Talk Radio

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I am a fairly rabid listener to NPR which does include music, local events, cooking segments etc...and, quite a bit of talk shows.

There is a talk show called "ON POINT" hosted by a gent Tom Ashbrook which covers a varied number of topics.
It's usually interesting depending on the topic of course, and I have phoned in once to try to voice my opinion on whatever topic I wanted to have a voice in.

Today, I succeeded despite being put on hold forever, and had to succumb to umpteen questions to before being aired.
Of course, I used a pseudonym, LOLA from NOLA.
The topic was the newly approved "little pink pill' AKA , the newly approved FDA pill that is being touted as the "Viagra for Women".
Well, of course, they cut me short when I finally got on the "air' but, it was an enlightening experience when I got to hear the re-broadcast.
I'm really quite proud of the point I made, despite being cut short, but, I can blither, and these folks have an inkling for that.

So, I am curious, have any of y'all featured yourself on "talk radio" and, if so, what was your experience?

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I've been interviewed on national radio quite a few times, but not on talk radio as such. Mostly talking about my writing or the shows I've been in.

(Sooooo, what was your opinion on the "little pink pill"?)

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Well, I wasn't exactly interviewed per say.
I was kind of astonished that I even got through to begin with.
The woman who took my call was very specific and asked very pointed questions as to what I personally had wanted to ask.
Number one was since the FDA had just recently approved this "medication", what were/are the specifics of it's interaction with other medications, specifically anti-depressants because this medication also works interacts with the neurotransmitters of the brain chemistry a la dopamine and seratonin levels and has to be taken on what is called a chronic level, as in daily, versus the male viagra and it's other types of medication for erectile dysfunction works on the vascular level and only needs to be taken on a as needed basis, say, one hour beforehand sexual intercourse.
Totally different medical indicators going on here,and, in my opinion, many unanswered questions and highly suspect pharmeceutical lobbying interests at play.

Much of the discussion that went on beforehand addressed my queries and there were superb experts on hand.
My queries were to address the interaction this particular medication and it's interaction with other medications, namely anti-depressants which are also neurotransmitted dopamine and or serotonin level medications.
Also, the cost prohibitiveness of these medications even with full medical insurance.
I never got that far.
But, the one expert that was on hand did vindicate my query into the trials that did not include AT ALL the interplay/contraindications of those who were prescribed antidepressants.
Very enlightening.

If you go to Tom Ashbrook, NPR,  ON POINT Female Viagrga, "The Little Pink Pill", at 37 minutes thereabouts, you can hear "Lola" from New Orleans....as always, not getting "in" all I had to say.... to those of you who "know" me, will understand...I do blither...

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Interesting. So Viagra is a vascular medication while the female version is trying to change brain chemistry. You have every right to be suspicious.

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I would say from about age 10, I was totally fascinated with any radio station that I could hear from far away. This included whatever that super powerful radio station was broadcasting from out west (was it KSL?). It was a talk radio station but not at all an intelligent one like NPR, just people saying what was on their mind, except that they were calling from Seattle or Chicago or Houston, which impressed me because back in those days it cost quite a bit of money to make long distance calls. Back then, it wasn't all about fascist politics or the gripes of truckers but people would talk about their new job or what had happened in the chicken coop.

We also had a short wave radio and I could listen to the fishing boats in the Gulf of Mexico. Sometimes it was just people calling in their grocery list in Cajun French. And I could also listen to Radio Tirana, broadcasting propaganda from Albania and strange musical programmes on the BBC World Service that seemed to be happening in 1930.

The world was a vast and fascinating place with voices arriving from everywhere and my own life seemed so tiny and uninteresting.