Random thoughts on NPR
I listen to NPR. I admit it. I guess that means I’m old, but I love it.
When you listen to NPR you hear the same people over and over every day and you start to get to know them…by voice. You start to picture what these folks look like, but everyone has their own image of these folks. Have you ever looked up what these people actually look like? I did…some are decent looking people…others, well as they say “have a face for radio.”
What prompted me to look these people up you might ask? Well, I noticed something a little weird over the last few days. A couple people who I’ve been listening to for years on NPR have started to change their names every once in a while. For example, Deborah Amos refers to herself every once in a while as Deb Amos. And Cheryl Glaser referred to herself today as Cherry Glaser. Did anyone else notice this?
I don’t understand why they’d do that. Are we all of a sudden on nickname terms with these folks? Are they getting old and now they feel like they want to sound a little younger? Hey, this isn’t your dad’s NPR…this is the new, hip NPR. There’s no apparent explanation for this use of nicknames, but I’ll keep listening and let you know if any more crop up.
Side note: By far the best name on NPR…Renita Jablonski. As it turns out, she’s also a bit of a hottie.
August 4th, 2008 at 6:19 pm
Sylvia Poggioli’s got a cool name too.
August 18th, 2008 at 9:35 pm
I have to say Lakshmi Singh kind of takes the cake
November 20th, 2008 at 10:42 am
I, for one, am absolutely thrilled that Cheryl Glaser announced herself as “Chery” Glaser. Forty years ago I was friends with a family with a little girl named Chery Glaser, but I never honestly thought that Cheryl Glaser might be the same person. But when I heard her announce her name as “Chery” I did some research, emailed the radio station, and, lo, she IS my old friend. Happily, we have reconnected via email after all these years.