TOC/OCD
This may strike many as absurd, being that Self Help Radio is a show unlikely to be heard by many people ever in the universe ever, but I have gone & made a page on the website which lists all the themes I've explored in alphabetical order, with links to the original playlists.
But why do a thing like that? Are there people out there who think to themselves, "I wonder if an obscure radio shows that has little or no listeners have ever done a radio show about [whatever]?" I can understand them being interested when Bob Dylan did his theme radio show, because even though I've done many of the same themes he did, he's Bob Fucking Dylan & I'm as close to the textbook definition of insignificant as one can get.
In fact, it's safe to say, with a show that has almost no listeners, I could only do such a thing for me.
It's true. I have been doing this ridiculous show for over eleven years now & occasionally I say to myself, "Hey! I should do a show about…!" & often I go through the trouble of preparing it, only to realize I have in fact done it before.
For the record, I have only accidentally repeated a show once. The theme was "trash" & I did the show in both 2004 & 2008. I did a show about "fame" & another about "stars" (as in "movie stars") that ended up being rather similar. But I've almost repeated a theme about two dozen times.
This handy index is available for me to double-check when I think I've come up with an idea that I have in fact had a few times before. It's also available to folks - there's always been a few at the radio stations I've been at - who have thought they could do a better theme-oriented show than I do. They can look at the linked playlists & sneer!
It's okay - I'm almost certain anyone could do this show better than I have. I'm the one, however, stuck in the Self Help Radio rut, & not getting out any time soon. Because I have to keep updating this "table of contents"!
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