I am really digging NPR. I grew up listening to NPR. That's <a href="http://www.npr.org/" target="_blank">National Public Radio</a> in case you're interested. And recently I've found myself listening to it once again.

I guess this shouldn't be much of a surprise. My MoM regularly listened to NPR driving around town when we were little and in fact she still does today. When I lived in DC, I'd listen every morning while I was getting for work and pretty regularly on the weekends.

I fell out of the habit when I moved to Bulgaria two years ago. However this summer every time I borrowed my MoM's car the radio was set to NPR and I once again found myself hooked. NPR is great. <!--more-->

They have such good programing from the news to analysis to interviews and movie/tv/music reviews. Oh and the music selection is incredible. I've been in love with <a href="http://www.thisamericanlife.org/" target="_blank">This American Life</a> for ages but the range of live concerts available at <a href="http://www.npr.org/music/" target="_blank">NPR Music</a> has gotten me through the last couple of weeks of work.  Specifically, I can't seem to stop listening to the concerts from Mountain Stage.

Basically, NPR is radio for anyone in the states who wants to be informed. But it does have a liberal slant--the stereotype is probably that NPR is for smart people. The other way to think about NPR's audience is this way: if you read the NYT on Sunday there's a pretty good chance that NPR is right up your alley.

The one thing about listening to the NPR shows in Bulgaria is that your kind of always a day behind. For the most part this doesn't matter too much but when I was listening to a heart breaking piece on 9/11 this morning before work and nearly found myself in tears--I felt a little behind the curve. Oh well.

I am still going to keep listening.  Listening to the radio really allows you to multi-task. I can fold laundry and listen to the news but I can't read the NYT and do dishes.

Want to get started listening? My three favorite NPR news programs are Morning Edition, All Things Considered and Fresh Air.