Monday, December 6, 2010

Winter Daydreaming... on a Monday

This morning I heard yet another reference to "youth" radio on KCRW, and it gave me some ideas. I was a huge fan of radio in Detroit over the summer (they even play my favorite show of all time, "The Treatment" with Elvis Mitchell on Saturdays!! Who cares if it's at 5am) and it seems that a Detroit-centered program like The Craig Fahle Show could be a good outlet for a project with oh, say, some journalism students at a local community college. I just so happen to have a niece who is studying journalism at a community college in Detroit and according to a text message from her mother this morning, "YES" she would be interested in doing some kind of project this summer. I'll double check with her when I visit Detroit for Christmas.

But why stop with Craig? I have lovely memories of interning at the Leonard Lopate Show at WNYC in New York a million years ago, and shows like RadioLab were making miracles just down the hall. Which is to say, radio is a reasonably accessible medium, right? Does anybody have contacts at This American Life

A good friend of mine and former NYU teacher, Judith Sloan (no relation) has done some gorgeous radio pieces that come to mind... I am going to start channelling radio waves at yoga class this winter. Unless that's dangerous.

Saturday, December 4, 2010

Detroit Ho Wants to Know...

It's about time to think about summer plans. So, would you-- could you-- come to Detroit? If so, what would you do? Who are you?