The Woman from Auntie
Jan. 18th, 2005 10:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
nameandnatureI had an email from a producer for Radio 4 the other day. She'd seen the famous web page and wanted to talk to me as part of some research for a programme the BBC are doing on people who've lost their religion. The programme is intended to show talking heads (er, except it'll be radio, obviously) rather than debate, so it'll be a sort of montage of people recounting their experiences.
I spoke to her on Monday lunchtime, having gone out into the car park to avoid being overheard (it's not a secret from my work colleagues, at least two of whom must have googled me before hiring me, but I didn't think I'd feel comfortable talking about it in an open-plan office). She asked me some questions about the experience, such as whether I'd found it frightening (no: dislocating and odd yes, but not frightening) and whether I was glad I'd done it (ultimately, yes, although has been a hard 3 years in some ways). She seemed particularly struck with the image, described in the essay, of me stuck above a prayer meeting manning the overhead projector, looking down on it all and wondering what I was doing there.
I'm not sure whether they intend to ask me to be in it. Radio 4 woman said she'd let me know within a few months if they did, and before the programme airs (probably about September) if not. I don't mind either way, but it'd be interesting to be on the radio. I'll let you know what happens.
I spoke to her on Monday lunchtime, having gone out into the car park to avoid being overheard (it's not a secret from my work colleagues, at least two of whom must have googled me before hiring me, but I didn't think I'd feel comfortable talking about it in an open-plan office). She asked me some questions about the experience, such as whether I'd found it frightening (no: dislocating and odd yes, but not frightening) and whether I was glad I'd done it (ultimately, yes, although has been a hard 3 years in some ways). She seemed particularly struck with the image, described in the essay, of me stuck above a prayer meeting manning the overhead projector, looking down on it all and wondering what I was doing there.
I'm not sure whether they intend to ask me to be in it. Radio 4 woman said she'd let me know within a few months if they did, and before the programme airs (probably about September) if not. I don't mind either way, but it'd be interesting to be on the radio. I'll let you know what happens.
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Date: 2005-01-19 02:42 pm (UTC)Hmm... that reminds me, I wonder if I can get a copy of Richard Dawkins thought for the day...