I’m a bit of an NPR junkie.  By day, I usually listen to WNYC, NPR’s New York affiliate, which features mostly local programming like The Brian Lehrer Show (10am – 12pm), The Leonard Lopate Show (12pm – 2pm) and Soundcheck (3pm – 4pm). The rest of the programming day is left mostly to NPR programming like Fresh Air with Terry Gross and On The Media.

To make my addiction to public radio even more convenient, NPR has released an amazing iPhone app, which enables me to listen to broadcasts of NPR programming, read and share NPR News stories, hear the hourly news broadcasts and much more.  Here is the feature list of the app:

• Hear, read and share NPR News stories
• Keep up with the news via our hourly five-minute newscasts
• Listen live to your favorite NPR program wherever it’s on air, or listen to the most recent show on demand
• Bookmark your NPR station(s)
• Use audio controls to pause or skip forward in any story or program
• Create a playlist of stories to hear in any order – right away or later on
• Listen to audio while browsing text stories
• Cache text and photos for viewing offline

All my favorite NPR programs are available for listening, like All Things Considered, Morning Edition, Car Talk (I don’t own a car, but these Boston brothers are hilarious), Fresh Air, Wait, Wait… Don’t Tell Me! and On The Media.

And the best part?  The NPR iPhone app is FREE. Download it and enjoy.