For your listening pleasure

In the last several months, I've become a regular listener of NPR. I'm partial to "Talk of the Nation" and "Morning Edition," but all of the programming is wonderful and never fails to entertain and inform.

Here's some of the various shows and interviews I enjoyed this week and which you, my loyal one, maybe two readers, may enjoy as well.

December 29, "All Things Considered:"

"Possible Knight Ridder Sale Brings Unlikely Suitors"

December 29, "Talk of the Nation:"

"Recapping Notable Events of 2005"

December 30, "Morning Edition:"

"New Words of 2005 and Beyond" (An interview with the editor of the Oxford American Dictionary about the new words of 2005, one of which is "podcasting." (Yeah!)

"Frontrunners Unclear in Oscar Race"