Is Pledge Week Over?

I've been trying an experiment this week: I haven't turned on the (real) radio once. I'm trying to avoid National Public Radio's pleas for donations.

NPR is the only radio I listen to, so this means a total blackout. To keep abreast of the news -- I don't really watch tv -- I subscribe to NPR's 7 AM and 7 PM news feeds. Podcasts of hourly news feeds are available as well. I also subscribe to numerous other NPR podcasts. All in all, I don't feel as though I'm missing anything.

The only hard part is not reaching for the ON button on my radio. However convenient podcasts are, it still takes less effort to just hit that button.

So, are the pledge drives over?

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