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Line 1: {{creator\|wppage=NPR}} [[File:~~NPR_Logo_7686~~National Public Radio logo.~~jpg~~svg\|~~frame~~thumb]] {{quote\|"This is NPR, the station where we talk very softly, directly into the microphone. Can you hear us? We're right inside your head..."\|''[[Family Guy]]''}} Line 21: * ''[[A Prairie Home Companion]]'' -- Garrison Keillor's [[Affectionate Parody]] of old-time [[Radio Drama]] and [[Variety Show\|Variety Shows]] (he cites the [[Grand Ole Opry]] as a direct inspiration), produced by Minnesota Public Radio/American Public Media. Features musical performances, private eye spoof ''Guy Noir'', plugs for fake sponsors, and Keillor's monologues about his fictitious hometown of Lake Wobegon, Minnesota. Based in [[Twin Cities\|St. Paul, Minnesota]], they also do a few road shows a year. [[The Movie]] was released in 2006; it was [[Robert Altman]]'s final film before his death. * ''[[Car Talk]]'' -- Call-in talk show in which two auto mechanic brothers (with MIT Engineering degrees and [[Hollywood New England\|thick Boston accents]]) ostensibly give advice to callers about cars, but usually instead ramble about brainteasers, pop culture and whatever comes to mind (they do answer about five or six car questions a show, though). * ''[[Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!~~\|Wait Wait Don't Tell Me~~]]'' -- The rare American [[Panel Game]], based loosely on the British ''News Quiz''. Aside from the regular rotating panelists, the show also includes call-in games and, [[Once an Episode]], "Not My Job", in which a celebrity, politician or other newsmaker calls in to the show and has to answer questions that fall well outside his or her area of expertise. (Think [[Stephen King]] on [[Tastes Like Diabetes\|cute fluffy things]].) * ''Talk of the Nation'' -- A news-discussion show, hosted by Neal Conan (and previously by people including [[This American Life\|Ira Glass]], [[PBS\|Ray Suarez]] and [[Fox News Liberal\|Juan Williams]]). Conan discusses the day's news topics with experts, public figures and reporters, and accepts call-in and e-mail questions and comments from listeners. The number of topics and guests per show varies. On Fridays, the show becomes Talk of the Nation Science Friday, hosted by Ira Flatow and dealing exclusively with scientific topics. * ''Fresh Air'' -- A long-running interview show hosted by Terry Gross, produced by [[~~Useful Notes/~~Philadelphia (useful notes)\|Philadelphia]]'s NPR affiliate WHYY. Gross presents new interviews Monday through Thursday and a [[Recap Episode]] on Fridays, presented by David Bianculli or Dave Davies. The interviews usually air for 50 minutes, with the last five to ten given to movie and music reviews and local news. The interviews are generally incisive and engaging, and occasionally get a bit ''too'' interesting, like the time that [[Kiss\|Gene Simmons]] informed Terry Gross that if she wanted to "welcome me with open arms, you'll have to welcome me with open legs." Or that time when [[Bill O Reilly\|Bill O'Reilly]] walked out of his interview in a huff... ** Now has, of all things, a very active [http://nprfreshair.tumblr.com/ Tumblr] account run by producer Melody Kramer. * ''The Diane Rehm Show'' - Yet another news-discussion show, produced by [[Washington DC]] NPR affiliate WAMU and the station's owner American University, and hosted by the eponymous Diane Riem. The show is probably best known for Rehm's crinkly-sounding "old lady" voice - the result of a throat condition called [[wikipedia:Spasmodic dysphonia\|spasmodic dysphonia]], which she periodically leaves the show to treat. It's also one of the bases for accusations of liberal bias aganist NPR from conservatives; it was controversially singled out for criticism by a [[George W. Bush]]-appointed CPB official and Rehm herself is occasionally willing to argue with guests on the show. Line 42: [[Category:Networks]] [[Category:index]] [[Category:~~NPR~~{{PAGENAME}}]]