R. on the radio

R. is being an expert on the radio (KUGN) right this very moment.

D. woke up at 7:20 a.m. and woke me at 7:25 so we could get up for it. (I am barely awake.)

The other two guys are rushing along a mile a minute, and R. not only talks naturally a lot more slowly, but he's got the family cold now. He's keeping up great, though, even though so far they're just asking him about plants for Southern California, as if the listeners would actually care.

(The other two guys are such gonzos. I hope he's having a good time and doesn't mind spending the first two hours of his day off like this. Now they're nattering on and on while they wait for people to call in.)

Update 8:07 a.m.. Oh boy. Finally a caller, and the guy wants to know what to do about a yellow patch on his lawn.

Edit 11:37 p.m.. It's interesting to reflect on the required skill for that job - you have to talk fast, to keep the show's energy level up, but on the other hand, you have to keep it light so that casual listeners won't glaze over, so it ends up that most of what you say is fluff. But it can't all be fluff, or nobody'd tune in. R. didn't get to say much, but at least his contributions had quality. (He described two trees he likes, and the other guest talked about "permeable paving," and they all tried to help the lawn guy, and that was it for content. In a 55-minute show.)

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