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what is most annoying about this american life
the pregnant pauses
the hushed tones
gay background music
white people
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Frog Act
Feb 10, 2012



what is it about the cadence of the speakers and stuff that makes This American Life, Marketplace, and garbage like Serial so insufferable?

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symbolic
Nov 2, 2014

i'm gay

eonwe
Aug 11, 2008



Lipstick Apathy
They whisper into the mic and pretend to be open minded but are actually just sheltered white latte sipping progressives as long as it isn't inconvenient to them

eonwe
Aug 11, 2008



Lipstick Apathy
Diane Rehm's voice

Sophy Wackles
Dec 17, 2000

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They are naked when they record the shows. A bit of trivia there for you.

Nooner
Mar 26, 2011

AN A+ OPSTER (:
This American life loving owns I love it. When u used to drive up to SJ I'd always load up a bunch of episodes to listen to in the car it made the ride a lot nicer

Bip Roberts
Mar 29, 2005
have u heard of vocal fry op?

Hector Beerlioz
Jun 16, 2010

aw, hec
I'd listen to NPR if they played The Savage Nation with Michael Savage. He says what I think.

Kuato
Feb 25, 2005

"I CAN'T BELIEVE I ATE THE WHOLE THING"
Buglord
that one old lady sounds like she's 100 years old.

Hobohemian
Sep 30, 2005

by XyloJW
I hate radiolab so much. So goddamn much.

Fart Puzzle
Jul 25, 2007

compressed fart pieces

marketplace is bad because they say things that aren't "kill the rich" and "gently caress yo dow jones nigga"

Nooner
Mar 26, 2011

AN A+ OPSTER (:
I listen to NPR every single work day drive in and home. Except drive home on Fridays sometimes I listen to music as a fun way to celebrate the weekend! Today I listened to Violent Femmes they are one of my favorite bands (:

Harald
Jul 10, 2009

by Fluffdaddy
they won't just come out and say that america deserved 9/11

Harald
Jul 10, 2009

by Fluffdaddy
gently caress you if you don't like diane rehm though

Hector Beerlioz
Jun 16, 2010

aw, hec
Remember when the Republicans made a huge fuss over NPR stealing tax money and got it's funding gutted. Lol

FactsAreUseless
Feb 16, 2011

Harald posted:

gently caress you if you don't like diane rehm though

Moridin920
Nov 15, 2007

by FactsAreUseless

Eonwe posted:

They whisper into the mic and pretend to be open minded but are actually just sheltered white latte sipping progressives as long as it isn't inconvenient to them

Hector Beerlioz
Jun 16, 2010

aw, hec
A goon once called up the Kojo Nnamdi show and started talking about SA.

ElectricSheep
Jan 14, 2006

she had tiny Italian boobs.
Well that's my story.

Hector Beerlioz posted:

Remember when the Republicans made a huge fuss over NPR stealing tax money and got it's funding gutted. Lol

it's a cyclical thing, they just did that to planned parenthood today

Robo Reagan
Feb 12, 2012

by Fluffdaddy

Eonwe posted:

They whisper into the mic and pretend to be open minded but are actually just sheltered white latte sipping progressives as long as it isn't inconvenient to them

lock thread, nothing more to say on the subject

Bip Roberts
Mar 29, 2005
sarah vowell basically has the perfect voice.

Jose Oquendo
Jun 20, 2004

Star Trek: The Motion Picture is a boring movie
why can't NPR be more like PBS and just have a ton of great educational shows

Blazing Ownager
Jun 2, 2007

by FactsAreUseless

Hector Beerlioz posted:

I'd listen to NPR if they played The Savage Nation with Michael Savage. He says what I think.

Due to budget cuts we were forced to replace Michael Savage tonight with Fred Savage, enjoy

Enfield
May 30, 2011

by Nyc_Tattoo
they are the "sjws" of the radio world and they all wear fedoras and have neckbeards and are constantly being freiend zoned by viewrs like you

Hector Beerlioz
Jun 16, 2010

aw, hec
I'm the jazz interludes

Robo Reagan
Feb 12, 2012

by Fluffdaddy
does NPR only have one lineup or do they change some stuff depending on what area you're in because Saturday nights here are bluegrass night and i can't imagine people in New York giving a poo poo about bluegrass

Traxis
Jul 2, 2006

Hector Beerlioz posted:

Remember when the Republicans made a huge fuss over NPR stealing tax money and got it's funding gutted. Lol

Wow, I can't believe the Republicans got something right

Hobohemian
Sep 30, 2005

by XyloJW

Jose Oquendo posted:

why can't NPR be more like PBS and just have a ton of great educational shows

Every time I tune to NPR I'm hoping it's the news, investigative journalism or something about technology and it's always some stupid rear end white people bullshit about music or how hard it is to find a good mustache wax.

Stevie Lee
Oct 8, 2007

Eonwe posted:

Diane Rehm's voice

i feel like i hear her every god drat time i turn NPR on (not that often)

sometimes there's some good poo poo on though

Robo Reagan
Feb 12, 2012

by Fluffdaddy

Hobohemian posted:

Every time I tune to NPR I'm hoping it's the news, investigative journalism or something about technology and it's always some stupid rear end white people bullshit about music or how hard it is to find a good mustache wax.

Saturday mornings it's cooking shows and it's the worst

cthulusnewzulubbq
Jan 26, 2009

I saw something
NASTY
in the woodshed.

Hector Beerlioz posted:

I'm the jazz interludes

cthulusnewzulubbq
Jan 26, 2009

I saw something
NASTY
in the woodshed.
brr brr brr plink plink <jazz>

krampster2
Jun 26, 2014

i like radiolab and stuff and similar podcasts but sometimes i'm just like "omg white people" when i hear them. like the podcast risk is cool sometimes but other times it's just annoying because of all the silly white people stories when they are all like "and then i went to see my therapist about my gay feelings for my personal trainer." omfg please stop talking you silly white people

Hector Beerlioz
Jun 16, 2010

aw, hec

cthulusnewzulubbq posted:

brr brr brr plink plink <jazz>

You're listening to National Public Radio

Troutful
May 31, 2011

I used to play NPR in lab and one day this segment came on where the hosts spent all their time victim-blaming a 15-year-old and it was just bizarre. liberal my rear end

Troutful
May 31, 2011

NPR is also the only station that's made me feel like falling asleep at the wheel before

Bloodfart McCoy
Jul 20, 2007

That's a high quality avatar right there.
If I'm in the car, there's a good chance NPR is on.

ArmedZombie
Jun 6, 2004

if you speak poorly of Diane Rehm I will cut you

Hector Beerlioz
Jun 16, 2010

aw, hec

ArmZ posted:

if you speak poorly of Diane Rehm I will cut you

*speaks poorly of Diane Rehm*

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cthulusnewzulubbq
Jan 26, 2009

I saw something
NASTY
in the woodshed.
bring back radio dramas

i want to hear the cackling of the shadow over gunfire

then some easy listening after

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