I learned about anesthesia today on NPR. That is to say, I was listening to NPR, and the topic was anesthesiology. They were discussing the effects that anesthesia has on the brain and what the brain does when a person is "under" for surgery.
I think that a lot of people typically think that npr is boring, but I actually think it's refreshing. For instance, the diversity of programming is far greater than that of privately owned radio stations who pander to specific audiences. True, I wasn't particularly interested in anesthesiology. However, I have been listening to NPR for a few weeks now, and the point is that every time I listen the programming is different. They have everything from news programs to stock updates to classical music to jazz to local news to interesting human stories to comedy shows. everything. The cool thing about NPR is that it doesn't exist to make a profit so the goal of it's programming isn't simply to increase their listening audience so they can sell more adds. NPR is focused on programming that is socially enhancing, community building, and informative. Contrary to popular belief, I think that, for this reason, NPR is one of few places one can go to obtain nonpartisan information. Of course, I concede that everyone has to make that call for themselves.
Still, regardless of partisanship, NPR is a great place to go for information about local events, off-the-beaten track news stories, and music with a minimal amount of commercial interference.
I like it!
P.S. I also called my Mom today. Making time for the people we love makes the world a better place. After all, what's the purpose of life without strong relationships? :)
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