Re: Chris Lydon sighting

[Aaron Read <aread@speakeasy.net>]

At 05:01 PM 3/26/2003 -0500, Laurence Glavin wrote:
>When we last heard from the peripatetic Chris, he was em-ceeing a
>dialogue that was part of the presentation of a play at Cambridge's
>American Repertory Theater...a gig that almost certainly approached the
>paycheck he was receiving for hosting "The Connection". He's b-a-a-a-ck,
>and he's crossed the great divide between his former employer and WGBH-FM!
>My 'GBH Members Program Guide just arrived, and on the page devoted to 
>radio doings
>appears this info:
>"The Whole Wide World" with Christopher Lydon, a new 7-part series,
>decodes the riddles of 21st-century globalization through the voices of
>"artists, economists, refugees, historians and plain folk", Lydon tells
>'GBH.  The program weaves literary voices and a vibrant range of musical
>textures into every hour, engaging listeners in critical topics of
>discussion, "trends that threaten us and the technologies and cultural
>connections(!) that could rescue us".
>
>Moi again:  this obviously compelling show will be broadcast at the
>prime hour of 6:00 pm Sundays in April on WGBH-FM, 89.7...another
>gig earning Chris BIG BUXX, as in days of yore.


Chris & Mary McGrath have been working on "Whole Wide World" for several 
months now, it was quite the epic endeavour from what I'm told by my 
friends over at www.Transom.org    WWW is (or will be) available via 
webcast  on Transom as well.

FWIW - I'm told Chris & Mary are rather enjoying going down the road of 
producing "big pieces" on an occasional schedule, rather than daily 
production of a call-in talk show.   So I don't think we're going to see 
Chris on another "Connection" anytime soon.   Then again, who knows what 
opportunities may arise...

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Aaron "Bishop" Read             aread@speakeasy.net
FriedBagels Consulting          AOL-IM: readaaron
http://www.friedbagels.com      Boston, MA