So You're Going to Do a Podcast

At "The Creative Life" over at CreateMixedMedia.com this morning I talk about preparing to be interviewed for a podcast. On Friday I'll do Part II, where I talk about being interviewed for print. Even if you're not going to do a podcast, you'll want to know the weirdest thing anyone's ever done while talking to me on the phone. Weirder than The Very Famous-At-the-Time Artist who chewed either carrots or an apple in my ear the entire time we talked (and we'd had the interview appointment time sent for weeks, so it wasn't like I caught her unexpectedly). No, that was nothing compared to the truly weird.

Imagine me listening to this person talk and hearing sounds in the background and going (to myself, of course), "Huh? What's that? No. Noooooooooo! You're kidding me. Ack!"

On the one hand, you want to ask if it's a bad time (right in the middle of an hour-long conversation) and if you should maybe call them back later, and on the other hand your own good manners prevent you from letting on you've noticed anything out of the ordinary.

Here it is. Read. Imagine. Laugh.