I’m tempted to tell you to skip most of this week’s episode and fast forward to about the last 45 seconds because there’s a lot to learn from Bob’s sign off this week. For example, the show this week was edited “more or less by me [Bob]“. In a year and a half of dedicated listening to OTM, I’ve never heard a show edited by Bob. He didn’t do half bad with it, in case you’re wondering.
But the most telling part of the sign off is the rather giddy, almost tears-of-joy sounding announcement that Brooke Gladstone will be back next week. I wonder if Bob is counting down the days like I did when I was in long distance relationships in college. Maybe, like my long distance boyfriend, he’ll take a long shower, clean his apartment and trim his nosehairs in anticipation.
I wonder where Katya was this week. I hope she was on vacation – she totally deserves one.
Bob tried to adjust us to Brooke’s return by playing one of her old stories about undercover reporting. I hadn’t heard it before, so I didn’t mind the rerun. After a debate about the ethics of undercover reporting, most of the story is about Ted Conover‘s undercover work at Sing Sing. It really just makes me want to read his book “New Jack”.
This story from Brooke is like a wire mother. Sure, Bob’s stories this week provide nutritional information, but Brooke adds the warm loving touch. This had better be a damn good book she’s writing. Knowing her, it totally will be.
This recap was written by Kerry, who tried to get Matthew to write a paragraph of it. He didn’t.
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