Tuesday, January 29, 2008

YPR On NPR?

I found it pretty shocking myself, but a YPR list made it on to the open of Car Talk on NPR on Saturday. This is interesting, if only for the fact that only one of the three YPR editors owns a car and none of the three are smart enough to be listening to NPR. They botched the author's name a little bit, which kind of sucks for him. This is actually the list that appears in the The Best American Non-Required Reading 2007.

You can hear the clip here.

The original list as published on YPR can be read here.

Labels: Car Talk, NPR, YPR

Wednesday, January 9, 2008

I've Got Wood

Woody Allen, that is.

He had an interview on NPR's Weekend Edition on Saturday. It's a longish interview, but like most Woody, worth the time. It's a nice look into his new film Cassandra's Dream, which looks phenomenal, as well as his life.

Labels: NPR, Woody Allen

Monday, April 16, 2007

Second NPR Post In A Row

On the way back from Atlantic City, we were scanning the radio and found a show on NPR called, "Wait, Wait ... Don't Tell Me," a quiz show about strange news events of the week.

I'd never heard the show before (but then again, I don't have a car and almost never listen to the radio), but I really enjoyed it.

Labels: Atlantic City, NPR, Wait, Wait ... Don't Tell Me

Friday, April 13, 2007

You May Fire When Ready

According to NPR, home nail gun injuries are up 200 percent in the last 15 years.

The only thing I don't understand is why shoot your nails on when Lee Press-Ons are so convenient, cheap and easy.

Labels: nails, NPR

Saturday, April 7, 2007

Fact Of The Day

There is one small difference between Coke that is Kosher for Passover and Coke that is not Kosher for Passover. The Passover stuff has sucrose in it, and it tastes like Coca-Cola used to taste before they started using cheaper corn syrup instead of sugar. Not only that, there's a conspiracy theory out there about this.

Apparently, true Coca-Cola fans (I didn't know that this group of people had formed a coalition) stock up during the Jewish holidays.

NPR did a story about it three years ago. You can listen here.

Labels: Coca-Cola, NPR, Passover