50 ready-made media angles on The Marketplace of Ideas

I know for a fact some of you readers and listeners wield awesome media power. I also suspect you, like me, have a strong interest in bringing more in-depth, long-form cultural conversation to and hearing more in-depth, long-form cultural conversation on the radio. So why not use that awesome media power to promote The Marketplace of Ideas, thus bringing us all one step closer to a much more interesting world to listen to?

For your convenience, I have come up with 50 ready-made headlines, each with its own “angle” for use in your publication, program, pamphlet, blog, or screed. Should you choose to use one, I will make myself available to provide all necessary quotes, sound bites, photo appearances, etc.

1. 26-Year-Old Public Radio Interviewer “Throws Down the Gauntlet” To All Public Radio Interviewers Over 26
2. In Wasteland Of Radio, Actual Interestingness (NYT edition)
3. Southern California Public Radio Personality Interviews 150 Luminaries At Length, All Without Ever Owning Garbage Disposal
4. Area Public Radio Broadcaster “Mad As Hell” And “Not Going To Take It Anymore”
5. Young Achievers: Colin Marshall, Microphone-Talker
6. A Rising Public Radio Star’s Quixotic Mission To Perceptibly Rise To Public Radio’s Equivalent Of Stardom
7. Host-Producer of “Most Fascinating Show on Radio” Eats Peanut Butter Sandwiches Every Single Day
8. A Newish Thing For Radio: Actual Conversation
9. Delusional Young Man Makes Content
10. Devil-May-Care Radio Interviewer Does Not Edit Out 80 Percent Of Conversations
11. He Does Radio And Office Nihilism
12. Public Radio Maverick Produces Program On “Non-Insane” Budget
13. Santa Barbara Man Has Nonsensically Interviewed Michael Silverblatt, Tyler Cowen, Momus, Steve Wozniak, And Charles Murray All On One Show
14. “He Seemed To Have Read My Book,” Claim Shocked Authors Interviewed By Marginal Public Radio Personality
15. Local Man Regularly Speaks To Own Heroes at Length, Cannot Afford Hamster
16. “Why Is This My Life,” Says Radio Host, 26
17. Marketplace of Ideas Broadcaster Declares Fatwa On Four-Minute “Nothing” Interviews
18. In Act Of Raw Impudence, Radio Interviewer Publicly Desires Career
19. “I Bring Up Abbas Kiarostami Almost Every Week”: An Interviewer On The Rise Talks Techniques
20. A Man, A Plan, An Ear Canal: The Marketplace of Ideas
21. “Be About Something”: A Fledgling Show’s Controversial Manifesto
22. Young Host Pledges To Create Richest Richest Interview Program in Existence — But Can He Do it Without Temping?
23. Starkly Experimental Radio Program Discusses Only “Interesting” Books, Films, Music
24. Public Radio Meany Refused to Promote Ephemeral Trend Piece-Turned-Book, Claims Aggrieved Publicist
25. The Marketplace Of Ideas’ Battle To Become A Known Entity: Impossible Or Highly Improbable?
26. Point: Radio Needs More Thoughtful Long-Form Conversations; Counterpoint: Isn’t A Stream Of Jittery Nonsense Enough?
27. Santa Barbara Public Radio Interviewer Attains Positive Net Worth (purely speculative)
28. Discovering Own Unemployability, California Radio Personality Left Only One Choice: Creating Worthwhile Things
29. Meet Colin Marshall: Public Radio Host By Night, Nihilistic, Motionless Desk-Sitter By Day
30. Versatile Radio Host-Producer Interviews Authors, Musicians, Filmmakers, Bloggers, Scholars — Pretty Much Everyone Except Entrepreneurs, Who Keep Being Dicks About Scheduling
31. Scandalous Radio Program Discusses People and Things You Haven’t Heard of Yet
32. “Kept to Himself, Mostly,” Say Neighbors of Apocalyptically Frustrated Public Radio Gunman
33. “Intellectually Engaged” Public Radio Interviewer Holds “Question Sheet Bonfire” in Town Square
34. Santa Barbara Program Contains Fewer Than 15 Resets Per Hour; “Insane,” Says Mainstream Public Radio Representative
35. Bitter Drought of Broadcast Conversations About Robert Walser, David Hume, and Kobo Abe Reaches Merciful End
36. Brazen Radio Host Programs For “Attentive” Audience
37. “He Does Interviews Designed To Be Relevant Even Next Week?” Ask Bewildered Public Radio Bigshots
38. Santa Barbara Public Radio Host Announces Goal Of 10,000 Listeners; Listener Count Drops Vertiginously
39. Public Radio Establishment On Up-and-Coming Interviewer Who Talks Only To Guests He Wants To: “You Can’t Do That”
40. Destitute Public Radio Professional Charged In Social Security Scam; “What Choice Did I Have?” Cries Disgraced Host
41. Literary Modernism, Experimental Film, Wang Chung: Do These Topics Belong On Our Radios? (op-ed)
42. Shamefully Unprofessional Interviewer Refuses To Write Rigid, Uncomprehending Questions Beforehand
43. Headless Public Radio Host Found in Topless Bar
44. “I Want To Make A Halfway Respectable Show,” Says Hopeless Radio Host-Producer
45. 26-Year-Old Interviewer The Future of Public Radio, Such As It Has One
46. Even In State Of Extreme Despondency, Heroic Public Radio Host Manages To Interview Prominent Literary Translators
47. Freakish Public Radio Program Wholly Ignores Politics, Racism, Youthful Weltschmerz, And Ambient Sounds of The Barrio
48. Embittered Public Radio Host Renounces World, Begins Broadcasting Exclusively To Own Shack
49. “I Don’t Mind A Small Audience, As Long As It’s Smart,” Says Quietly Weeping Radio Interviewer
50. Respected Radio Interviewer Reveals Interviewing Secret: “Actually Be Interested”

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[andres]

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