(From a blog about crooked house, here.)
Last night I was on the radio on a different station in a different town from the station on which Self Help Radio airs. Before the show, I was telling someone at the station about Self Help Radio & its different themes, & she asked, "What do you mean, themes?" When I explained, she asked for examples. As usual, my mind drew a blank - once I've done a show, it seems like my brain does a core dump & I can't remember the most recent themes explored. It's frustrating, but it's understandable - once a show is done, I need to concentrate on the next. But I did know what this week's show is about, so I said, "This week's show is called the crooked show."
At which point he said, "Like crooked Hillary?"
Oh no! I thought. Is that the reason the word "crooked" found its way into my brain, making me want to do a radio show about crooked things?
By the way, she said it with a smile - she wasn't supporting the current president or anything - but the power of repetition is striking - when looking for images of crooked things, like the one above, I typed "crooked" into Google image search, & one of the first images was of course Hillary Clinton. (To be fair, a couple rows down there were pictures of Trump, which might not be what he wanted when he said that word so many times.)
Frankly I can't really say. I certainly hope not. But the reasons for each theme are not always so clear. They never have been. Something strikes me, I let it germinate, eventually there's either a show or there isn't. The crooked show made it. I don't think I'll mention the election or unfounded allegations tonight, but it just might be what got me thinking in the first place.
Anyway, if you want to hear Self Help Radio be more crooked than it's ever been, the show is on tonight from 9-11pm eastern, 8-10pm central, on 93.9 fm WLXU in Lexington & online at the Lexington Community Radio web site, especially if you choose WLXU. Anyway, I am not a crooked! Or something like that.
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