The Key to Round 1: A Great NPR Name

I mean she sounds like a heroine in a Melvin Van Peebles blaxploitation flick ( is that a reach) ? The name has perk appeal.

My heart shattered into a million pieces when NPR dropped Kojo Nnamdi's national show "Public Interest." I loved this man's voice, interview style, and show. (Can you say "stalker" and "restraining order"? I knew you could.) Ah, it was a love that was doomed from the start.

KN filled the void left in my heart when the original "Talk of the Nation" host John Hockenberry left the show. Sigh. Another major crush. So amazing that JH began as a volunteer at an NPR station, and that - as a medium - radio maximized his talents as a host and interviewer and minimized other aspects that most people would focus on upon first meeting. (If you don't know what I'm talking about, that's good - goes to show you radio is about the mind, not the body.)

-- Linda

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Pete,

The more I think about it, the more I have to admit, it may, (I said, may), come down to a great name.

Here's the latest one I have come across:

http://www.publicradioquest.com/audio/user/5088

Steve

If rules are made to be broken then, comfort zones are for leaving.

Just saw that name and it seemed so NPRish.

Steve

I’m an egocentric spec at the center of totality. My personal existence is forged by the cosmic chain of events, and all I can do is go along for the ride.

I say it's a toss up between Lakshmi Singh (find any first name with so many consonants between the vowels) and Kai Ryssdal (find me another guy named Kai who seems that cooool)

From Chicago, this is Jonathan Lipman

My favorite name? Just the name?

Oh, that's freaking easy, dude.

I love to say it and sometimes say it in the car while I'm driving when I hear her reporting.

Are you ready?

It's "Sylvia Poggioli"

S y l v i a P o g g i o l i

Yeah, it rolls around in the mouth like Wallace says "Grommet?!"

Love & Rockets,
DaBomb
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NPR jocky in Dayton, Ohio.
Listen to Around The Fringe with Rev. Cool every Friday 8-midnight (EST) www.wyso.org
World music as well as the Gem City (Dayton).

"Happiness is the best revenge!"

hal cogen. i wish.

diane reems!!!!

Korva may sound soft-spoken, especially when hosting classical music, but she's got quite the personality.

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Jad Abumrad. He had to be on public radio...it was like a birth right with that name.

Bill Slammon
"Saturday Morning" on WVEW.org
http://saturday-mroning-radio-experience.blogspot.com

The Tappet Brothers, Click and Clack... it has a percussive, rhythm to it...Similar to a well tuned engine. Genius, really.

I am not yanking your chain, or turning your cord,

BarbaraAnnKaarina Turning-McCord, R.N.

We're in trouble a new submitter has appeared on the scene: Alison Van Diggelen.

This name has that certain NPRiness.

Steve

There are only two types of people in the world - those that dichotomize and those that don't.

Ray D. O'Name......couldn't resist that one.

Bill Grady

"You Are The Guest" Podcast

http://www.youaretheguest.com

... is the bomb.

Click and Clack.

What's in a name? Need I say more?

Check me out: http://www.publicradioquest.com/audio/user/2409

Cheers!

Cokie Roberts and Nina Totenberg

Seriously, Cokie? You're just asking for your child to work in non-profit radio. And I guess I can't fault Nina, as she is half Jewish and half ... Native American?? Classic.

I thought this thread had been wiped away. Yippee!

Steve

We can philosophize together until the words fail us.

I have to be honest, my wife listens to more Public Radio than I do.(not to mention the fact that my car stereo has a tendency of being stolen:( ) Regardless, I believe a good radio name or NPR Title does have to be catchy and have an unnatural ability to hold its longevity. Here are a few titles I have been working on:
The TRUTH of Faith
The Christian Subculture
What in God's Name?
Don't Sweat the Relevent

Have fun with the contest!!
Jason Z.
jasonzaragoza@hotmail.com
"How big would you dream if you knew you could not fail?"-Unknown-

I like Bob Boilen. Alliterative... and it gives me images of scalding hot water and skin conditions. It's a very bubbly name.

But let's face it... I don't make a habit of drawing attention to myself, but my name, Anders Norheim Mattson, is definitely an NPR name. Ok, maybe more of a MinnesotaPR name, but still. Rid all associations to "Anderson" from your mind, Anders rhymes with wanders and ponders. If all three names are too many syllables, try Anders Mattson. Or better yet, Anders Norheim. That's got ring like Lakshmi Singh!

I couldn't help but notice the subtle nuances that distinguish a good NPR name from a (good?) commercial radio name.

Imagine Mandalit del Barco hosting the Morning Express with Steve Diamond. Or Linda Wertheimer giving away free Nickelback tickets to caller number 7 on the Fox. Or David Folkenflik hosting Mullet Madness with some dude named T-Bone.

David Folkenflik

Seriously, where do these names come from? And why were my descendants so lame? Outstanding.

karl kastle (this is how i imagine it's spelled), all the way, baby!

Hello...Corey Flintoff..it sounds just a little bit nasty.
But I went to school with a girl named Honey Chiles, and there is a psychologist here in Austin named Flint Sparks...those are good names too.

Once a friend of a friend I was about to visit couldn't believe that my name was actually Emily Eagle. Scoffing, this disbeliever said, "Emily Eagle? What, is her boyfriend Ben the Bear cheating on her with Sally the Snake?"

Emily Eagle is my real name, and I think it would sound good on the radio--but not in competition with Sally the Snake.

That said, I dig the way Sarah Vowell says her name on the air.