This I Believe is excellent and here is an example why. Hearing straight from listeners with their convictions once again highlights why I listen to public radio.
Cecile is a good writer with short, well-thought sentences. The essays from listeners are often better than the ones from famous people, as listeners tend to talk about what events and issues have shaped their lives.
The length of this essay is good, not too long or short. It would work well as a drop in to the NPR magazines, a local magazine or added into a holiday special.
Apart from losing John McCain's voice in the first utterance of this year's model of TIB -- to my mind, he's just too busy politically, which makes this sound like an endorsement for a particular candidacy -- this is one of the few instances of make-a-date radio going on right now.
PDs: Sure they're just repeats of what hitting ME and ATC on Mondays, but as the series has proven, repetition is not a bad thing. A mid-week date in the middle of rush hour -- TIB gives us a reason to want to be stuck in traffic. So we can pay attention to what someone else is thinking.
This I Believe is excellent and here is an example why. Hearing straight from listeners with their convictions once again highlights why I listen to public radio.
Cecile is a good writer with short, well-thought sentences. The essays from listeners are often better than the ones from famous people, as listeners tend to talk about what events and issues have shaped their lives.
The length of this essay is good, not too long or short. It would work well as a drop in to the NPR magazines, a local magazine or added into a holiday special.
Comments for This I Believe - Cecile Gilmer
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Arvid Hokanson
Posted on July 19, 2006 at 01:19 PM | Permalink
Review of This I Believe - Cecile Gilmer
This I Believe is excellent and here is an example why. Hearing straight from listeners with their convictions once again highlights why I listen to public radio.
Cecile is a good writer with short, well-thought sentences. The essays from listeners are often better than the ones from famous people, as listeners tend to talk about what events and issues have shaped their lives.
The length of this essay is good, not too long or short. It would work well as a drop in to the NPR magazines, a local magazine or added into a holiday special.
Jackson Braider
Posted on July 17, 2006 at 06:24 PM | Permalink
Review of This I Believe - Cecile Gilmer
Apart from losing John McCain's voice in the first utterance of this year's model of TIB -- to my mind, he's just too busy politically, which makes this sound like an endorsement for a particular candidacy -- this is one of the few instances of make-a-date radio going on right now.
PDs: Sure they're just repeats of what hitting ME and ATC on Mondays, but as the series has proven, repetition is not a bad thing. A mid-week date in the middle of rush hour -- TIB gives us a reason to want to be stuck in traffic. So we can pay attention to what someone else is thinking.
Now, how often are we allowed to do that?
Arvid Hokanson
Posted on July 17, 2006 at 02:29 PM | Permalink
Review of This I Believe - Cecile Gilmer
This I Believe is excellent and here is an example why. Hearing straight from listeners with their convictions once again highlights why I listen to public radio.
Cecile is a good writer with short, well-thought sentences. The essays from listeners are often better than the ones from famous people, as listeners tend to talk about what events and issues have shaped their lives.
The length of this essay is good, not too long or short. It would work well as a drop in to the NPR magazines, a local magazine or added into a holiday special.