Saturday, April 2, 2011

The Oddly Informative News Quiz

Happy Saturday folks!  I hope you're all enjoying the beautiful day. 

I just wanted to pass along something that I enjoy EVERY SINGLE WEEKEND and that you may not only also enjoy, but also find helpful for the blog project. 

Every Saturday NPR produces a current events quiz show called "Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me!."  It profiles both run-of-the mill news stories, but also the weird ones that you can't believe when you hear them.   It's a funny show, but also incredibly informative.

There are a couple of ways that you can access it:

1. "Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me" airs on our local NPR station, WHYY 90.9 FM, every Saturday at 4PM.  All you need to do is tune your radio dial to WHYY and you can listen FOR FREE!

2. You can download old episodes of Wait Wait via iTunes FOR FREE!  All you have to do is go to the Podcast section of your iTunes store and search for Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me.  Then you can just download them into your iTunes and listen to them through your computer or your MP3 player.

3. You can stream or download episodes of Wait Wait through their website (address above) FOR FREE!

Remember, you don't HAVE to do this, it's just  a suggestion for an alternate way to access news and current events!

Enjoy your weekend, maybe catch a quick nap, just like Loki!! 

2 comments:

Briana said...

What exactly does it talk about Im a little confused, and that IS your cat in the picture, right? Pat doesn't believe me.

Mrs. Mo said...

It's my dog. He's smaller than a cat and thinks he's a cat, but he's really a dog.

The show reports, analyzes, and comments on the news. It's just like a blog or a magazine or a newspaper just with people talking about it instead of writing about it.

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