Ode to poultry on this ultimate poultry holiday, NPR, and all things turkey.
I admit I am an NPR geek. We, my boyfriend and I, don’t even have cable, that’s how bad of geeks we really are!! We have plenty of TVs; we have two; one that works and one that works sometimes. Don’t get me wrong; we are not in the dark ages like you are most likely thinking at this moment. “What do you mean you don’t have TV?” People ask. “Cable, I mean we don’t have any cable. We have TV and Netflix.” I would try to clarify. However when I explain to them that we have not one but two computers, two Nintendo DS’s, the above-mentioned two large TVs (only hooked up to a DVD player), and a very important radio, most people still are really confused.
And I can understand. It can be hard to understand why anyone would cut the cable cord. I thought I would have a hard time going from expanded basic to basically not. I went from an all-seeing experience to an all hearing one. It was really easy, too easy and especially since I like cable and still do. After months of hard thinking, I finally figured out a few things about my radio transformation:
1. You need one radio show that you fall head over heels in love with as a hook to all of the other shows.
2. You need to live with another person who has decided that they can not only live with out cable but live better without cable and you need to be willing to go along with it.
3. You need to discover that the few shows you really did like on cable you can find on Netflix.
4. I am really a radio person. I am a radio person. I am a radio person. I find most every show interesting and I never get tired of it. I have the radio on all day!! I mean all day (I am laid off from my job for the winter and I have some time on my hands).
5. Radio is a choice. NPR was something in my life I never thought I would like let alone love. I choose to listen to NPR because it is really interesting, and funny. I learn a lot about what is going on in the United States and the world. I get to hear stories about people’s lives and a little bit about their cars. The bottom line is my radio feeds my brain and in doing so feeds my life and I like that. I have a very hungry brain.
…OK so my point, yes, I am just now getting to it! My point in this love letter to my radio is to tell you about one of my most loved shows: This American Life. I am not saying that you should completely give up your cable, like me, however I am saying you should totally check out this show! One listen and you will see what I am talking about. So clear out an hour block of time, sit down at your computer, put down that turkey and get ready to hear some of the strangest, funniest, and just weird stories of poultry that public radio has to offer. My favorites are the story about tornado plucked chickens and the one about the true nature of G-d. Here is a link to the podcast of the This American Life show that has inspired this whole post…. and of course poultry and Thanksgiving.
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