Then, they repeated the Skype plug halfway through the discussion. The discussion was error-free, no delay, nothing remarkable about it -- there was no need to "explain" the nature of the connection.
It seemed very odd. I also note that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation seems to donate to NPR quite a lot. The media is just bought and paid for and they say what their backers want them to say. The only Truth I recognize now comes from the Bible.
That is odd. A Freeper listens to NPR.
I’ve always had better connections with Gtalk.