identity revealed

so admittedly im a pretty obsessive national public radio (npr) listener and i always wonder where they get these people to be djs and correspondents. prerequisites must be "if you have a strange or hyphenated name check here." that then leads me to guess their ethnicity. lakshmi singh, im thinking indian right? after twenty minutes of misspelling her name, made more fun by my dyslexia, i find:

what?! turns out her father is indo-trinidadian and her mother's puerto rican

so i decided to burst the bubble on the npr people and put a face to all those sneaking, hippie, commie, birkenstock-wearing, soap-dodging, pinko fareigners.
warning: proceed with caution as this could collapse the aura of their voices

steve inskeep and renee montagne ... high school sweethearts
















michele norris... looks like a commercial for a feminine hygiene product










diane rehm... kinda hot






































the car guys - tom and ray magliozzi
...
i think i saw that guy sleeping in a box


bob edwards... norwegian axe murderer













scott simon ... aw shucks dad










terry gross ... retired librarian maybe























garrison keillor ... face for radio














melissa block ... math class anyone?








carl castle ... insert funny joke here










louisa lim ... insert funny joke here










john ydstie ... i bet it was originally john johnson but he wanted to be part of the the weird npr name gang























jacki lyden







barbara bradley hagerty

















karen grigsby bates















mara liasson ...
















nina totenburg ... liberal elites you say hah










rob gifford ...



















anne garrels






















juan williams ... enraged black man covers peace and humanity desk













susan stamberg











ira flatow










ari daniel sharpiro





















daniel schorr


















ina jaffe walt













last but not least the longest name in the bunch ......... soraya sarhaddi nelson

jesus christ (no he doesnt work for them) this could go on forever anyway i hope this doesnt take away any of the mystique