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supernova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-07-05 09:21 AM
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WUNC replacing The Connection with Diane Rehm
If you listen to WUNC during the day and didn't know it, WBUR cancelled The Connection w/ Dick Gordon. The last show was Friday. Inexplicable, because I really like Dick Gordon. :grr:

He's knowledgable, has a great variety of topics and keeps the discussion on track. Most of all, I like the way he has treated callers, treating them with the same respect as the guests and for a lot of them, sussing out what they were trying to say.

Any way, in place of Dick Gordon, the good news is we are getting The Diane Rehm Show.

More here:

http://www.wunc.org/special/0805schedule.html
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BeyondThePale Donating Member (895 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-07-05 09:24 AM
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1. That really sucks... the Connection is (was) a great show.
Thanks for the update 'nova.

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Prodemsouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-07-05 09:35 AM
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2. Since Air America, I don't listen to any of this defeatist elitist
garbage. I didn't even know such stuff was still on the air.
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supernova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-07-05 09:40 AM
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3. .
:rofl:

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Prodemsouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-07-05 09:45 AM
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4. Oh your so vey.. vey..superior. Listen to Rehm as you sip your
tea and take a bite from a fresh crumpet. You can hear her choke and wheeze while defending her Repug or conservative guest when she gets a caller that takes them to task or listen to her when she talks about a book no one has read.
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supernova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-07-05 09:48 AM
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5. I didn't say I was superior
I think your reaction is over the top.

AA is good, but I can't listen to politics all day, much as I'm involved in it. Everybody needs a break to fight another day.

And thank you for reminding me to take my cornpone out of the oven.
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oddtext Donating Member (268 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-07-05 11:38 PM
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6. i liked the connection
even better when Christopher Lydon hosted it in the 90s (i lived in boston).

i agree with the other poster, tho, diane sucks. turn to AAR. listen to stephanie miller.
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supernova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-08-05 08:53 AM
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7. I haven't heard Diane before so I didn't know
I work in corp america and I'm not comfortable listening to overtly politcal stuff at work. So NPR kinda fills that bill.

Although I will say the bunch I work with now are fairly liberal, it's the nature of the work we do.
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Vox_Reason Donating Member (589 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 11:21 AM
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8. Stephanie rocks!
I listen whenever I can on WCHL 1360 in Chapel Hill.
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WillYourVoteBCounted Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 11:52 PM
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11. Amen! She nearly caused my death
Rehm nearly got me killed, while driving to Raleigh
the other day....

She nearly made me fall asleep at the wheel!

It makes you wonder why bother to fight for NPR, when it is so
darn boring!

Yikes! She sounds like she is reading a bed-time story to me.
Sorry if you like her, she probably is quite nice, but good grief,
how about some inflection in that voice!
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NC_Nurse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 06:26 PM
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9. I was disappointed too.
Edited on Fri Aug-12-05 06:26 PM by NC_Nurse
When I heard The Connection was cancelled. I liked Dick Gordon a lot.

I have only heard a couple of Diane Rehm shows, she obviously is getting older, maybe has a breathing or aphasic problem...but i haven't seen any reason to dislike her yet. WUNC had no choise but to pick up some new show since WBUR isn't producing the Connection anyway. I'm willing to give her show a chance.
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Hissyspit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-14-05 01:45 AM
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10. Lost "On Point" in the evenings, too. It is now on in the time period...
The Connection has, but WUNC chose not to fill it with that. I would say On Point was the best of all three.

I am not impressed with Diane Rehm, too much. She is o.k.

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