Stuff We Like

This is the place for some links to web sites we enjoy.

"Hosted by David Brancaccio, NOW has been called "...must-see, make-your-blood-boil television..." by Newsday and "...public television at its best" by the Philadelphia Inquirer. Each week, the series sheds light on a wide range of issues confronting the nation and explores American democracy and culture through investigative reporting and interviews with major authors, leading thinkers, and artists."

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TruthOrFiction.com

Want to find out if that latest eRumor is true or not. Check out TruthOrFiction.com before you forward on "that truth".

What can I say about Stephen Colbert in the "Colbert Report"? If you have not seen this program on Comedy Central, check it out - it is hilarious.

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One of our favorite radio programs is " A Prairie Home Companion" with Garrison Keillor. We have found describing this program impossible, there is nothing to compare. Garrison's riveting & soothing voice, original and funny radio skits, the eclectic music, and the down home stories from Lake Wobegon keep us coming back. A very nice & relaxing Saturday evening, well worth giving it a listen.

"This American Life" is an extremely well written radio program, a true gem. It can be heard around the country on your local National Public Radio station, day & time varies. Each week's program typically has several stories with a shared theme about our American Life. Check out their web site and you can listen to many of the programs over the web, or, you can check your local NPR station for their broadcast schedule. We love it!!!

"The Daily Show", if you haven't seen it, you gotta check it out if you enjoy satire and irreverent humor. The Daily Show makes every attempt to separate the facts from "The NEWS". The Daily Show boasts that their broadcast is, "...unburdened by objectivity, journalistic integrity or even accuracy." Nothing is sacred on the Daily Show & I love it. Anchorman Jon Stewart with correspondents, Samantha Bee, Rob Corddry, & Ed Helms are incredibly clever and hilarious.

Still another one of our fav radio programs is also one of NPR's most popular, Car Talk. This program is aired weekly on Saturday mornings in most markets. "Click" and "Clack" (Tom & Ray) dispense car information or misinformation depending on the day. These guys from Boston are witty, clever, and just plain fun to listen to. If you can't listen on Saturday mornings, just go to their web site and you can listen in on many of their archived programs. Besides having archived programs, there is "Time Kill Central", "Our Lousy Show", "The Puzzler" & "Shameless Commerce" links that may bring you a smile or two! Click and Clack are clearly "Unencumbered by the thought process", and I personally wouldn't have any other way.

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This program Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me is hosted by Peter Sagal is a current events quiz show that is brilliantly done and refreshingly humorous. Contestants on the program play for Carl Kasell recording his voice on their home phone answering machine! Tour the web site or listen to this week's or past programs by clicking the link below.