Earlier this week I revamped that blog I wrote about taxi drivers and sent it to Chicago Public Radio. I recorded it for them Thursday, and it’s scheduled to air in Chicago on March 12 sometime between 9 and 10am. When we were done in the studio Thursday, the first cab to pull up took […]

After posting a blog about using “the visual versus the visualized” when writing stories, I decided to expand the idea and submit it as a radio essay. The essay aired today, on Chicago Public Radio’s “848”show. Usually the radio essays I do for NPR and Chicago Public Radio go like this: I email them an […]

Wanna hear what we sound like on the radio? Here’s your chance! Hanni and I were interviewed — not just once, but TWICE — on Chicago radio stations this week. First, we were on the Betsy and Sal Show on WGN-AM Radio on Sunday, December 16. You might remember Betsy and Sal from my “Walking […]

The Children’s Book Council named November 11 to 17 Children’s Book Week, and Hanni and I sure celebrated! I already blogged about the radio show we were on Tuesday. What I didn’t tell you, though, was the reason Betsy and Sal decided to have us on Walking on Air in the first place: they knew […]

Hanni and I were interviewed on a radio show called “Walking on Air” today. The show’s title turned out to be the theme for the rest of the afternoon. I checked my email once Hanni and I got home from the radio interview. Dee ding! A message! I opened it. For a moment I thought […]