I am an immigrant to the US. During the early years and today, I have been a fan of Marketplace and it is rare that I miss an episode. It got even better when Marketplace became a podcast as well. I did not have to jump into the car at 6 p.m every day to listen to this program on the car radio. By listening to a program for a long time, you get to know the hosts and reporters. Kai Ryssdal, Kimberly Adams, Amy Scott, Matt Levin, Savannah Maher, Meghan McCarty Carino, David Brancaccio, (Marketplace Morning Report), Victoria Craig ( listen every morning at 5.55 a.m. pm WAMU. I have to mention WAMU 88.5 as that was my first and long-standing NOR station. I am a big fan of Esther Ciammachilli. An added advantage is the ability to follow these radio personalities on Twitter. It gives me a meeting room feeling to interact with these media celebrities on Twitter.
Sometimes I get lucky. I was in India in October and I happened to see a tweet about a forthcoming story on Marketplace about how people were using the time that they saved without having a commute. Some of these things are serendipitous. My Twitter stream moves very fast and it was providence that I saw the tweet and responded. We spoke over Zoom between the US and India. I love the fact that India has such good internet connections now. I was taking a flight back to India that same night and could listen to the episode on my phone mid-journey.
One more bucket list item is checked off.
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