For some ass-kissing-related reasons, I listened to episodes of
Here and Now, and
Spark. For anyone who believes that NPR adds some kind of diversity to the radio dial (or even the better funded Canadian counterpart), listen to this shit. Tell me if you can actually tell these fucking shows apart.
If I was the
This American Life creator I would have taken some kind of patent out 20 years ago--on female radio hosts who smack their lips in to the mic like they just drank a cup of vegetable oil, begin every segment with some light-jazz bumper, and interview almost exclusively people with PhDs--and just sue the shit out of everyone who copied my format.
Someone needs to create a show somewhere in between NewsRadio, Phil Hendrie, and the Daily Show that's just bullshit in this format that's so cliche and lame that hopefully the brain-dead ex-hippies sucking down NPR like their bottled frappuccinos wake. the. fuck. up.
Good radio is not about some late-30's to mid-40's condescending bitch talking to people in a soft voice while musing over glib bullshit.
If anyone reading this listens to any of this shit of your own free-will--by which I mean not getting your dick sucked, or getting paid because of it--you are the dead-weight of human waste.
Everybody, listen to me: go get your dick sucked and get paid, or go suck dick and get paid, or find a way to get your dick sucked and get paid without listening to NPR.
Suck a dick.
That is all.
EDIT: Okay, NPR does somethings well (e.g. News, Car Talk, RadioLab) but you can't tell me that there's any more difference in their human interest shows than there is between cheeseburgers at McDonald's.