NPR Radio

My best friend in college - early 90's- used to always listen to NPR. (National Public Radio) She was a political science major and would endlessly espouse the virtues of doing so. To me, it was more background noise than anything when I first started listening to it with her. I was used to Diane Rhem's (one of the daily anchors with a morning show "The Diane Rhems Show") voice and it soothed me as I wrote whatever random paper that I was working on at the time. Even though I would vote more often to put on music, she would always beg me to just listen to 'one more program' and I would give in. But the funny thing, and what they always say about developing good habits, is that consistency is the key.
You see, by year's end, I came to find that I missed it, if I didn't hear Diane's show in the morning or Fresh Air (another program on NPR) in the afternoon. My daily NPR fix as it were. Infact, I remember driving back to the Hamptons for the summer and rather than playing my music, I was like one of the 'old foggies' as I used to call them, listening to talk radio. Just like my Dad.
But you know what, listening to NPR is an important piece of my day- I make the girls put it on in the morning at work because you will always learns something. It always prompts discussions, makes us think about something new and more than just keeping us informed, it always teaches-but in a non teaching sort of a way. If you have never listened to a program on NPR or tuned in, I hightly suggest that you do. You can go here www.npr.org
to see daily show schedules and find something that speaks to your interests. It's fun- you can go from current politics, to eating tips, to a candid interview with a great writer or musician all in the span of a couple of hours. I think it is important to support something as integral as NPR with all the other trash radio out there. It has been helping my insomnia lately too-
Here's to good listening!