This is a great piece! My 12-year-old will be listening to it tomorrow, so she can hear how 'big kids' now appreciate listening to NPR! I hope it airs soon.
Another in a series from NPR's Next Generation Radio, this piece perfectly captures the guilty pleasure that some young people take in listening to public radio. It was a bit bothersome for me that the piece equates NPR and All Things Considered with public radio and ignores the rest, but then I guess NPR is our biggest brand. Maybe it's just the public radio general manager in me coming out... Anyway, it's very well written, slickly produced and nicely narrated by producer Beth Novey. The sound bites from teenagers are priceless; I loved the line that listening to NPR is like drinking coffee - you don't like it when you're little either. This is an engaging piece that would fit well into a news magazine program like, say, All Things Considered.
Comments for Captive Audience: NPR's Backseat Listeners
This piece belongs to the series "NPR's Next Generation Radio"
Produced by Beth Novey discovers the young listeners of NPR.
Other pieces by Next Generation Radio
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Shaye Gambrell
Posted on August 30, 2006 at 05:36 PM | Permalink
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This is a great piece! My 12-year-old will be listening to it tomorrow, so she can hear how 'big kids' now appreciate listening to NPR! I hope it airs soon.
Joelle Novey
Posted on August 29, 2006 at 09:19 AM | Permalink
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Phil Corriveau
Posted on August 20, 2006 at 12:56 PM | Permalink
Review of Captive Audience: NPR's Backseat Listeners
Another in a series from NPR's Next Generation Radio, this piece perfectly captures the guilty pleasure that some young people take in listening to public radio. It was a bit bothersome for me that the piece equates NPR and All Things Considered with public radio and ignores the rest, but then I guess NPR is our biggest brand. Maybe it's just the public radio general manager in me coming out... Anyway, it's very well written, slickly produced and nicely narrated by producer Beth Novey. The sound bites from teenagers are priceless; I loved the line that listening to NPR is like drinking coffee - you don't like it when you're little either. This is an engaging piece that would fit well into a news magazine program like, say, All Things Considered.
Todd Taliaferro
Posted on July 31, 2006 at 04:52 PM | Permalink
Review of Captive Audience: NPR's Backseat Listeners
Sounds a little like an NPR ad, but it was interesting to hear the teen's opinions about being captive listeners..