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Forget the digital divide, the big divide I face every day is with people who don't listen to NPR and those who do. When you start so many sentences "I heard on NPR the other day..." its hard to relate to the people who aren't listening. So, when I checked into my hotel room in Chicago and eagerly ran to the radio to turn on WBEZ in Chicago, I realized that I might need to seek help for my addiction. Here are ten signs that you are irrevokably hooked on NPR.
1. You get know all the answers on Wait Wait Don't Tell me, and consider it a primary news source.
2. You have fantasies of about Carl Kassel leaving his voice on your answering machine.
3. You tell the time by what's playing.
4. You know the name of the announcer before they tell you
5. You'd drive 100 miles to see what Silvia Paggioli looks like
6. You're more excited to meet Ira Glass after a primary debate than any of the candidates
7. You recommend NPR underwriting in more than 50% of your recommendations to clients
8. When traveling, you know where to find the NPR station in before you check into the hotel.
9. You threaten your tenants with eviction if they aren't a member of the local NPR station
10.You know the score of the latest cricket game.
11. You plan your weekend activities around the local schedule
12. You remember last weeks Puzzler
Anyone got a support group for me?
16. You find yourself sneaking public radio, because the people in your life are sick of hearing you shush them when the radio is on.
Posted by: Michael Sebastian | October 01, 2007 at 03:11 PM
And here's one back at you:
15: You plan your evening around being around to listen to the CBC's As It Happens because it's the best take on the news this side of Jon Stewart.
Posted by: KD Paine | October 01, 2007 at 12:53 PM
13. As a Canadian, you find yourself listening to American public radio more than Canadian public radio and they are side by each on the satelite dial.
14. You get up out of out a perfectly comfortable bed on a Sunday morning to listen to On the Media and are grumpy taking calls while it's on. :)
Posted by: Alan Chumley | October 01, 2007 at 11:34 AM
Good one Andy, and here's another... I actually serve Susan Stanberg's cranberry relish at Thanksgiving.
Posted by: KD Paine | September 28, 2007 at 09:38 AM
I could think of one more...You get so accustom to Garrison Keeler, you think of him as family! Thank heavens the internet brings those NPR vibes all over the world:)
Posted by: Andy Church | September 28, 2007 at 09:01 AM