Posts Tagged ‘radio’
Another Great Interview Experience
Yesterday, I had the pleasure to meet, interview, and go for a fun barefoot outing with Radio Documentary Producer Frank Faulk.
Frank contacted me last week to do a showcase half-hour radio documentary about my barefoot lifestyle. As part of the exercise, he wanted to go on a barefoot outing with me to a commercial place and experience firsthand any potential hassles; so I suggested that we go for coffee at Fairview Mall – located at the corner of Sheppard Av. & Don Mills Rd. here in Toronto, not far from where I live – especially, because I’ve had a couple of “encounters” with security there in the past.
My take on CBC’s "Running Shoe Controversy"
Last week, I managed to sabotage a potential radio interview with CBC’s The Current when I told correspondent Jodie Martinson I had a few concerns about a previous piece The Current had run about barefoot running vs. shod running on May 11, 2009: “Running Shoe Controversy” (see part 3 down the page). I found quite interesting that Jodie didn’t seem interested to learn what my concerns were. Instead, she came up with what it seemed to me like an excuse, telling me they had received a good amount of feedback from their audience and that they wanted to do a follow up to the running piece that way instead. I was told this follow up piece was supposed to run on Friday, May 15th. Checking back on the show archives I found no trace of this follow up piece on that date. I’m curious as of when this piece will actually run…
My concerns about the May 11 story were similar to the concerns I have for many of these media articles; whether it’s TV, radio or print, many of these pieces seem to follow a common pattern or formula used to showcase something or someone uncommon or who’s going somehow against the social grain:
