After a glitchy start with a skeleton crew at KFPK in Los Angeles, today’s BradCast was a reminder, for me at least, of why radio over our public airwaves is so essential, especially now. [Audio link to show is posted below.]
After a few news headlines on the latest from our horrifying global pandemic — more state Governors, thankfully, issuing “stay-at-home” orders; more coronavirus cases and deaths in the U.S. and around the world; more screwups from our imbecilic President regarding his “great friends” in Congress who have now contracted COVID-19; more fights in Congress about a $1.8 trillion relief package meant to save the economy and the American people (or, if left to the Republicans, to save Donald Trump and their favored companies, unless Dems continue to hold strong and not fall for another bailout con); and my own suggested Bipartisan Stimulus Relief Plan (the one that should be adopted immediately) — we open the phones to callers who have been enduring “stay-at-home” orders now for days in California, as well as elsewhere around the country.
I thought today would be a good moment to touch base with folks to see how everyone is doing, how they are holding up in these circumstances. Right now, radio and radio stations are considered an essential service as part of our federal Critical Communications Infrastructure (a designation we take seriously.) So we hope to stay on the air as long as possible, with as much live radio as we can.
Today’s callers help underscore why I believe that’s so important. Among the many great calls today:
- The 80-year old from L.A. who lives alone with his dogs and is having trouble getting food for them;
- The blind caller from Lake Elsinore who is “terrified”;
- The caller from Minneapolis who felt he has never had to lock his doors at night, until now;
- The millennial (and former associate producer of our show!) who reports that few in Atlanta outside her window seem to be following the Democratic Mayor’s “stay-at-home” order, as the state’s wingnut Republican Governor refuses to issue one;
- The woman who believes we should call it the “Stable Genius Virus”;
- And many others, including the last caller of the day who….well, we’ll let you listen, but it’s a bit heartbreaking, and I wish I could have said more, though the show was ending and I had few words to help, I fear…
Hopefully, we can all come together with love at this difficult and extraordinary moment of necessary physical distancing, as opposed to social distancing… And thank you for taking the time to join us for The BradCast during this unprecedented time in history…
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