The first OTM episode of 2009 is bizarrely sexy. Maybe it’s the subject matter, maybe it’s that last week’s episode was a re-run, maybe it’s because I’m wearing my pyjamas. It’s probably the fact that the word “turgid” is bandied about.
Bob opens the episode with a nice, come-hither “Won’t you please join us?”. Yes, Bob, I think I will.
In light of recent Middle Eastern unrest, the hour opens with a story on the difficulty of covering the crisis (especially when journalists aren’t being allowed into Gaza). This is interesting and all, but it’s nothing compared to the rest of the episode.
Next up, we’re getting a new Surgeon General, and it’s someone you’ve probably heard of. I guess it’s a good thing, since we apparently haven’t had one since 2006. Brooke then launches into a retrospective on the work of past Surgeons General. There was FDR’s guy, Tom Perrin, who was so concerned about our nations syphillys problem that he talked about it on air at CBS radio. Apparently, there are some things that you just don’t talk about on the radio. Clearly, Savage Love wasn’t around then. Anyway, his willingness to talk straight about VD got people’s attention and the support of the president. Sadly, President Clinton’s SG spoke out about masturbation and was dismissed from her job.
Later ine the show, Brooke interviews author Nicholas Carr about the future of online privacy. Apparently, your computer is more than just a box full of files. It’s a door. A door to that scary place known as the interwebs.
The internet can be a difficult place to maintain your privacy. We all talk about caring about privacy, but really, we don’t ’cause we like to get better search results, targeted ads and followers on Twitter.
And then this happens:
Brooke says “As you write in your book, subscriber 59920 searched for what a neck looked like after it had been strangled and rope to use to hog tie someone. That guy – *fit of giggles* – I’m assuming it’s a guy – may have some serious cause for concern if a name is ever attached to it.
Sadly, we never find out if it actually was a guy. It kind of has to be, though, right?
Every week, I find some new reason to fall in love with public radio and the fine people who make it. Brooke, congratulations – you win for this week. Brooke is like one of those ladies from “The View”, only way smarter and snarkier and more likely to share a pint with you and sing karaoke.
(Speaking of sharing pints and singing karaoke, we’re going to be headed up to Boston / NYC in April on our post-nuptual world tour. If any of you, dear readers, will be in either town, we’d love to meet up. We’ll share our pints, and Matthew does a mean karaoke.)
This recap was written, distractedly, by Kerry and edited by Matthew, who is now in love with his iPhone in a deeply creepy way.
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