[AmericanInTokyo]

Believe me, often stating (truthfully) that you are an American in Cairo, or Paris, or London, or Tokyo or San Paulo or Berlin, gets you RIGHT TO THE FRONT OF THE LINE on domestic US call in shows--as the novelty of it is great and the often want to hear "what is it like over there" on some issue (if you are eloquent enough with the screener).

Way back when, anywho, I got through to Larry King Live on CNN and had the high privilege of personally chewing out President George H. W. Bush right on the air live, from a conservative perspective (He of course laughed off and dodged my question entirely). Will never forget Lary King saying "Tokyo, Japan! Your one with President Bush!" on the tape delay, picking up my line after about only the third or fourth call into the show.....

[Notwithstanding]

“Someone” just was on the air “from Germany” and upbraided them for firing one voice that does give balance to Fox News while failing to have any meaningful conservative content whatsoever on NPR.

NPR has ZERO conservative on-air news personalities.
All of them are clearly progressives/liberals.
So are all of their shows.