From an early age, kids learn that questions yield answers. Not always the answers they want or the answers they expect, but it\u2019s a tool to start a dialog and get information.<\/p>\n
Sometimes a question leads in a direction that no one anticipates. Here\u2019s a rough transcript from a conversation I had this week with one of the three-year-olds in my life who listens to radio (including NCPR):<\/p>\n
Three-Year-Old: \u201cYou are going to work today?” I never did ask what \u201cit\u201d was because my mind was already moving ahead. Two things struck me. The first has to do with kids. I appreciate their instincts. They generally can feel when someone is trying too hard \u2013 or not enough. They can sense the genuine. I\u2019m lucky enough to actually know Todd, and I know that he IS a good guy. Still, it was neat to hear this little listener put it our there.<\/p>\n Second, radio can be a special companion. You listen, and a real person presents information and perhaps entertainment – and who seems to listen as you talk back to the radio. Technically, radio is a one-way transmission\u2026but the people who do it really well make it seem like a two-way relationship.<\/p>\n It\u2019s a craft – a gift? – to be able to do this. And thinking about it reminded me how much I appreciate my own kitchen radio, the special announcers\/DJs that I\u2019ve known, and the opportunities I\u2019ve had to be behind the microphone, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" From an early age, kids learn that questions yield answers. Not always the answers they […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nMe: \u201cYes. Very soon.\u201d
\nTYO: \u201cWith Todd Moe?!\u201d
\nMe: \u201cYes\u201d
\nTYO: \u201cI love Todd Moe. He\u2019s a good guy…\u201d
\nMe: (surprised and delighted) \u201cYes, he is!\u201d
\nTYO: (picking up as if I had not interrupted) \u201c\u2026\u2019cause he can talk <\/em>about it\u2026and he hears me<\/em> talk about it\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n