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NPR's 404 Page
- markbao 17y agoNPR is the best thing that has happened to radio and media. All Things Considered, Fresh Air, On Point, and Car Talk are some of the best programs on radio.
- aroon 17y agoplease don't forget Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me. Greatest news quiz show ever.
- markbao 17y agoOh, yeah, for sure. They had They Might Be Giants on a few days ago. That was awesome.
- baconbritches 17y agoYou forgot the best one... this american life
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- gruseom 17y agoThat's PRI not NPR, which is relevant because NPR famously rejected the show (then had to license it from PRI because it's so good). I once heard Ira Glass talking about why he didn't make it on NPR... he was hosting the national phone-in show for a few months, and they would have expert panels discussing things like the Cold War. One day, some national security expert -- evidently trying to play the folksy card -- responded to a question by saying, "Well, it's like my grandmother says, blah blah blah". Glass' immediate instinct was to say, "Oh really? Tell me more about your grandmother!" He always wanted to go for the marginal, overlooked thing. I love that story. One other point before I get off this NPR binge: has anyone else noticed that Ira Glass' vocal mannerisms have been picked up by the new generation of NPR journalists? This is really annoying. It's like a whole generation of singers imitating Bob Dylan. Listen, people: it was cool when he did it; you are making asses of yourselves. The worst offenders are the people on that "Planet Money" team; I can hardly listen to them. Ok, rant over.
- mqt 17y agoTAL is actually produced by Chicago Public Radio and distributed by Public Radio International. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_american_life http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_american_life
- iamwil 17y agoWhich is funny because Ira Glass specifically warns against that. Talk like yourself. But then again, maybe we imitate masters to learn before we figure out which ones of the things we're imitating are right, and which are just effects we're cargo culting.
- leviathant 17y agoThough he's certainly the most oft-imitated, it's not just Ira Glass who's mannerisms have been copied. The folks on Marketplace all sound alike - even the women sound like Kai Ryssdal. Additionally, the very odd cadences of Robin Bloom on WHYY have caught on to some degree amongst other voices on NPR.
- gruseom 17y agoNow you're touching a nerve. I'm a big NPR fan, have listened to Wait Wait since they started, and it pains me to say: that show has deteriorated. Most of their panelists suck, especially the ones who seem to appear most often. I find myself cringing at how lame they are... not a good sign for a comedy show.
- yumraj 17y agoI'll throw in my favorites: Forum and Marketplace. Kai Ryssdal has to be one of the best financial news persons, with his rather interesting sarcasm that he uses very effectively.
- verisimilitude 17y agoI whole-heartedly agree! But sir, you forgot Radiolab! http://wnyc.org/shows/radiolab/ http://wnyc.org/shows/radiolab/
- dkasper 17y agoOnPoint has some of the most interesting topics and guests of any show I've ever listened to and the discussion is notoriously civil. Also today's episode looks interesting: "Google v. China" http://www.onpointradio.org/2010/01/google-vs-china http://www.onpointradio.org/2010/01/google-vs-china
- quinto42 17y agowhat is special about it?
- kgrin 17y ago"It's a shame that your page is lost, but at least it's in good company; stick around to browse through NPR stories about lost people, places and things that still haven't turned up." Followed by: Amelia Earhart, Jimmy Hoffa, Waldo, etc.
- josefresco 17y agoNot helpful for the person who's trying to find the missing page, but entertaining.
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- roedog88 17y agoIt is a good example of using a little humor to help defuse a user's frustration.
- ehsanul 17y agoAfter three years of searching for the Apollo 11 tapes, NASA concluded that the footage of the first manned moon landing is probably lost forever. How come I never knew that Apollo 11 footage was lost?
- ehsanul 17y agoI'm wondering why my comment downmodded; I'd like to know in what way I may have violated community guidelines, so I don't again. I suppose my comment was not useful, is that it?
- gojomo 17y agoYes. Only you know why you hadn't seen the coverage of the lost Apollo tapes. So, your comment was about as useful to the conversation as, "where oh where did I put my car keys?"
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- ehsanul 17y agoFair enough. I'll keep that in mind for the future.
- mhb 17y agoIf his question were taken literally, then that might be a good explanation. But it seems pretty obvious that he is asking why it isn't more widely known that something so important was lost. Two potentially instructive responses might be "The lost Apollo 11 tapes have been all over the news and everyone except you knows about them" or "NASA only recently admitted this embarrassing fact and it was released on Sunday morning to minimize media coverage."
- gojomo 17y agoBTW, I didn't downvote until his comment was briefly at +2; it wasn't a bad comment, just a vague/rhetorical/possibly-paranoid comment I wouldn't want to encourage. If he had clarified that he was wondering why it hadn't gotten more coverage, I would have pointed out I remembered a bunch of coverage a few years ago -- coverage that even yielded a Wikipedia article, <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11_missing_tapes> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11_missing_tapes>, with a 3+ year edit history. Instead, he seemed genuinely interested in why someone would have disliked his comment, so I gave a likely answer.
- yread 17y agoyes 404 pages can be cool. see http://www.instantshift.com/2009/03/24/creative-404-error-pages-around-for-inspiration/ http://www.instantshift.com/2009/03/24/creative-404-error-pa... there, now I am ontopic so i can afford to rant: why is this interesting?
- teeja 17y agoThat's way way better than leaving someone feeling like they've been thrown in the dumpster!
- thinkbohemian 17y agoSo now...the quest to find a page that will give us a 500 error message ^_^
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