Add some whimsy to your listeners' day by airing this piece about an imaginative guy named Addi and his friend, Charlie, who travel the world making balloon hats and spreading smiles. The listener will hear the squeaks of balloons being twisted and the smiles in the voices of the balloon hat recipients. (The balloon hat website should definitely be mentioned so listeners can actually see the photographs or make it a web extra like on the NPR newsmagazine shows. Gurian does a great job of describing the balloon hats, but it's fun to actually see colorful examples.) Balloons - a non-threatening entry into diverse cultures - who knew? Great concept and a day brightener.
Review of The Balloon Hat Experience
Deborah Astley
Posted on June 15, 2005 at 11:21 AM
Add some whimsy to your listeners' day by airing this piece about an imaginative guy named Addi and his friend, Charlie, who travel the world making balloon hats and spreading smiles. The listener will hear the squeaks of balloons being twisted and the smiles in the voices of the balloon hat recipients. (The balloon hat website should definitely be mentioned so listeners can actually see the photographs or make it a web extra like on the NPR newsmagazine shows. Gurian does a great job of describing the balloon hats, but it's fun to actually see colorful examples.) Balloons - a non-threatening entry into diverse cultures - who knew? Great concept and a day brightener.