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October 25, 2023

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Tribute to a Friend I Never Met – Tom Magliozzi

November 4, 2014September 29, 2018 B. John 275 Views 0 Comments Tom Magliozzi, Ray Magliozzi, fun, Car Talk, laughter, Goodbye

One of the hosts of perhaps the funniest show on any medium, Tom Magliozzi, of Car Talk on National Public Radio (NPR) died earlier this week from complications associate with Alzheimer’s Disease. I was fortunate to come across National Public Radio very many years ago, somewhere around the early ’80s. Tom and his brother Ray had done a car repair call in show on the Boston NPR station for about 10 years, and then I first them as they started doing a brief regular segment on NPR’s Weekend Edition each week. The show went on NPR nationally in 1987 and was on Saturday mornings.

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NPR Embraces Hate Groups

January 19, 2012September 29, 2018 B. John 316 Views 0 Comments Bryan Fischer, national public radio, AFA, American Family Association, Tony Perkins, Family Research Council, FRC, Barbara Bradley Haggerty, hate group, Ombudsman, SPLC, Joel Rose, Morning Addition, All Things Considered

Apparently NPR Religion Correspondent, Barbara Bradley-Haggerty, has decided that religious groups which claim to be Christian can’t possibly be hate groups. It also seems she makes decisions about who to interview for stories based on who returns her call the fastest.

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A Good Friend Who Doesn’t Know He’s a Good Friend

November 24, 2009August 10, 2015 236 Views 2 Comments Friends, news, national public radio, NPR, life, Carl Kasell, Carl Kassel

Carl Kasell is retiring from NPR as the Morning Edition news anchor after holding the job for 30 years since the inception of the program. I have never had the pleasure of meeting Carl Kasell, and I don’t think I’d ever seen a picture of him until his retirement was announced this week, but I knew that voice as well as that of my best friends.