Radio Waves

I like to listen to the radio when I wake up. It started out as necessity, when my alarm clock fell from a great height and lost the ability to use an actual alarm. The thing actually had a pretty cool feature, it would make bird sounds instead of a traditional Buzzzzzzzzz! I've used the radio feature for a years now, but only in the last one or so have I really found a good NPR station.

The problem with NPR generally is that they have some news in the morning, but by nine they have moved into classical music until much later in the afternoon. I'm not crazy about a lot of classical music, so I like to find a station that focuses on radio news shows. I've actually been very lucky, not only in finding a perfect station (except during pledge week) but in the fact that I can listen to it in my lab.

I realized that I was kind of a radio nerd when I saw a photo of some of my favorite people - Dan Savage, Ira Glass, Jonathon Goldstein, and Sarah Vowell! My roommate was not nearly as impressed. I guess I just love listening to stories, whether they are news stories or personal stories or advice stories.