The End of "The Story"

October 18, 2009 • Posted in Beth Finke, radio, Uncategorized, writing by

The good news: My interview with Dick Gordon on NPR’s The Story aired all over the country last week. The bad news: It didn’t air here in Chicago.

Chicago Public Radio held its pledge drive last week; my interview was bumped so that WBEZ personalities like Ira Glass could cut in and ask listeners to call in and pledge to the station. The nerve! Seriously, Mike and I are members of WBEZ, and I understand why they have to do these pledge drives. But still, I gotta admit…I was disappointed friends and family members in Chicagoland didn’t get a chance to catch me on the radio.

I did hear from people in other parts of the country who heard it, though. A woman in Memphis wrote me to say she’d heard the interview on satellite radio and recognized some of my anecdotes. “I read them in your book!” she said. A man from Las Vegas wrote to tell me he, too, had modeled nude. No mention if he did this for art students, or on the strip.

Mike and I were able to hear the interview online, and I must say, those folks at North Carolina Public Radio did a fabulous job of editing. They took an hour’s worth of tape, condensed it, and came out with a nice little package that makes chronological sense. If you missed hearing the interview on the radio, you can hear it online. Listen to my voice, and to my laughter, and you’ll know what a great job Dick Gordon did setting me at ease in a studio that was halfway across the country from him.

Siobhan Senier On October 18, 2009 at 11:56 pm

Looking forward to listening to the archived version. This is so cool, Beth.
Do you think the guy from Las Vegas was trying to hit on you?

Beth On October 19, 2009 at 1:25 pm

Of *course* the Las Vegas guy was trying to hit on me, Siobhan. I haven’t written him back yet, all I’d be able to tell him is, well, to get in line with all the others!

Linda Miller On October 19, 2009 at 2:38 pm

I followed your link to your Story story. Very well done. And having changed more than a few baby diapers in the past, I think that part of your job history shows as much courage as the nude modeling!

Beth On October 20, 2009 at 12:16 pm

Ah, yes. Diapering. Thanks for your comment, I think it may have my readers intrigued! And to find out what you’re talking about, well, they’re gonn a have to link to the interview!

Matthew Stoloff On October 22, 2009 at 12:49 am

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