veiledisis asked: Your turn! When did you know that you wanted to work in radio?

Answer:

My job before Snap Judgment was working as a journalism instructor during the summers and after-school, and during regular workdays I’d lay out a monthly magazine written by the kids I taught. 

I was listening to hours and hours of podcasts during the laying-out part, and soon they were all I could think about. Up to 8 episodes a day—crazy. 

During the teaching part, though, I’d take these kids on interviews to meet amazing people—sound designers at Skywalker Ranch. Famous writers. The head honchos of Current TV. Brilliant artists. And, of course, respected journalists. All of them kept saying the same thing—make, make, do, do. Don’t sit around and wait. It was incredibly inspirational, a kick in the butt every day.

So I decided—what can I make? What can I do? I made radio, because I had never done it before. Because it scared me. Because in a way, it was less scary than writing because I knew that I was going to be terrible at it and I could only get better, nor worse. 

It turned out pretty good. 

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