I’ve been an NPR listener since my college days at Philadelphia College of Art.

It’d been a long afternoon and Steven Tarental, our design instructor, begged our class to listen to something besides Talking Heads and Debbie Harry. I’m sure we gave him some sort of snotty art student approval. He rolled the knob to WHYY in Philadelphia and introduced us to Terry Gross, Talk of the Nation and All Things Considered. I was hooked.

Then I moved to Atlanta. Those were the dark years. No real NPR for me… just alot of Lynyrd Skynyrd, Allman Brothers, Jon Bon Jovi… and Budweiser.

A move to DC brought me joy as I had 3 stations to choose from; WAMU, WETA and WBJC if the wind was right. Truly wonderful stuff.

I then moved to Fairbanks and knew in an instant that all was good in the world when I met KUAC. I listen to that station all day long. It’s on in my home. It’s on in our office. It’s on in my truck. I love what NPR/PBS brings to my day.

So, when Tammy Tragis-McCook, the Marketing & Community Relations Manager at KUAC asked me to take a seat at the microphone for the KUAC radio fund drive, how could I say no?

So, I make my radio debut tomorrow night on World Cafe, a show I listened to locally in college. We’ll be on air, 7-9pm, October 19th.

The evening will be fun, and silly and intriguing because I finally get to peek behind the “curtain,” and see what I’ve been listening to for so many years.

I will also be hosting Car Talk on Saturday morning, October 20th at 9-10am, with my good friend, Julie Estey. We’ll add our own pearls of wisdom to the recommendations of Click and Clack, the Tappit brothers, the stars of Car Talk.

When you call in – have your wallet ready. I want all of you to support the best Public Radio station that I’ve sampled from east coast to north coast.

So, don’t touch that radio dial!

But do call and pledge while I’m on air!