Life in general

Post Mortem

January 18, 2008

 Well kids, the NPR gig went very well  — factoring out the minor mistakes I made on the air.  They were very pleased by the fact that I just dug in and, as Julie said, “KICKED ASS!” 

I’m not going to lie and say that the first hour wasn’t difficult — because it was.  The topic is something that I could handle (i.e., the destruction of the CIA interrogation tapes made in 2002), but having three guests on the phone (they were all on the east coast), a producer giving me direction through my headphones (i.e., “We’ve lost the General, redirect questions to other guests…The caller is going on too long, wrap it up…60 seconds to the break….30 seconds…20 seconds! Gotta wrap it up…we’re going to pledge break soon.”), and the fact that I’ve never done a live talk show made for some (brief) rough patches.  The second hour was so much better.  I had Eric Weiner on, who wrote a funny book called The Geography of Bliss, and he was in the studio, so having someone face to face made it a lot easier to focus on talking to guy instead of managing the behind the scenes stuff. 

If you’re interested in listening to the programs, you can HERE.  Just scroll down to January 17, 2008. 

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  1. Beenzzz

    January 18, 2008 at 8:05 am

    Great!!! I can only imagine how tough that must be, but you pulled it off successfully. Congrats!

  2. J

    January 18, 2008 at 8:23 am

    Yay! Glad you linked to it. 🙂

  3. Autumn's Mom

    January 18, 2008 at 10:53 am

    Great Job! Sounds like that was pretty tough, but you can handle it 😉

  4. Your cuz

    January 18, 2008 at 11:33 am

    Congrats, you kick ass

  5. Gina

    January 18, 2008 at 11:51 am

    Yaaaay for Ted! You rock!

  6. CG

    January 18, 2008 at 7:12 pm

    Congrats! you are a pro.

  7. Doug

    January 18, 2008 at 9:09 pm

    Nice job Ted! Congratulations. I am impressed.

  8. Lalunas

    January 19, 2008 at 10:20 am

    Darn, cannot listen Safari would not let me.. Stink… Well I am so glad that things went good the second hour, next time it is be a lot easier and less nerve racking.

  9. Py Korry

    January 19, 2008 at 2:00 pm

    Thanks everyone! And you’re right LaLunas…next will be easier.
    Regarding Safari: You should download Firefox as an alternate browser. It plays nicer with certain websites than Safari. I also keep Opera on hand as a third choice. They’re all free and easy to install, so it’s not really a big deal.

  10. Doug

    January 21, 2008 at 8:02 am

    I’ve listened to your broadcast twice. The second time while on a drive with my girlfriend. We both really enjoyed it. It’s really all about acceptance (not the same as resignation). Accepting what you have and enjoying it to the fullest. As the serenity prayer suggests… accept what you can’t change, change the things you can, and have the wisdom to know which ones you can do something about.

    You have a great DJ voice and disposition. Thanks for sharing.

  11. Py Korry

    January 21, 2008 at 4:59 pm

    Doug: does Frank Costanza’s “Serenity Now!” yell count. 😉

    Seriously though, thanks so much for listening to the program.

  12. Gina

    January 21, 2008 at 11:44 pm

    Argh, I haven’t had time to listen yet, but I am sure you were briliant!

    And looking forward to this week’s Mix Six as well.

  13. ML

    January 22, 2008 at 8:29 am

    Super job, man! Clap Clap Clap!

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