NPR reminds me of “Radio Moscow” in the early ‘60s. Occasionally, they have some good music.
I occasionally listened to Radio Moscow in the early '60's and aver that your characterization is completely unfair. To Radio Moscow. They were far more balanced and rational than anything I've ever heard on NPR. BTW, I am not kidding. Radio Moscow writers did not persume that the listeners accepted their premises, so they were much more restrained and rational. NPR writers marinate in a peculiar fantasy world, without adult supervision.