I might have explained the way I find themes to explore on the show, before, on this blog. But I will repeat myself. It's not an interesting or mysterious or inspired process, but it is a process. I think of something, usually at random moments, & I create a folder on my computer with the name of the theme & then start to fill it in.
A friend calls this "letting the universe talk to you." I don't believe that coincidences mean anything, but if I am listening to three records in a row, & they all have songs about soap on them, my brain will tell me, "You should do a show about soap." So I'll create the folder & let my brain work on it in the background.
At some point I decide there's enough songs to do a show. I take a little more time to do more direct searching for songs, but the bulk of the show is already there.
Sometimes it takes years to get a theme covered. In my "folder of themes" (which for some reason is labeled "extras" on my computer), I have folders that go back to 2008. This is true! Some ideas don't get much exploration. They just lie there.
In any event, coincidences happen, & although I have left WRFL, I am still aware of the show schedule, & since last fall there's a show called "The Way Out" on the station. It wouldn't bother me if that show's name (not necessarily its content) inspired this week's show, but I am here to say, it didn't. The "way out show" folder was created in 2012, when Matt, the show's host, was still doing "Burning Sensations."
I toyed with the idea of contacting him to see if he wanted to record a disclaimer for me ("The program The Way Out is not involved with nor endorses the program Self Help Radio"), but I didn't want to bother him. I can only say that he does a fine show, & it's on Thursdays at 2pm at wrfl.fm or 88.1 fm in Lexington.
I hope he doesn't think my show is a comment or rip-off on his!
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