I listen to NPR whenever I'm in the car driving to /fro work. Where i'm at its either that or the same old music or Ranchero music. I would shove a pencil through one side and out the other if I had to listen to conservative talk radio.
I can listen to something and not let it mutate my brain.
There is an extreme anarchist/socialist type guy at work who insists on trying to impose his will upon the rest of us (go figure) by blasting NPR whenever he can.Especially when it's a firearm related show.
My radio is louder,so I crank up the Vicente Fernandez. Oddly enough,he is Hispanic,and hates it-I'm not Hispanic,and enjoy it.
I'll take the ranchero music over ANY talk show,or your typical "classic rock " station,any day.
About the only talk show I can listen to is Ground Zero..the callers amuse me to no end..And Art Bell's callers are even better!