XXBN’s election night coverage
Reposting from the XXBN blog:
You are invited to attend XXBN’s Election Night Coverage.
When: November 4th, from 10 p.m. to Midnight (Eastern)
Where: On XXBN ~ listen live, talk in the chat room, & even be on-air!
Why: There’s this little thing called a presidential election, as well as lots of local elections going on that night and we’ll be bringing you the news, results and (fingers-crossed!) the laughs and sighs of relief. (If not we’ll be crying, ranting, barfing… possibly renting U-Hauls to cross a border…)
Who: Along with you, of course, Gracie Passette & Jill Brenneman will play host to the always fabulous Nina Hartley, Jessie Daniels, and Prop K Proponent, Maxine Doogan ~ as well as a slew of other sex positive & liberal folks.
What: We’ll be talking politics, propositions, and elections ~ on national and local levels.
Please join us ~ no need to RSVP, just be there.
Have something to say, pray, or, if you’re really on a rant, spray? You can even join the show by calling in at 646.200.3136.
Cult of Gracie Radio Show podcast
Here’s the podcast of my appearance on the Cult of Gracie Radio Show on September 24.
You can also download the MP3 here: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/swopeast/2008/09/25/Cult-of-Gracie-Radio-With-Amber-Rhea.mp3
Thanks again, Gracie!
Upcoming stuff
- This Wednesday night, I’ll be on the Cult of Gracie radio show on XXBN.
The show will be streaming live at either 9:00 or 10:00 – I’m waiting to hear back from Gracie on which it is, because her blog says one thing and the BlogTalkRadio page says another. I’ll update this post when I know.Update: It’s at 10:00 p.m. Eastern Time! You can call in during the show… and I’d love for some people to call in, so I don’t feel like I’m just listening to myself bloviate the entire time. - This Saturday, I’ll be at BlogOrlando, a social media unconference organized by Josh Hallett and now in its third year. I’ll be leading a session called Professionalism 2.0. I posted the description a few days ago, but here it is again:
What does “professionalism” mean in the context of blogging? Is it a matter of the topics you write about, the language you use, the amount of research you put into a typical post – or all or none of the above? Social media tools offer us the opportunity to express our full humanity instead of compartmentalizing aspects of who we are. To what degree do we need to adjust our pre-conceived notions about what’s professional and what isn’t?
I’m interested to see what direction the discussion takes.
- Sex, Wine and Chocolate 2008 is coming up on October 2, at the Park Tavern! Buy your tickets now (it’s only $20 this time around). And yes, the PoleLaTeaz ladies will be performing again!
So about that BBC interview…
Jenny and Ren have been asking, so I should actually answer!
I think it went really well. It was actually more of a “pre-interview” though… the guy said they were trying to figure out the best way to cover Sex 2.0. Their program airs on Saturday, and he asked about doing live mini-interviews from the conference over Skype, but I had to be honest and told him our internet connection probably wouldn’t be all that reliable. He said they might try to book an NPR studio in Atlanta on Friday and do a pre-recorded interview, but that his team was going to have a meeting first and he’d be in touch.
So far I haven’t heard anything else; but either way, I think it was a good experience for me – even though (or maybe because) I was totally nervous the whole time and trying to make myself not be nervous.
Jenny said, “You do this kind of thing all the time!” and I had to laugh… yeah, I do podcasts all the time. This just seems a little different! ;)
Dacia asked if I was nervous talking to media, or if I was just nervous because it was the freakin’ BBC. Definitely the latter!
Anyway, it was interesting, exciting, and nerve-racking, and who knows, maybe there will be more interviews like this in my future. We’ll see!
Maw! We’re on the radio!
Rusty and I will make our second appearance on What Is Goin’ On tomorrow morning. (Our first was back in November.) Rusty blogged about it earlier today; here are the details:
If you’re in the Vidalia/Savannah/Lyons area, listen to 100.9 FM live at 8 a.m. tomorrow to hear Wilson Smith interview Amber and me on What Is Goin’ On?. The expected topics of discussion are a breakdown of the features of the new What Is Goin’ On? web site (which we designed), and general discussion of the intersection of media, technology and politics in Georgia. He’s threatened to cancel the country music show ahead of him and keep us onthe line for two or three hours. I hope he’s kidding about that.
If you can’t catch the show live, it will be available as a podcast later (assuming the studio isn’t struck by lightning like it was during Shelbinator’s interview).
Don’t worry, we won’t really be on the line for two or three hours, because we have to be at work after the interview!
In related news, Wilson has his first full-fledged blog post up, and it’s insightful, hilarious, and straight to the point.
I am scared to death of people of faith making political decisions. I don’t even want someone praying and getting an answer as to what I should do. Why would I want to trust them to get the “right” answer on something as important as the federal budget or health care. I can hear it now: “I vetoed universal health care because God told me he would take care of everyone.”
Listen tomorrow morning, if you can. We’ll see how much I inadvertently turn up the Southern in my voice.
Radio archive up
The archive of Thursday’s episode of What Is Goin’ On?, featuring yours truly and the GDBF, is now available for download! Scroll all the way to the bottom of this page to find the link. Rusty posted about it in more detail on his Georgia Podcast Network blog. Other than that… I’ll just let my jabbering speak for itself!
GAPN co-founders on What Is Goin’ On? radio show this Thursday
Tomorrow morning, Rusty and I are going to be interviewed for What Is Goin’ On?, a radio show out of Lyons, Georgia. The interview will be about 30 minutes long, and we’ll be discussing – you guessed it! – the Georgia Podcast Network. It’ll air Thursday, Nov. 29th at 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on WLYU in the Savannah/Lyons/Vidalia area. If you don’t live close enough to get the station, the show will also be available on the web by Friday.
So if you just can’t seem to get enough of our voices, be sure to tune in! Thanks to Wilson R. Smith and all the folks at What Is Goin’ On? for inviting us to the show.
(Cross-posted on my Georgia Podcast Network blog)