NPR in 2010 isn’t going to be the same without Carl Kasell. Today was his last day reading the news during Morning Edition. Renee Montagne had a fantastic interview with Carl this morning. I woke up in the middle of it and was a little confused that a) Carl wasn’t using his news voice and [...]
Like many Americans, I wake up with Carl Kassel every morning. Which sounds dirty. He’s always on my radio, the first coherent voice of the day, reminding me that it’s now 8 a.m. and I need to speed up the getting ready for work process. Alas, Carl, my elderly voice of reason, is finally calling [...]
You know, I was a supporter of Barack Obama well before he ever ran for president. Not because of his positions (which, happily, I do mostly agree with), but because–unlike almost every other politician in history–he actually has a sense of humor about himself not relegated to the stage of “Saturday Night Live.” I only [...]
 In middle school, I was one of those “let’s eat it kids” – the ones that would mash up all kinds of random items in a cafeteria cup and then spear a little on a fork and eat it. Despite this, I’m still weird about different foods on my plate touching. Lately, Matthew and I [...]
In this week’s episode of “Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me,” one of the questions in a panel round brought to mind what may be the most shocking psychological study to ever leave the ivy-covered walls of Indiana Unversity.
According to Real Simple magazine, the secret to a happy marriage is listening to NPR. They’re absolutely right. If it wasn’t for NPR, Matthew would never be able to fact check me when I call him in the wee hours of Morning Edition to tell him important bits of breaking news. Not that I’ve ever [...]
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Apparently Bill O’Reilly ran out of ideas. He went fishing though NPR’s “Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me,” looking for clips of Obama advisor David Axelrod making a fool of himself. It’s clear that O’Reilly isn’t a dues-paying member of his local public radio station, even if just for the classical music that I’m pretty sure [...]