I second Steve Yasko's high opinion of this work. Like him, I had no idea the Church of Latter Day Saints was so global, nor that (because of it) Utah has so many world travelers. And to think that those returning from missionary work translate into valuable employees partly because of the language skills they strengthen while gone.
I suspect most listeners would be similarly surprised and intrigued.
Great actualities, pacing and overall length add to this piece's listenability.
This is the kind of story that makes Public Radio the best medium in the world! It blends economics, societal changes and religion in a non confrontational. UNBIASED way. It would be easy to dish religious telemarketers, but the piece presents the facts and allows listeners to draw their own conclusions.
The story is about the often misunderstood, mysterious Mormons and how they have helped bring business into Utah with a multi lingual telemarketing operation.
What a hoot! The Mormons are telemarketers! Who Knew?
The piece is well written and the actualities are well recorded. It’s sound rich and fully rounded. The narrator is well paced and interesting. To be overly picky, there is some extra bass in her recording that does not match the actualities exactly—a little hard for the ear to make the jump, but not noticeable to listeners perhaps.
Listen to this piece even if you are not going to air it. As listener it’s a great piece of knowledge about America!
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Deborah Van Fleet
Posted on May 07, 2005 at 04:25 PM | Permalink
Review of Praise and Profits in America's West
I second Steve Yasko's high opinion of this work. Like him, I had no idea the Church of Latter Day Saints was so global, nor that (because of it) Utah has so many world travelers. And to think that those returning from missionary work translate into valuable employees partly because of the language skills they strengthen while gone.
I suspect most listeners would be similarly surprised and intrigued.
Great actualities, pacing and overall length add to this piece's listenability.
Steve Yasko
Posted on May 07, 2005 at 04:13 AM | Permalink
WOW..This is Interesting!
The story is about the often misunderstood, mysterious Mormons and how they have helped bring business into Utah with a multi lingual telemarketing operation.
What a hoot! The Mormons are telemarketers! Who Knew?
The piece is well written and the actualities are well recorded. It’s sound rich and fully rounded. The narrator is well paced and interesting. To be overly picky, there is some extra bass in her recording that does not match the actualities exactly—a little hard for the ear to make the jump, but not noticeable to listeners perhaps.
Listen to this piece even if you are not going to air it. As listener it’s a great piece of knowledge about America!