Just for nostalgia. Both these guys went to MIT, and their first business was creating a space with tools where you could come in and work on your own car for a fee. That is very useful in the city.
Is this real, or is this an excellent storyteller? Either way.
I remember introducing my dad to this show, when I was in university and they were still living outside of Boston. He was laughing within 15 seconds, and couldn't believe that he hadn't heard of it before.
ReplyDeleteWhat would you give to have the NPR of old: Great leading-edge investigative journalism, excellent classical music, terrific jazz and bluegrass shows, interactive programs like Car Talk? How far they have fallen, and they didn't trip, either.
ReplyDeleteI have imagined an alternate universe in which NPR picked up World Cup coverage some time in the 70s or even 80s, when you couldn't get other American outlets to give it much attention. It would have fit their international sophisticate model and gotten them a new demographic of fans every three years, with some carryover from both sides. I believe they would still be a mostly-liberal outlet, but there would have been some restraint on their headlong rush from center-left to near radical. It would have been one more arrow in the quiver of a more representative audience. The classical, bluegrass, jazz, PHC, Car Talk, and then intellectual game show groups all have apoliticals, centrists, and even conservatives in them. To this would now be added foreign nationals (especially European ex-pats) as well as the eclectic group of American soccer fans - small highschools and colleges, all-sport fanatics, and prep showoffs.
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