Radio Sweethearts

EDIT: NPR’s Andy Carvin commented to gently remind me that most of their videos are also posted on their YouTube channel. So I will be embedding after all.

Starting next Monday, July 27, NPR.org will have a brand new look – a very familiar, blog-like look with some classy, but Web-friendly typography (as referenced in this post’s title).

With the use of so much Georgia for headlines and body text, the new site looks like the love child of the New York Times and the WFMU-sponsored Free Music Archive.

For lack of having anything better to say about it, it’s making me want to seriously switch up Radio-Sweethearts’ appearance. We’ve been around almost a year and a half now, and we’ve been talking about a redesign since day one.

I don’t think we’ll get around to it just yet, but it’s awesome to see what NPR is doing with their site. It’s a great way to bring their official blogs (which they’re using to pretty great effect) to the forefront, while improving readability and navigation. I’m envious, really.

And also – serious kudos to Scott Simon, whose video preview of the new site is knowledgeable, quietly funny, and proof that with this Web thing, NPR is doing it right.

If we could embed that video here, rest assured, we would.