Radio KPAST

[mikailborg]

As I listened to The Thomas Jefferson Hour yesterday, the following thought crossed my mind:

Imagine that suddenly, you're motivated to thoroughly research a famous historical figure, and present a weekly podcast in character as that person. You have to play it straight - no parodies or sitcoms. Who do you choose?

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[cereselle.livejournal.com]

Weekly? Wow. Hmm.

Jane Stickle. I would talk about the progress I was making on my quilt, as well as war news.

[phred1973.livejournal.com]

Aye, I do enjoy that programme. I miss it :(

Oh! But Free mp3 downloads! *sweet* :)

As for an actual answer, if I can't be Thos. Jefferson...

Hrm. Maybe Teddy Roosevelt, but possibly Robert E. Lee.

Neither were perfect, but they were influential, and not completely understood. Lots of seeming contradictions that would make the knowing interesting.

I would also like to know WTF was Woodrow Wilson all about, anyway... Dude had some real issues...

[raininva.livejournal.com]

Well - my gut wants to go with Lady Jane Grey but that not sure how long I could keep it going given how short her reign was. I also want to go with Anastasia Romanov but again, same type of issue.

So... I think I'd go with Amelia Earhart... again same type of issue as above but it could be fun to go with it and do ones from after the disappearance.

[(Anonymous)]

Ok, what space/time continuum are you in?! First you are seeing the Doc Who's weeks before I catch them on the SciFi network, and now you are
listening to a program the day before Elaine & I hear it on the radio?
How are you doing this? Out with it man!

As for historical figure? Prob. Queen Victoria - enough of the righteous,
stick up ass bombast to suit my personality, while doing her own thing
in the hush/hush background of which I will never speak.
Sara

[mikailborg.livejournal.com]

Well, SciFi shows edited episodes of Doctor Who weeks after the BBC shows them. I don't want to wait, and I don't want to watch their commercials, so I rely on the kindness of strangers who gladly make the BBC episodes available shortly after broadcast. They aren't hard to find with a Bit of patient Googling.

As to the TJH, those are freely available on iTunes a few days before our local NPR station broadcasts them. Just load it up and search for Thomas Jefferson and you'll have them.

[nanoreid.livejournal.com]

Benjamin Franklin. One of the truly great Founding Fathers. What I wouldn't give to be able to ask him "Just exactly what did you guys mean when you wrote "blank" in the Constitution?"

[meiran.livejournal.com]

Miguel De Cervantes. His life was so varied and weird that there would be a wealth of information to work with.