3 reasons to become a helicopter pilot

Posted on December 4, 2013 by Doug Dangler

Byron EdgintonThis week’s guest Byron Edgington describes his memoir The Sky Behind Me and reasons why he became a helicopter pilot even though this mode of transportation has no “hands free” setting.

Craft with Byron Edgington

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What’s next on Craft, you ask?

Posted on November 26, 2013 by Doug Dangler
Cover of The Sky Behind Me by Byron Edgington

Cover of The Sky Behind Me by Byron Edgington

Here’s this week’s Craft promo with Byron Edgington, author of The Sky Behind Me.

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Time to Write? Go Outside – NYTimes.com

Posted on November 8, 2013 by Doug Dangler

Every now and then I read an article like this Time to Write? Go Outside that gives advice on where or how to write and it makes me think again about the many pieces of advice I’ve heard from authors over the last five years. Sometimes I imagine that if I put them all together, they would immediately contradict each other so thoroughly that no one would bother listening to practitioners again. Other times, I think I see a theme in the advice I’ve heard: practice stay in the chair, keep writing and kill your critic.

 

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Checking out the Back 40 with Robin and Linda Williams

Posted on November 2, 2013 by Doug Dangler

RobinLindaWilliamsIf, like me, you’ve listened to Prairie Home Companion for years, you know the Hopeful Gospel Quartet. Half of the Quartet is Robin and Linda Williams, a folk duo with 40 years of performing in their past. Their latest album is Back 40, an interesting retrospective of their career in which they re-recorded various songs that had for various reasons not been as successful or as well-known as they’d liked them to be.

They wrote or co-wrote 11 of the 14 songs on the album with the rest by luminaries like Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, and Hank Williams. Tune in to find out the background to some of the songs and which one of their albums I just couldn’t get to work for me, not matter how many times I listened.

They will be performing at the Midland Theater on November 21 at 7:30. Be there!

The Craft of Robin & Linda William

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Dar Williams talks about how Columbus helped her get a duet partner

Posted on October 31, 2013 by Doug Dangler

Dar Williams has been singing, playing, and writing great music for a while, but Columbus has a special place in her heart since it’s where, in 1994, she opened for another well-known singer at Six String Concerts and gained a duet partner for her cover of a great Pink Floyd song. First person to ID the song or the partner gets a free book (pick up at WCBE 90.5FM in Columbus, Ohio). Catch her in Columbus with Six String Concerts on November 9th.

Craft interview with Dar Williams

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What’s the Password?

Posted on October 30, 2013 by Doug Dangler

Valerie Plame came to the spotlight when her cover as a CIA operative was revealed by conservative columnist Robert Novak. Since then, she’s written an examination of the incident in Fair Game: How a Top CIA Agent Was Betrayed by Her Own Government. Now she’s co-written a spy thriller starring a female CIA operative named Vanessa Pierson. Sensing some real-life overlap? Listen to her explain it all in this week’s Craft

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The 2013 Halloween show

Posted on October 25, 2013 by Doug Dangler

Here’s part two, the dramatization of John Kachuba’s short story, “Heaven Sent:” 2013 Craft Halloween Show.

Warning: only listen to this at night with the lights low and the sound turned up.

Doug

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The 2013 Craft Halloween author interview

Posted on October 25, 2013 by Doug Dangler

Take a great story from guest John Kachuba, add the talents of the Fort Hayes Black Box Theater students and what do you get? The 2013 Craft Halloween Special!

It will broadcast midnight, Friday, October 25, on WCBE, 90.5FM, but you can get a sneak peak here!

Due to size limitations, the hour-long show is in two chunks. Here’s the first part, my interview with the author: 2013 Halloween Interview with John Kachuba

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I Go Off Script with Columbus Unscripted

Posted on October 23, 2013 by Doug Dangler

Barbara Allen and Bill Sabo from Columbus Unscripted tell me about how they got infected with the improv bug and why just the mention of a city, a color of paint, and a fruit can set them off into improv-ing. Be careful, listeners, the improv bug is spreading in Columbus, especially at the Second Annual Columbus Unscripted Improv Festival on October 24-27.

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Interview with Jeff Kinney, author of Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Posted on October 21, 2013 by Doug Dangler
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Cover image for Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck

What makes Jeff Kinney look down and close his eyes because he can’t bear what he’s done? Check out his answer in our interview ahead of the November 5 publication of the 8th book in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, Hard Luck.

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