I googled and saw that In Our Time program began broadcasting on BBC  in 1998 in October. I was in Uni then, says so my LinkedIn – I should be listening to a lot of Radio National and Triple J so it can’t be that time frame. It is possibly later when I discover BBC Radio 4 radio comedies – when I started work and was missing radio programs I use to hear on RN. 

He retired 3 Sept and since then I’ve been wondering what will happen to In Our Time. In 2012, Alan Saunders passed away and The Philosopher’s Zone was never the same. I listened to him when he did the Comfort Zone and moved onto Philosopher’s zone. I love and miss radio programs that are done just because the personality was interested in a particular thing. Podcasts are not quite the same – somehow podcasts seem more needy. Always begging for subscription, always trying to grab the space in the conversation and the laughter, goodness, always rambunctious. The radio presenters never try to take over the personality of the interviewee. The pace is never attention grabbing or rushing towards a goal even if there is one.

Local radio is as needy as podcasts – always asking listeners to vote, to send whatsapp , always asking listeners to look at their social media presence. There is a time and space for talk radio. It makes it interesting to allow listeners a voice. However,  I wish they would have more programs with interesting content that has nothing to do with money, weather, politics, news or traffic.