I must admit to a bias before starting this review: I am a big fan of All Things Considered and Morning Edition, regular features on NPR. But this site has much more than recordings of these two shows.
Extensive information regarding all NPR shows is provided, with links (when available) to NPR programs with their own Web pages. Pictures and bios of NPR reporters put faces on familiar voices. Sadly, for fans of Car Talk, they are not yet accessible via e-mail or the Web. Online ordering of tapes and transcripts is available, as well as information about ordering by snail mail. late-breaking news updates, links to other media pages, and to member stations and PBS make this a handy site to use as a jumping off point for news-hungry folk. The latest edition of the NPR FAQ file contains information on contacting the various shows that are heard on NPR, programming schedules, playlists, discussion groups, and more. Recent special series' transcripts are available in their entirety in ASCII text.
A special section is devoted to information for overseas listeners about the different ways in which they can tune in to NPR stations.
All audio recordings on NPR's Web page are in Real Audio format, which requires a special player. Archives of Morning Edition and All Things Considered allow you to listen to stories from July 1995. You leave NPR's page to listen to the Real Audio recordings; a new feature on the Real Audio page entails getting an account and password for the NPR audio files. It's a simple process, but will prevent you from immediately hearing your selected sound bytes the first time you try, as the account and password information is sent via e-mail (but don't worry: it's free).
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