This app is just a method for pushing more ads and other irrelevant content.
One particularly frustrating feature is that it often has teaser stories that sound like real stories but after about 30 seconds ask you to tap the screen to listen to the whole story. Im somewhat curious as to what happens when you tap the screen, but Im never able to get to my phone in Time to do it.
Yellowfart about NPR One, v1.6.10