Comments on: Daily Links: NPR Edition http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2008/01/07/daily-links-npr-edition/ personal finance that makes cents Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:06:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: BxCapricorn http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2008/01/07/daily-links-npr-edition/#comment-111488 BxCapricorn Thu, 10 Jan 2008 00:09:15 +0000 http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2008/01/07/daily-links-npr-edition/#comment-111488 Listening to the Ramit interview blew my mind. There's no telling how far I can go with the insights and wisdom he graciously provides. Listening to the Ramit interview blew my mind. There’s no telling how far I can go with the insights and wisdom he graciously provides.

]]> By: Russell Heimlich http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2008/01/07/daily-links-npr-edition/#comment-111273 Russell Heimlich Tue, 08 Jan 2008 22:19:14 +0000 http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2008/01/07/daily-links-npr-edition/#comment-111273 I've been reading his book. It's a great read to find out how major industries like the banking, and cell phone industries earn most of their money. Fees and hidden tacked-on charges seem to be running out of control. He offers plenty of advice to avoid being trapped by their game. I find it always helps to know how economic systems work, and this book does a great job at giving the consumers an edge. I’ve been reading his book. It’s a great read to find out how major industries like the banking, and cell phone industries earn most of their money. Fees and hidden tacked-on charges seem to be running out of control. He offers plenty of advice to avoid being trapped by their game. I find it always helps to know how economic systems work, and this book does a great job at giving the consumers an edge.

]]> By: Chris http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2008/01/07/daily-links-npr-edition/#comment-111265 Chris Tue, 08 Jan 2008 21:58:04 +0000 http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2008/01/07/daily-links-npr-edition/#comment-111265 Marketplace just had a big series called "Consumed" about whether the consumer economy is sustainable. A few of the reports are related to personal finance. http://marketplace.publicradio.org/projects/project_display.php?proj_identifier=2007/11/08/consumed Marketplace just had a big series called “Consumed” about whether the consumer economy is sustainable. A few of the reports are related to personal finance.

http://marketplace.publicradio.org/projects/project_display.php?proj_identifier=2007/11/08/consumed

]]> By: Emily Starbuck Gerson http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2008/01/07/daily-links-npr-edition/#comment-111259 Emily Starbuck Gerson Tue, 08 Jan 2008 21:36:31 +0000 http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2008/01/07/daily-links-npr-edition/#comment-111259 I am wild about NPR and get much of my news from listening to it to and from work...but I can't stand Car Talk or Prarie Home Companion. Those are news pollution to me! Marketplace really is a great show, though, and I think people would be a lot more educated about finances if they tuned in. I am wild about NPR and get much of my news from listening to it to and from work…but I can’t stand Car Talk or Prarie Home Companion. Those are news pollution to me! Marketplace really is a great show, though, and I think people would be a lot more educated about finances if they tuned in.

]]> By: Ana http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2008/01/07/daily-links-npr-edition/#comment-111242 Ana Tue, 08 Jan 2008 19:20:26 +0000 http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2008/01/07/daily-links-npr-edition/#comment-111242 Great links. Also, just wanted to say that I am an Agent for a national cellular company and can't believe all the fees they tack on to customers bills... it's crazy. Great links. Also, just wanted to say that I am an Agent for a national cellular company and can’t believe all the fees they tack on to customers bills… it’s crazy.

]]> By: Louise http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2008/01/07/daily-links-npr-edition/#comment-111239 Louise Tue, 08 Jan 2008 18:40:20 +0000 http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2008/01/07/daily-links-npr-edition/#comment-111239 I used to be an NPR junkie, but stopped cold turkey when I retired. Listening to any radio is now "noise pollution." Radio was my drug of choice when commuting. Listening kept me from thinking. It wasn't until I stopped all that driving up and down the same roads everyday in the car that I realized how much of my life was being wasted. Quite literally, commuting is "going nowhere." I used to be an NPR junkie, but stopped cold turkey when I retired. Listening to any radio is now “noise pollution.”

Radio was my drug of choice when commuting. Listening kept me from thinking. It wasn’t until I stopped all that driving up and down the same roads everyday in the car that I realized how much of my life was being wasted. Quite literally, commuting is “going nowhere.”

]]> By: Fox Cutter http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2008/01/07/daily-links-npr-edition/#comment-111237 Fox Cutter Tue, 08 Jan 2008 18:07:44 +0000 http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2008/01/07/daily-links-npr-edition/#comment-111237 I'm no expert in Podcast, but I've contributed to a few in the past and sometimes run my own. I would be more then willing to help, or even just read a segment or two so you don't always have the same voice :) --Fox I’m no expert in Podcast, but I’ve contributed to a few in the past and sometimes run my own. I would be more then willing to help, or even just read a segment or two so you don’t always have the same voice :)

–Fox

]]> By: Anjjol http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2008/01/07/daily-links-npr-edition/#comment-111235 Anjjol Tue, 08 Jan 2008 17:51:38 +0000 http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2008/01/07/daily-links-npr-edition/#comment-111235 I'm an NPR fan as well. My son calls it "K-BLAH" radio. :) I’m an NPR fan as well. My son calls it “K-BLAH” radio. :)

]]> By: Schizohedron http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2008/01/07/daily-links-npr-edition/#comment-111231 Schizohedron Tue, 08 Jan 2008 17:32:32 +0000 http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2008/01/07/daily-links-npr-edition/#comment-111231 I second Kris's impression of Sullivan's NPR interview and I look forward to reading his book, <i>Gotcha Capitalism.</i> The discussion had me digging into my cellphone and broadband bills for annoying surcharges. I second Kris’s impression of Sullivan’s NPR interview and I look forward to reading his book, Gotcha Capitalism. The discussion had me digging into my cellphone and broadband bills for annoying surcharges.

]]> By: SJ http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2008/01/07/daily-links-npr-edition/#comment-111198 SJ Tue, 08 Jan 2008 12:52:02 +0000 http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2008/01/07/daily-links-npr-edition/#comment-111198 I love NPR - but when I used to spend a lot of time commuting (over an hour in the car most mornings) I switched to listening to NPR podcasts in the car (my iPod hooked up to the car radio with a FM transponder) - I couldn't take the repeats of the same stories every fifteen minutes. I love NPR - but when I used to spend a lot of time commuting (over an hour in the car most mornings) I switched to listening to NPR podcasts in the car (my iPod hooked up to the car radio with a FM transponder) - I couldn’t take the repeats of the same stories every fifteen minutes.

]]> By: Mybudget360 http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2008/01/07/daily-links-npr-edition/#comment-111181 Mybudget360 Tue, 08 Jan 2008 07:39:31 +0000 http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2008/01/07/daily-links-npr-edition/#comment-111181 Marketplace is a great show. Haven't found any other 30 minute show that covers the daily events of the economy as well as Kai Ryssdal. And there is only so much you can go over in 30 minutes. I enjoyed their philanthropy series last month. And Car Talk is another story. I was driving out in Arizona last month and that was the only show that I was able to get in 15 degree weather out in the middle of nowhere. All the shows on NPR and I was listening on how to change the oil pump on a 1995 Cadillac! :) Marketplace is a great show. Haven’t found any other 30 minute show that covers the daily events of the economy as well as Kai Ryssdal. And there is only so much you can go over in 30 minutes. I enjoyed their philanthropy series last month.

And Car Talk is another story. I was driving out in Arizona last month and that was the only show that I was able to get in 15 degree weather out in the middle of nowhere. All the shows on NPR and I was listening on how to change the oil pump on a 1995 Cadillac! :)

]]> By: Flexo http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2008/01/07/daily-links-npr-edition/#comment-111175 Flexo Tue, 08 Jan 2008 06:06:00 +0000 http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2008/01/07/daily-links-npr-edition/#comment-111175 I'm a fan of Wait Wait Don't Tell Me... the weekend quiz show. I download the podcast editions and listen once in a while... Good stuff, esp. from Mo Rocca who's much funnier there than he was on The Daily Show. I’m a fan of Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me… the weekend quiz show. I download the podcast editions and listen once in a while… Good stuff, esp. from Mo Rocca who’s much funnier there than he was on The Daily Show.

]]> By: Michael http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2008/01/07/daily-links-npr-edition/#comment-111173 Michael Tue, 08 Jan 2008 05:46:09 +0000 http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2008/01/07/daily-links-npr-edition/#comment-111173 I enjoy the NPR economy podcast. It can be found from their economy site: http://www.npr.org/templates/topics/topic.php?topicId=1017 And here is a list of all NPR business podcasts: http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_directory.php?type=topic&value=1006 I enjoy the NPR economy podcast. It can be found from their economy site: http://www.npr.org/templates/topics/topic.php?topicId=1017

And here is a list of all NPR business podcasts:

http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_directory.php?type=topic&value=1006

]]> By: SJean http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2008/01/07/daily-links-npr-edition/#comment-111161 SJean Tue, 08 Jan 2008 04:25:58 +0000 http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2008/01/07/daily-links-npr-edition/#comment-111161 The box link was interesting :) I love NPR (but not car talk). Thanks for the links! The box link was interesting :)

I love NPR (but not car talk). Thanks for the links!

]]> By: RacerX http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2008/01/07/daily-links-npr-edition/#comment-111156 RacerX Tue, 08 Jan 2008 03:46:43 +0000 http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2008/01/07/daily-links-npr-edition/#comment-111156 Thanks for the links. I enjoyed the "Go ahead and learn to be rich" Now I feel a smidge better about our tax dollars paying for this :) Thanks for the links. I enjoyed the “Go ahead and learn to be rich”

Now I feel a smidge better about our tax dollars paying for this :)

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