Kapiti Island at dawn
Back in January, I was interviewed for a Kapiti Coast community access radio show. It ain’t Oprah, but it’s somethin’!
Thank goodness Rick offered to drive to the Kapiti Coast for the interview, because I hate mountain roads. After nearly two hours of twisting and turning through two difficult mountain passes, we finally found ourselves looking straight out across the Tasman Sea from on high. The long, lovely shape of the Kapiti Island bird sanctuary lay the foreground.
You can listen to the radio interview at the end of this post.
Community radio
At our Thanksgiving party back in November my friend Steve asked me if he could interview me for his show on Coast Access Radio 104.9FM.
Every month he interviews a different person from the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered) community.
So I guess you could say that I was going to be Homosexual of the Month.
At the station
I showed up at the radio station with Steve, having left publicity-shy Rick happily ensconced in Steve’s home cinema with Steve’s partner and housemates. (Rick would rather watch the new Star Trek movie than be on the radio any day.)
Steve and I were greeted by Graeme, a retired minister who manages the radio station and does the recording work for Steve.
Graeme had already listened to one of my podcasts. He was incredibly nice and we chatted about Garrison Keillor, an American storyteller we both really like.
Then the three of us sat down – Graeme behind an enormous mixing board run by a Mac computer, and Steve and I in front of the two largest microphones on the planet.
Even though it was just community access radio and Steve is a friend, I couldn’t help feeling a bit nervous with that mammoth microphone in front of me.
The audio file is below. The entire thing is 28 minutes, but if you skip the two songs and the podcast, the interview is only 14 minutes.
Could you tell I was nervous?
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Ahhh, so lovely to hear your voice again! Makes me feel so homesick.
Why are you homesick? Have you left NZ?!
No you knob, I’m homesick for Kapiti & Wellington and hearing your voice reminds me of them
No, I couldn’t tell you were nervous. I’d rather have watched a film than go live, too. BTW any chance of seeing some of those roof tiles? I’m intrigued.
I might have to write a blog post just about Rick’s roof tiles!
At first you seemed nervous, but seemed to get more comfortable as the interview progressed. The song you dedicated at the end was perfect. Well done, as always!
Whaddayamean, skip the 2 songs and podcast? I advise listening to the entire 28 minutes. I smiled alot, loved the music, teared-up a bit with gratitude (remembering where I was while you were off being a Kaptiti rock star.) Thank you for sharing this goodness with us all.
Addendum: (I meant “Kapiti”) I didn’t detect nervousness, just your charming descriptions and passion behind your statements.