There was an idea I had: while the show was on hiatus, I'd feature some show from the past - I mean, I've been doing this for almost seventeen years! - that happened on the same date. It turns out, April 19 is a pretty well-traveled moment on the calendar for Self Help Radio!
Two years ago, I did a show about umbrellas. Should you be so inclined, you may listen to that show in two parts right now: part one & part two. (You'll need a username & password, & that will be SHR & selfhelp in case you didn't know.)
Three years ago, in 2016, there was a show with the theme everything's fine. Do you remember, back in 2016, when everything seemed fine? Me neither. But you can listen to that show, if you want, by clicking on part one & then part two. Same password situations apply.
But wait! There's more!
In 2013, on April 19, there was a show with the theme on my mind. You were on my mind then. But I didn't reupload the show, sorry.
On this day in 2011, the show explored songs involving the word crawl. That would've been one of the earlier WRFL shows. How wonderful it might be to hear that show! But you can't.
A year earlier, in West Virginia, the show examined the theme mushrooms. No one listened to the show in West Virginia except people at WMUL, & the Station Manager himself called & said it was amazing I did a show about mushrooms on 4/20. Except it was 4/19. & I'm not that clever.
We can go way back, though. To one of my favorite episodes, which aired in 2006. I have no idea if the show is any good, but I enjoyed making it. Self Help Radio wasn't even four years old. I had the idea of making a show where all the songs were covers of 1980s tunes. I called it "the eighties, translated". I don't know if it were well-received or what. But I had a lot of fun.
Believe it or not, there are still days in the calendar which have never had an episode of Self Help Radio aired on them. April 19 is not one of those days.
Now. Back to packing!
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