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  • We’ve tried this for a long time, to varying degrees of success, with public radio. I don’t mean NPR although that will usually be a decent portion of local public radio.

    I travel all the time. All over the US, although lately it’s been limited to the middle/north east coast and Midwest. It’s pretty fun to tune into the local public radio if you’re close enough to get a signal. They can be really insightful like WAMU in DC about local stories.

    They can be terrible like my local station that can only afford to run 1A (which is a good show) and a few localish music shows. The rest of the time is literally filled with fucking classical music. It’s painful to listen to. Sorry to all the Bacchists and Mozartists out there but this shit sucks.

    Anyway, check out the low end of the FM dial when you’re traveling, you might collect some stations you like that you can stream later.


  • Guess my age:

    I put on cable tv sometimes for background noise. I’ve got a free hookup.

    I stream shows.

    I’ve been pirating media since I was 13 years old.

    I own a car, but I’m American and outside of the cities that have decent public transport.

    I use the radio to listen to public radio. I could stream NPR just as easily but I travel a lot and check out local public radio.

    I use Bluetooth to listen to podcasts and music.

    I don’t like Spotify much, and I suppose I have a YouTube account but I’ve never posted anything.

    Profile me!



  • Is an NPR program like 1A talk radio? I listen to that and many people who are traveling often do. It’s not leftist, but it’s decidedly anti-fascist simply by reporting the truth and bringing on experts to explain things. Two co-workers of mine have told me that they used to listen to NPR before “it got all political”- meaning they heard things they didn’t want to be true. That’s a bit of a tangent but these two people wouldn’t listen to Rush Limbaugh or whoever took his toilet throne.

    I assume since podcasts aren’t on the radio they don’t count as talk radio right? But discussion podcasts have blown talk radio away and there are so many flavors to choose from.