As we're listening to Weekend Edition, the younger Free-Ride offspring asks, "Why don't they ever have weekend subtraction?"
(I think it was the elder Free-Ride offspring, years ago, who asked why Morning Edition had puppet words. It took us a few long moments to figure out the "puppet words" was actually Bob Edwards.)
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I was just missing Bob Edwards listening to the radio this morning. His NPR shows were truly the antonym of "puppet words." That's why he got fired.
http://www.bobedwards.info/ftopic712.html
Podcasts now downloadable free.
My little one listens to NPR in the car until she gets bored and demands the White Album (with a particular fondness for Bungalow Bill, which she calls "Hey, bun, little Bill").