How It Happened

1. I was lying on the balcony, listening to Morning Stories on my iPod. There were cowbells ringing in the background.The story – about a German woman who had Nazi parents and was really angry with them and all Germans – was sort of resonating with me.
2. I went inside to look up the WGBH site to drop them a line to thank them for the story and to tell them about our recent conversation with the farmer who was a POW in Texas during WWII. I included a link to my story.
3. I got email back almost immediately from Tony Kahn, the show’s producer. He said they loved my story and when could they call so I could read it for them.
4. I mailed them back saying, “Oh, we’re off to the city and I will only have my cell phone and we’re running around and blah blah blah and, um, uh, gee, how about, um… does now work? Now would be okay. I guess.”
5. The phone rang. It was Gary, the production guy. He said “I just have to get Tony in the studio. I’ll call you back in five minutes.” He did.
6. We talked for maybe half an hour about things, Austria and history and podcasting and oh, stuff, and then, Tony asked me to read the story. I did.

It was really cool. And the production guy was sort of amused by the whole insta-technology-connectivity-ness of the thing – as was I. And Tony Kahn is funny and charming and if I were a cat, I’d have curled up on his lap and let him rub my belly.

I hope I didn’t say anything stupid because I’m going to be on WGBH Boston’s Morning Stories. I’ll post the link when it’s available, of course. It should be up in about two weeks.

Tell ten thousand of your closest friends, okay?

[tags]NPR, WGBH, Morning Stories, Tony Kahn[/tags]