullSizeTabby

   2:34 PM EDT ⋅ Jun 28, 2019

   Jerry Giordano (Arizona Patrio… (View Comment):

   Tex929rr (View Comment):

   Original Science Friday Turtle Bridges

   BTW, I was a regular NPR listener from the early 80’s until 2000. During the 2000 presidential campaign I listened to a story where people bemoaned the fact that people institutionalized for mental health issues were disenfranchised. At no point did anyone – host or guests – even mention an alternative point of view. NPR has made me angry during previous political campaigns but that was the final straw for me.

   This could be the basis for an interesting post. “Why did you stop listening to NPR?” People could recount the absurdity that (finally) led them to realize that they should stop listening to radical Leftist nonsense delivered in a calm and mildly earnest tone that, until their epiphany, somehow made the ridiculous seem reasonable.

   Being far ahead of the curve, I never listened to NPR intentionally. I don’t even remember my initial exposure — probably in someone else’s car — but I immediately recognized it as Progressive drivel.

   From the opposite direction, why do people always note that they “heard it on NPR” or they “were listening to NPR”? Not just “I heard on the radio” or “I was listening to the radio.” They always have to make sure we know that it was specifically NPR. I suppose to some people that’s supposed to convey gravitas or somethin. But do you think they realize that it makes them sound supercilious?

2. Coolidge
   TBA

   @RobtGilsdorf

   3:45 PM EDT ⋅ Jun 28, 2019

   Jerry Giordano (Arizona Patrio… (View Comment):

   Tex929rr (View Comment):

   Original Science Friday Turtle Bridges

   BTW, I was a regular NPR listener from the early 80’s until 2000. During the 2000 presidential campaign I listened to a story where people bemoaned the fact that people institutionalized for mental health issues were disenfranchised. At no point did anyone – host or guests – even mention an alternative point of view. NPR has made me angry during previous political campaigns but that was the final straw for me.

   This could be the basis for an interesting post. “Why did you stop listening to NPR?” People could recount the absurdity that (finally) led them to realize that they should stop listening to radical Leftist nonsense delivered in a calm and mildly earnest tone that, until their epiphany, somehow made the ridiculous seem reasonable.

   Being far ahead of the curve, I never listened to NPR intentionally. I don’t even remember my initial exposure — probably in someone else’s car — but I immediately recognized it as Progressive drivel.

   Make that post. Post link here. Do this thing. 

3. Member
   Doctor Robert

   @DoctorRobert

   7:56 PM EDT ⋅ Jun 28, 2019

   I don’t understand the mocking of the NPR story on tiny turtle bridges.  Turtles are made by God, just like you and me.  We should welcome simple methods to preserve them.

   My take on this is uniquely qualified.   I’ve had a turtle cook to death in a child’s empty wading pool on a hot August day, I routinely pull over to the  side to get turtles off the road and I was once featured in a Weekend Edition piece on my master’s research, 3D printing copies of antique saxophone mouthpieces.

   And I don’t listen to NPR.

4. Member
   ShellGamer

   @ShellGamer

   

   5:13 PM EDT ⋅ Jun 29, 2019

   Pro-choice is passe. The correct double speak is now “a woman’s reproductive health.” You know, the health you get when you stop reproduction. 

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   MatthewCroke

   @MatthewCroke

   5:06 AM EDT ⋅ Jun 30, 2019

   that game is to easy, I found more podcsats through Ricochet then i have time to digest .

    

6. Moderator
   E. Kent Golding

   @EKentGolding

   10:42 AM EDT ⋅ Jun 30, 2019

   The Terry Gross  interview of Gene Simmons of Kiss is well worth listening to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNxuL-uIaTo.

   WEMU  plays some very good Blues, Jazz and Roots Music.   WDET plays some good Jazz also.

   I normally don’t like NPRs spoken word stuff, but I can listen to the Terry Gross interview of Gene Simmons over and over.