Days like these throw a lot at you, and so it was that on Thursday, there was breaking news from Washington that was all over the news and talk stations and then, suddenly, everyone pivoted to O.J., and for the rest of the day listeners were bombarded with O.J. live ...

Things change. You know that already. Let's keep that in mind when I raise once again the topic of talk radio guests. See, for years, I lived my radio life under the guiding principal that guests and interviews on radio shows kinda sucked. Too often, they were boring, ...

It didn't have to be this way. Of course, every time something happens to any of the remnants of what used to be called "guy talk" or "shock jocks" (and we can all agree to despise that term), some people declare the whole idea dead, others say good riddance, fans ...

The lesson talk radio can learn from the week's events is that the importance of... you're not paying attention, are you? No, you're not. It's the day before a long holiday weekend in North America and grand pronouncements about the radio industry will come off as ...

The easiest thing you can do as a talk radio host, it turns out, is to tell people what's going on right now. That, unfortunately for you, has become the domain of social media. The thing that's a little more difficult is to explain WHY what's going on is going on. ...

Are you proud of what you do on the radio? I've been thinking about that question for a while now, not for myself but for the entire industry. It's something I'm not sure we ask ourselves enough. In the context of what's been going on lately in talk radio, I'm not sure ...

The 10 year old suddenly looked up from the bowl of chow mein noodles he was systematically devouring and blurted a question towards me. "What do you do?" We were meeting him for the first time, the son of a friend of Fran's from school days, at a Chinese restaurant ...

Friday morning, I walked into another talk radio conference and I was instantly transported to 2015. And 2010. And 2000. And 1995. Same people every year. Same topics. Same everything, a little grayer every year. It is hardly news that the median age of traditional ...

It was Thursday evening when the anxiety set in, as it does every week. Gotta come up with an idea for a column. Wanna get the column done early so Friday isn't too crazy. Need an idea. Got nothing. Panic! That's the routine. This time, I tweeted out ...