The Other Side of Talk Radio

Whether you're being interviewed in a studio, calling in a question or comment, or listening in the car, there's something about the medium of talk radio -- its facelessness, perhaps, or the "um"s and "ya-know"s that bridge thoughts and punctuate the silences  -- that encourages confession and fosters intimacy. I've probably done thirty-five radio interviews in the last few months -- some lasting 10 minutes or less, others as long as an hour -- and I keep marveling at the back-and-forth betwe...