Podcaster
Episoden
Über diesen Podcast
On the freeways of southern California, my sister Joanna used to do
this thing when traffic was bad where she’d stick her head out the
window and point to where she was (attempting) to merge. Now if
you’ve ever driven in such a situation, you’ll understand that
people don’t tend to enjoy another car taking up one more space
between them and their destination. In fact, they’ll often speed up
just to make sure it doesn’t happen. However, when she stuck her
head out and looked at the person in the lane over, she was given
the space to merge, every time. Any short or long term Angeleno
knows traffic in LA is miserable, but this plea always proved
undeniable. So why did this happen? When Joanna did this, her car
was no longer a piece of metal getting more in the way of someone’s
destination. It became a person, with a face and a destination as
well. She made the situation a conversation between people. By
talking to individual people from different places, news stories,
stereotypes and a color distinction on a map becomes a person, with
a face, with stories, families, loves and hates. We begin to see
ourselves. I understand the sentiments of people I talk to don’t
represent entire countries, states or even cities. However they
give others a glimpse into another place– something that might be
unknown to the listener. Some of the ancient Greeks believed stars
functioned as holes in the dark sky, revealing only specs of a
bright, unknown fire on the other side. I hope these interviews,
may serve a similar purpose. This is a podcast about people, from
different places, talking about music and whatever else may come
up.
Kommentare (0)