802: Father's Day
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What we're going to do is we're going to go through this thing and they'll be stopping and starting. Hello? Yeah, I'm here. Okay, hi. Hi. They'll be stopping and starting and basically if you feel like saying anything you want over the course of this, it'll be better if you just jump in and say it, okay? For Father's Day this year it seemed fun to rerun this episode from the earliest days of our radio show. This is an episode that I co-hosted with my dad and this was made so long ago that my father in this recording, he's the same age that I am right now in 2023 as I'm saying these words to you. Okay, so Dad, so you have the script. I have the script. And have you been practicing? Like crazy. Can I hear just a little sample if you're reading something? Sure. From WBEZChicago, it's this American life, the Father's Day edition. Dad, you are such a pro. I haven't done this in 40 years, it brings back all kinds of memories. Now, you better explain to our radio listeners in what context you actually sat in front of a radio microphone, Dad. Well, it was around 1955 or 1956 when I graduated from Maryland and instead of getting an honest job, I went to work in radio. So here's a tape of what you sounded like back in 1956 on the radio. Please don't play that tape. This is three years before I was born and you're just a kid in this recording, you are 23 years old. Do personal problems and worries have you down? Are you disturbed by business problems, marriage problems or emotional problems? See Mrs. Kay, reader and advisor. Mrs. Kay, formerly of Europe, gives you a reading and answers all your questions for just $1 and you'll feel much better. How could somebody, Dad, how could somebody who's charging a dollar for a reading even afford to buy a radio at? Well, look, she's been to Europe, she got her education there. So they must have taught her something over there. So now at some point, you gave up your career, your burgeoning career in radio really before it took off the ground and that was because it was nothing important, it was something called making a living. Right, and so now you're a certified public accountant living in Baltimore. Right, right. Well, let me say this. Let me give a little explanation that we try to give each show for new listeners. Each week in our program, we document stories of life in these United States using all the tools of radio storytelling, documentaries, monologues, found tapes, anything we can think of. And today for Father's Day, my co-host will be my own father, Barry Glass, certified
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