I am a life-long NPR listener and I'm also someone who uses alarm clocks, and so I've managed to combine these two tendencies by having my alarm blast the local news station at me every morning. I like this arrangement because it's jarring, but also informative. There's nothing that wakes you up quite like a well-spoken radio journalist yelling at you about bitcoins. I haven't listened to NPR in that many different places, but it's always interesting to get the feel for the variations; the different voices and programs that come with each region, and the different versions of Standard Morning News Person. There's Alan Shartak back home (though I guess he's not really news, he's kind of everything), and Tom Ashbutt in Boston, and in NYC there is Soterios Johnson.
I had known about Soterios Johnson before coming here, and had been very excited about the prospect of getting my news from him, not only because he has one of the greatest names in existence, but also because one of my favorite singer/songwriters wrote a song about him. Clearly, I figured, he must be a pretty exemplary Standard Morning News Person.
Now that I have spent the past month waking up to Soterios Johnson shouting current events in my ear, the novelty has started to wear off. But he's still a pretty great news guy with an impossibly cool name. Much better than Tom Ashbutt.
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