Mixed Media

Yesterday I had my second go at media. This time it was a radio interview called a 'phoner'. It's exactly what it sounds like, an interview over the phone as opposed to in studio. I was to expect a phone call from the station at 8:15am. All I knew was that someone named Chester was the host. I did a little research and found out that the station was an AM talk station, but not just any talk, international and bi-lingual talk. I started to panic a bit. I can only speak English, sometimes loosely at best. This morning show was centered, more specifically around the goings ons of the Philippines ~ panic dug it's fingers in a little deeper. Would anyone concerned about the Philippines care about Walking With Dinosaurs, much less care enough to listen to ME talk about it? Was there going to be a translator? Would I understand what was going on?

Just before 8:15 my phone rang. It was Chester (a traditional Filipino name, I can only assume). He had an interesting mix a strong Asian and Canadian accents and he sounded very happy. I was instantly at ease. He went over with me briefly about the station (who knew there were over 60,000 Filipinos in Winnipeg?) and how the interview was going to be conducted. Then we went live and it was all over in a flash. I felt good about it and felt even better when the host complimented me as one the best and most interesting guests he's had. No matter the size of the station, that's a great compliment to get!

About 10min later my phone rings again. I pick up the receiver and it instantly flies out of my hand and bounces across the desk and dangles over the side. Once I finally wrestle it back into my hands, I answer "Good morning, this is Kari, where I apparently answer the phone by throwing it across the room.", figuring it was someone from the cast calling about grabbing breakfast or something. I hear a chuckle on the other end followed by "This is Moose and Julie in the Morning and we're looking for Jack Stone". *gulp* It was the other radio station that our show's "Huxley" (narrator) was to be doing an interview with. They were somehow given my room number to call instead of his. Luckily, I had the rooming list handy and was able to get them in the right direction. "Since we've got you on the phone, what do you do with the show?" and from there started my impromptu interview with Moose and Julie from a Winnipeg FM country station. We chatted for quite awhile, it was wacky, face paced, and a lot of fun. I think I could get used to this.