I got to listen to the BBC World News on NPR today. It is interesting to me how much I enjoy the BBC news reports. Listening to them I feel like I am getting actual news - as opposed to one of the Seattle news stations who keep talking about how exciting the newest results on American Idol are. Sigh. BBC World News lets me know about the ( Read more... )

National Public Radio's (NPR) program Wait Wait Don't Tell Me offers a humorous look at some of the recent headlines for this week. This particular clip looks at: the bankers at GS, Arizona's new immigration law, and finally Stephen Hawking's take on aliens. Enjoy!

I've discovered that I might have a bit of a one way love affair with NPR.  Sadly though I always seem to catch things at the end of a session.  I just listened to the end of an interview with a neurosurgeon about memory and memory loss.  They were talking about how it is common for people who have gone through chemo therapy to have memory loss, ( Read more... )

I've been listening to NPR a lot lately.  I enjoy it, it seems to provide some of the best, and most diverse news - moreso than many of the news stations.  I like to hear news from around the world, especially on topics that are important but seem to be left out of the regular news so often.  For example yesterday I was listening on my way to pick ( Read more... )