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My mother asked me to "do something special" for my aunt’s fiftieth birthday. Since I have a new radio interest in tow, no idea seemed better than to create a piece for my aunt. Giving radio turned out to be a bad idea. I underestimated the intimacy of such a gift. Perhaps this is why we usually listen to radio when we're alone and why we rarely read a letter in front of its writer.
This piece includes a brief commentary and the full-length gift I gave to my aunt. It has never been broadcast.
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My mother asked me to "do something special" for my aunt’s fiftieth birthday. Since I have a new radio interest in tow, no idea seemed better than to create a piece for my aunt. Giving radio turned out to be a bad idea. I underestimated the intimacy of such a gift. Perhaps this is why we usually listen to radio when we're alone and why we rarely read a letter in front of its writer.
This piece includes a brief commentary and the full-length gift I gave to my aunt. It has never been broadcast.
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Review of Giving RadioI love this piece. It takes the listener through Joshua's family and into our own world of life-long relationships. I can, however, see that it would be embarrassing for all to sit in a circle at her birthday party to listen. So it is a difficult birthday gift. It is meant for the solitary experience of radio. Seems to me that this would be a good piece for This American Life. |
Deborah Astley
Posted on September 10, 2004 at 12:34 PM | Permalink
Review of Giving Radio
What a great piece! I loved it. What a woman Susie must be. This piece would fit in on Saturday or Sunday's NPR Weekend Edition when life is a little more relaxed. The theme from Forest Gump is the perfect background music for this piece. With so many baby boomers turning 50, this audio gift is certainly relevant. The piece held my interest. A warm piece.