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Vol 4, Num 1 :: 2005.01.14 — 2005.01.27

 
 

Radio 2004

Asterisk Award for Radio in 2004: NPR (National Public Radio)

What radio stations or programs were you grateful for in 2004 and why?

C.N.: I rediscovered NPR again this year. “All Things Considered” and “World Cafe” were so nice.

D.A.: ?The Sean Hannity Show??because it helped keep LURCH out of the White House.

A.S.: I’d always known it was there and wonderful, but 2004 was when I really discovered NPR. Also, until I moved out of range, I loved listening to Live 105’s Saturday night electronica show.

W.B.: There was this amazing “This American Life” show called “Two Steps Back”
that focused on a Chicago Public Schools teacher and a single school that had, during the reform days of Superintendent Paul Vallas, gained significant autonomy and had started doing a bunch of cool and highly successful things?requiring a ton of ungraded writing, doing a lot more team teaching, introducing anecdote based report cards, and so on. Then, under the new administration of Arnie Duncan, a well-intentioned effort to standardize schools, and a principal with a different leadership style, gradually took all that away again. I loved the show because it seemed to me to be a metaphor for how Christians can struggle, and sometimes through grace, start to really make a difference in the world, but then, inevitably, sin and corruption caves it all in and we have to start over.

J.V.: NPR, particularly ?The Splendid Table? and ?This American Life.?

W.D.: John Derringer in the morning on Classic Rock Q107 in Toronto. He’s an anomaly among morning show DJs. He’s actually got a brain. Most of his jokes are outright hilarious.

K.M.V.: NPR. We subscribed to audible.com to receive weekly downloads of ?This American Life.? Ira Glass is an incredible storyteller and every program is fantastic. ?This American Life? helps me love God?s creation.

R.R.: NPR, specifically ?This American Life.? Every time I listen to a new episode, I can?t believe how the seemingly simple act of good storytelling can be so powerful.


Discussion: Radio 2004

What would you add to the members? responses? What radio programs or stations stood out for you in 2004? What?s your analysis of National Public Radio?

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