![]() ![]() “And I said, ‘Well, so why don’t you stop listening?’” Murphy continued. “He said, ‘Oh god, yeah, ‘US Jews and Girls Report.’ I said, ‘Well, what do you mean?’ He said, ‘Well, all the commentators are Jews … and they’re always talking about women’s issues. Murphy asked the other driver if he listened to NPR. A few years ago, he was sitting at a truck stop coffee counter with a driver who was a Ku Klux Klan member. Murphy writes that even if truckers “may not like the slant, if there is one,” they still listen to public radio. So what can truckers tell us about what public radio knows about its listeners and how we could serve them better? And most people probably don’t think “trucker” when they envision the typical public radio listener. Why do truckers like NPR? They probably don’t fit the mold of the “ business leader,” “educated lifelong learner” or any of the profiles described by National Public Media. ![]() I read the book and interviewed Murphy for a story about the future of the trucking industry, and that part of the book got me curious. It’s probably because I’ve spent more time with her than anyone else in my life.” “ … I’ve got a little crush on Terry, actually. “If I can, I’ll schedule my driving to catch Fresh Air with Terry Gross,” Murphy wrote. He recently published The Long Haul, a book about his experiences. “Every single driver I’ve ever talked to listens to NPR,” said Murphy. She’s not the only truck driver who listens to NPR - far from it, according to Finn Murphy, who has been a long-haul trucker for more than 30 years. “I used that book until it absolutely fell apart, and I wish I’d ordered two of them now,” she said.Īfter years of listening, she has memorized some local stations - for example, 90.1 in Dallas and 90.7 in St. She said she used to have a small booklet listing all the public radio stations in the country, which she got as a gift for pledging support. Klang has been a truck driver for 37 years, going through all 48 contiguous states, and she listens to public radio all the time. after the country had just broken away from England. She told the state patrolman that yes, she knows listening to the radio is not a valid excuse, then proceeded to tell him all about the radio show that took her mind off her speed - an episode of BackStory about the history of taxes in the U.S. “It’s okay, I only get a speeding ticket about once every 10 years,” she said. In July last year, long-haul truck driver Stephanie Klang got a rare speeding ticket because she was too engrossed listening to public radio. ![]()
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