My Best Guess: More of the National Public Radio you love to listen to, with a focus on replays of NPR's best talk shows and interview programs.According to Sirius: Smart conversation from coast-to-coast. Imagine a series of talk shows where listeners call in and share their views on a national platform. It’s NPR's strongest suite-talk radio coming at you as only NPR can do it. NPR Talk is a channel dedicated to bringing listeners the very best NPR talk shows.
Curt's Rebuttal: I'd like to think I matched up with the last sentence pretty good. But since most of the stuff on NPR Now was also talk programming, it's really hard for me to distinguish between the two...unless they specifically mean more "interview" style news shows.
Sample Playlist
- Diane Rehm: Most of what I heard on this interview/news program (that, incidentally, is hosted by a woman who sounds like she's 80) dealt with discussion about the current state of oil dependency in the world, including Russia's involvement in global oil developments, and the difficulty in striking a balance between energy security and climate change.
- Focus: This talk program focused on the "secret history" of cancer-causing agents in the world, especially taking note of the industrial sector's involvement in the spread of such agents (beyond just tobacco). One thing I do have to say for this program...they did paint a vivid picture simply by using the phrase "scrotal tumors in chimney sweeps." I'll never watch Mary Poppins the same way again.
Verdict: One NPR channel is enough for me, especially since I know for certain the other one carries programs I'm interested in.
1 comment:
I thought the same thing about Diane Rehm (she actually broadcasts out of the local NPR affiliate here in DC), then I found out that she has a condition called spasmodic dysphonia that has required her to have several surgeries. Now you know.
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