Radio KPAST
As I listened to The Thomas Jefferson Hour yesterday, the following thought crossed my mind:
Imagine that suddenly, you’re motivated to thoroughly research a famous historical figure, and present a weekly podcast in character as that person. You have to play it straight – no parodies or sitcoms. Who do you choose?
Weekly? Wow. Hmm.
Jane Stickle. I would talk about the progress I was making on my quilt, as well as war news.
Aye, I do enjoy that programme. I miss it 🙁
Oh! But Free mp3 downloads! *sweet* 🙂
As for an actual answer, if I can’t be Thos. Jefferson…
Hrm. Maybe Teddy Roosevelt, but possibly Robert E. Lee.
Neither were perfect, but they were influential, and not completely understood. Lots of seeming contradictions that would make the knowing interesting.
I would also like to know WTF was Woodrow Wilson all about, anyway… Dude had some real issues…
Well – my gut wants to go with Lady Jane Grey but that not sure how long I could keep it going given how short her reign was. I also want to go with Anastasia Romanov but again, same type of issue.
So… I think I’d go with Amelia Earhart… again same type of issue as above but it could be fun to go with it and do ones from after the disappearance.
Ok, what space/time continuum are you in?! First you are seeing the Doc Who’s weeks before I catch them on the SciFi network, and now you are
listening to a program the day before Elaine & I hear it on the radio?
How are you doing this? Out with it man!
As for historical figure? Prob. Queen Victoria – enough of the righteous,
stick up ass bombast to suit my personality, while doing her own thing
in the hush/hush background of which I will never speak.
Sara
Benjamin Franklin. One of the truly great Founding Fathers. What I wouldn’t give to be able to ask him “Just exactly what did you guys mean when you wrote “blank” in the Constitution?”
Miguel De Cervantes. His life was so varied and weird that there would be a wealth of information to work with.
Well, SciFi shows edited episodes of Doctor Who weeks after the BBC shows them. I don’t want to wait, and I don’t want to watch their commercials, so I rely on the kindness of strangers who gladly make the BBC episodes available shortly after broadcast. They aren’t hard to find with a Bit of patient Googling.
As to the TJH, those are freely available on iTunes a few days before our local NPR station broadcasts them. Just load it up and search for Thomas Jefferson and you’ll have them.