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The loss of Car Talk (as well as You Bet Your Garden) from my local NPR broadcast are both still felt sharply.
by cainxinth 3y ago
The loss of Car Talk (as well as You Bet Your Garden) from my local NPR broadcast are both still felt sharply.
- Aloha 3y agoA Prairie Home Companion was also a dear loss too. I enjoyed Live from Here, its replacement - but Chris Thile was not Garrison Keillor, and the pivot from an even mix of storytelling and music to mostly storytelling, caused it to lose something. I think had COVID not come along, it could have found its audience, but alas, COVID came and it went.
- dylan604 3y agoThe switch to WFH definitely lost a lot of NPR radio time. While not driveway moments, since Car Talk was on the weekend, I would find myself with parking lot moments as I was usually running weekend errands and would find myself hanging out in the parking lot of Home Depot.
- quacked 3y agoLive From Here was mostly storytelling? I thought it was mostly music, given that Thile is one of the greatest living musicians. I never listened to a whole LFH show, but I watch a lot of great musical clips from it. Here's my favorite LFH clip: https://youtu.be/I_LhXKBSNi8?si=QzqUBXzWLutFQtck&t=127 https://youtu.be/I_LhXKBSNi8?si=QzqUBXzWLutFQtck&t=127
- Aloha 3y agoYes, indeed, I meant it the other way.
- 0x0000000 3y agoI believe the entire Car Talk catalog(or maybe just "Best of Car Talk", but still many years worth) is available on the NPR site / app, if streaming is an option for you.