I’m curious: is this still a thriving community? Intel-based Macs are on the verge of being fully deprecated by Apple, so Hackintoshes will (within a year or two) be little more than “vintage computers.” Sure, you might manage to make one more cheaply or more powerful than an Intel Mac, but at some point there isn’t much that’s going to run. Already they’re stuck with older OS releases.
NPR is not free; it’s paid for by taxes, which means that every U.S. citizen is in fact paying for news whether they like it or not. And “not for profit” is not the same as “no cost to the consumer.” In addition, most of the outlets for NPR are local public radio stations that are - you guessed it - funded by taxes (as well as fund drives).