Many public radio stations link to and broadcast the BBC World Service radio news channel from midnight until 6 a.m. WHYY in Philadelphia is one of those, and sometimes in the middle of the night when I'm in the mood for a few minutes of sound before getting back to sleep, I'll turn it on.

What always amuses me is how aggressive the BBC interviewers ( Read more... )

I think that part of the reason I often don't get much accomplished on Sundays is that it is the best radio day of the week. As most of my intimates know, I don't own a TV, haven't for years, and have no desire to own one. Not quite as well-understood is the fact that I'm more single-minded than most people; I can't focus on two things at once, ( Read more... )

I realized after that last post that I should have shared Barry Humphreys with you. Here are a couple of Web sites featuring Dame Edna. (1) and (2).

As many of you know, I don't have a television set, haven't had one for a number of years, and see no reason to buy one and subscribe to a cable service. The last time I recall having a television set in my living quarters was before I moved to Texas and was living in a cabin along the Delaware River up north. There was coaxial cable strung all ( Read more... )

It's Sunday morning; I've had a late breakfast and am not in the mood to attack some of the tasks on my list. Since yesterday, I've continued to think about radio and TV people and this morning was considering those whom I consider to be the best of their craft, as well as those further down the list, whether present or past, in various categories ( Read more... )

It's Sunday evening, and I did listen to my very favorite radio show. I smile and laugh a lot every Sunday from 4 to 5 p.m. Harry was not up to his usual standard this week, but everyone has a down day now and then.

I'm reading a collection of essays by Christopher Hitchens, a Brit who writes as much or more about the U.S. compared to those essays ( Read more... )

At least, I don't have to listen to the endless, inane rambling during WHYY's quarterly (and also seemingly endless) pledge drive. I can go on line and listen to an NPR station somewhere else that isn't having a pledge drive. By the way, the reason I don't contribute to WHYY is that Terry Gross (of the program, Fresh Air) gets a monthly salary that ( Read more... )

Yesterday, on the radio, there was an interview with someone telling of yet another launch of a Jupiter probe that is in the works ... the fifth? sixth? As if there weren't enough news items to challenge my desire to follow the Four Noble Truths and the Noble Eightfold Path.

There is not one single argument that could make me believe that the money ( Read more... )

The failures that have plagued this country for at least 65 years now continue to build catastrophe onto catastrophe. What are some of those failures? The failure of U.S. education to prepare our citizens to think analytically, logically, and unemotionally and to evaluate political candidates in an intelligent and reasonable way. The failure of the ( Read more... )

Today just happened to provide two especially alarmingly bad interviewees on National Public Radio. Anyone who has read previous posts knows my feelings about so many people using "Thanks for having me" when they are thanked for appearing. Although yelling at the radio these days is stimulated by interviewees of both genders, today's were both ( Read more... )