Give now, and thanks
what fund drives are like on the other side of the microphone
The time I made my own radio station as a kid
I just found and digitized the earliest recording I ever made.
Radio Saved The Eiffel Tower (Cool Weird Awesome 271)
The Eiffel Tower was only supposed to stand in Paris for 20 years... but experiments in "wireless telegraphy" helped convince the powers that be to keep the tower in place.
Old-Time Sports Radio Used To Give The Audience Diagrams (Cool Weird Awesome 216)
On this day in 1927, the BBC tried something new for their broadcast of a rugby match between England and Wales: they partnered with Radio Times magazine to publish a diagram of a rugby pitch to help the audience follow the action.
Radio bear
“And when you’re at work,” she said, “she will listen to you.”
Brady on GPB’s “On Second Thought” Talking Concession Speeches
A few years back I talked with Virginia Prescott on NHPR's Word of Mouth about concession speeches. And now we're doing it all over again - but this time it's for Georgia Public Broadcasting's "On Second Thought!"
Brady Talking Presidential Kids On Word of Mouth
U.S. Presidents have the most scrutinized job in the world - and that means their families also go under the proverbial microscope. I got to talk with my pals at NHPR's Word of Mouth about some of the most memorable presidential offspring.
Brady on NPR’s Weekend Edition
I went national again! Another story of mine ran on NPR's Weekend Edition this morning! It's about the door-to-door campaigning some presidential candidates do when they're in New Hampshire, and the "political two-way street" they walk with local pols.
Yes, that’s Scott Simon introducing my story on Weekend Edition
hitting the big time
“thanks to the friends at C. F. Eyecare”
The Tom Magliozzi memorial thread on Reddit is like the most Car Talk thing ever.