Public Radio

Last night with friends we were sharing podcasts we love. I realized when I followed up this morning, sending links of my favorites, that I’m a public radio junky. Here’s my list of recommendations:

The Moth
Risk!
Selected Shorts
Michael Feldman’s Whadya Know
Frakonomics Radio
Radio Lab
Stuff You Should Know

This was assuming that they already listened to the established and well known shows:

This American Life
Prairie Home Companion
Fresh Air
Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me
Car Talk

And I shared that one of my favorite shows is “Says You” which does not have free podcasts but is well worth tuning into the show on your local radio station. I referenced the show in a past blog post. As I was looking for the website I was reminded that I’ve been meaning to send in a suggestion for a question for the show. So at lunch I came up with a few of the questions I’ve been thinking of. Here’s the questions - figure out which one of the four doesn’t belong.

1. Pennsylvania, Ohio, Virginia, Kentucky
2. Delaware, Nebraska, Tennessee, Maine
3. Rhode Island, Kentucky, Vermont, Maine
4. Delaware, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey

Here’s my submission:
When I stumbled upon the discovery that my step-sister and I both lived in commonwealths (MA and VA) I realized there must be a “Says You” question in there somewhere!. Several years later I’ve finally sat down and put together a few state based questions with the “Odd Man Out” format in mind.

1. Pennsylvania, Virginia, Kentucky, and Ohio. Odd man out is Ohio - the rest are all commonwealths. There are only four in the country and I thought putting Massachusetts in the list might be too obvious.

2. Delaware, Nebraska, Maine and Tennessee. Odd man out is Tennessee - the rest all end with “E” in their state abbreviations: DE, NE, ME. Other groupings could be considered. UT, MT, CT, and VT might be easier states to figure out this relationship.

3. Kentucky, Vermont, West Virginia and Rhode Island. Odd man out is Rhode Island - the rest all split from another state. Kentucky from Virginia in 1792, Vermont from New York/New Hampshire in 1791, West Virginia from Virginia in 1863. I left out Maine since it was merged into Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1691 and later split off from Massachusetts and became its own state in 1820, but could be considered.

4. Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York. Odd man out is New York. There were only three states that ratified the United States Constitution in 1787. The rest of the 13 colonies ratified the constitution in 1788.

Needless to say, please use what you will, edit and fact check. I hope this provides fodder for future questions on the show. From a fan!

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