• you can identify the people on ATC by their voices within 5 seconds.
• you have the broadcast schedule of your local station memorized.
• you have the NPR roadmap of stations across the US easily accessible in your car.
• the first button of your radio dial is tuned to public radio.
• you've been listening to A Prairie Home Companion since before you could read.
• you have the station number on speed dial for calling in a request on Request Fridays for Ovation.
• your Saturday isn't quite as good if you miss Car Talk.
• you have a favorite ATC anchor.
• you subscribe to one or more of their podcasts.
• you can't wait for Kai Ryssdal to "do the numbers."
• you take lunch late on Fridays to sit in your car and listen to This American Life.
• you own NPR Christmas tree ornaments.
• you want Garrison Keillor to record bedtime stories for you to fall asleep to.
• at least once a day, you start a sentence with, "I was listening to NPR and heard that..."
• you get excited when you hear the opening strains of the Powder Milk Biscuit Song on PHC.
  • or worse: you know all the words.
• you have to set your alarm clock to go off at least two hours early to catch all the news before heading out.
• you're the one giving everyone updates on the latest primaries, including breakdowns of voter demographics and turnout. at 7:40 am, before school starts.
• you get annoyed when yous sister has her headphones turned up too loud and you can hear her music. it distracts you from the news while you drive to school.
• you know even before they announce their names when an anchor is on vacation, just from the different voices.
• you have two presets for NPR in the car, and know exactly where to change from one to the other, because you don't want a second of fuzziness.
• you happily state program introductions along with the hosts. (e.g. "I'm Robert Siegel...and I'm Melissa Block.")
• you hum along while the theme songs are played throughout the programs.
• you love it more than tv.
• you are constantly checking to see if Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me! is going to be in your city.
• you start thinking of excuses to get out of work early to attend the show.
• you're on a first name basis with the hosts.
• you quiz yourself to see if you can name all the programming schedules.
• Karl Kassel's voice on your answering machine would be a dream come true.
• during fund drives you can predict their next line.
• you can sing every theme song by heart.
• it gives you a warm and fuzzy feeling in your heart.
• you can laugh for hours with other NPR listeners about funny stories from weeks ago.
• you can differentiate between the voices of correspondents.
• nothing excites you more than hearing a follow-up to a story you heard a month ago.
• streaming NPR is set as your homepage.
• you can name the presidents/prime ministers/secretaries of state of way more countries than your friends.
• your heart does a flip when you hear that Steve Inskeep is visiting the city you live in.
• talk that NPR leans to the left makes your blood boil.
• you can tell the time by what program is on.
• your iPod is full of NPR podcasts, not music.
• you stay late at work/in your car to finish listening to a program.
• you're actually well-informed.
• you see that there's traffic and are OK with it since Fresh Air is on.
• you and your friends can literally run Wait, Wait on your own since you know the routine so well.
• you have Karl Kassel's voice on your answering machine.
• you fantasize about what you would say to Terry Gross should she interview you.
• you drive an average car and couldn't care less about engines but can't resist Car Talk.
• you pretended to be upset when they started airing This American Life on TV...but were secretly delighted.
• you've read every David Sedaris book.
• you can't wait to get a real job so you can finally give some money during pledge drives.
• you narrate your life in the first person, like Guy Noir.
• you wonder what Powder Milk Biscuits taste like... washed down with some PBR.
• you know who The Microscopic Septet are.
• you never get the answers to GeoQuiz but are excited about the questions nonetheless.
• you emulate Garrison Keillor intonations when you do sweet talk.
• you know what Garrison Keillor looks like...and are not horrified.
• you fantasize about Anne Garrels reporting on you and your epic struggles.
• you realize that Pabst Blue Ribbon is actually the preferred drink of intellectuals.
• you know that in Lake Wobegone the women are strong and the men are good-looking.
• all you can talk about with your family (grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins, too) is various NPR programs because that's all they listen to.
• your family motto is "We get our news from Jon Stewart and NPR. That makes us fair and balanced."
• you and your father call each other at various times during hte day because of some exciting thing on NPR.
• your mom complains you're bankrupt because you spent all your money on pledges.
• every interesting news item you bring up in conversation begins with "On NPR the other day..."
• you call it The NPR out of reverence.
• you shiver or sweat while sitting in the car with the engine off just to hear the end of whatever you were listening to on NPR.
• you frequently have "driveway moments".
• you've read any of Sarah Vowell's books and enjoyed them.
• you know who Sarah Vowell is.
• you think Ira Glass is a dreamboat, regardless of your own sexual orientation.

When no one else is around, you practice your "radio voice"