If you're in the greater Chicago area, my husbo and I will be on air tonight as guests during the beginning of the hour, 7:00 pm (CST) on the McClendon Report - WVON 1690 AM. I'll be talking about the blog, online media and our new podcast.

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I did a brief 5 minute phone interview last week regarding my "Blog Like a Rocksar" series on the "Capital Region People" radio broadcasat on WYJB B95.5 FM.

Audio here

Thanks Dave Lucas for inviting me on.

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The audio from this past Saturday's Republican Radio show is now up. Even after 3-4 times on the radio, talking into a microphone with no feedback takes getting used to. My radio voice never seems to sound much like my speaking voice. It's always a privilege to be invited on-air, but every day I become more convinced that I would never make a good talking head. Why? Because I'm not about to continuously sing any political party's praises without good cause.

The theme of the show was "diversity in the conservative movement." The were a number of different guests on the program, but in the studio, it was myself and blogger Nathan Scott AKA "Homocon," a homosexual conservative writer. I'll get to that in a minute.

Talk radio shows are generally broken into brief 7-9 minute segments with commercials in between. This doesn't usually give a whole lot of room for deep conversation and you'll often get cut short right after they ask you a question. If you're anything like myself (i.e. a "quick wit"), radio can be tortuous. Curbing the desire to say what you really want to say and replacing it with something more "charitable" is difficult. Every question I'm asked has to be put through my mental sieve in order to remove traces of bluntness, sarcasm and pop culture references. I spent my life in all-white private schools, so I'm used to this exercise.

The show was...interesting.

The very articulate, Nathan Scott's philosophy surprised me big time. He's probably the first, last, and only non-straight man I've ever heard argue that homosexuality is a choice with consequences. I found myself sitting there nodding my head and co-signing. That is, until he used the phrase, "Gay Uncle Tom." But that's an entirely different topic.

The hosts were very charitable and very good at what they do. I got put on the spot and was asked who my heroes are. A question to which I fumbled because, well, I don't have any heroes besides Jesus Christ and saying that could've sounded trite. I look up to many people, but "hero" implies something greater and I'm of the "one pant leg at a time" philosophy. I believe my ultimate answer was, "great men and women of God."

Note self: think of some names of heroes.

At the very least, this experience was certainly better than my last.

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Okay so my last radio interview on Rabbi Daniel Lapin's show is up online. They had me on for about 45 minutes so it's not exactly quick listening. Rabbi Lapin heads up an organization called Toward Tradition.

I'll give you the link with one disclaimer: in her excitement, my interviewer was very nice, but admittedly started off the interview talking over me quite a bit so it sounds like we're competetively talking. You know how it is when someone asks you a question and then interrupts you when you try to answer. She eases off towards the remainder of the interview, but anyway, there you have it.

I think you may need the evil Windows Media Player to listen, and pardon the commercials: Toward Tradition Interview.

P.S. For all you who sent me pronounciations. You are correct, "Nykol" is pronounced "Knee-cole" and hence the site is "knee-kola".

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You have no idea what a sap I feel like when I slack on updating this site. Lots (and I mean lots) to say, but little energy to say it. For the record, I'm mentally exhausted. I have some big decisions coming down the pipe with regards to writing (one of which includes turning off the blessed television), and I'm somewhat resistant to change. It's mentally taxing. Being unemployed is taxing. For one second yesterday, I almost wished I was back living in the dorm in college. ALMOST. Ha ha.

By way of announcement, I'll be on the radio here on Sunday evening on the show "Toward Tradition" with Rabbi Daniel Lapin. I am told the interview will also be made available online.

Now the world can hear me mis-pronounce my own website. I have yet to decide how to pronounce "Nykola". When I say it, it usually sounds like some new kind of soda. Just curious as to how you all pronounce it in your brain?

Updates coming shortly, I promise. I may have to start blogging on the weekends again, with the rest of the nerds.

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