The Boldness
After months of hard work from our volunteers the first episode of Grit Media’s radio show The Boldness went to air on 3CR on Wednesday 20th of February. We had a number of pre-recorded segments beautifully prepared and musician Akash Temple had been up all night putting the final touches on our theme song. The nerves were high as we waited for our turn, but everyone stayed calm. At one point I came across one of our hosts, Jane, sitting in a corner muttering a string of expletives to herself. Naturally, I was concerned and asked her if she was alright, “I can’t swear for half an hour, so I’m getting it out of my system now” she replied.
At five to six we all stood waiting outside the studio ready to begin. As the previous show's hosts left the studio we piled in and took our places. It wasn't long before it became clear that someone had let a herd of gremlins into the studio with us. The theme song Akash had put so much work into refused to play, which meant that our hosts, John and Jane barely had time to settle themselves before they had to speak. Despite that they did a fabulous job, sounding cool, calm and collected, but the technical problems weren't over. Our wonderful tech Jim, who had hauled himself out of hospital to be there, did a great job, but the gremlins were overwhelming, some segments just refused to play and those that did kept dropping out. One segment repeated itself so many times that fans of The Goodies may want to rename it A Walk in the Black Forest.
Through all of this our hosts stayed calm and just kept talking about our topic of the month, Boldness and its Effects on Human Rights. The more the studio descended into chaos around them the better our hosts sounded. Meanwhile Erin and Jenny worked the green room to prepare our studio guests, George Halkius from The Big Issue and musician Akash Temple. All in all, despite some technical difficulties, the first episode of The Boldness was a success and I'd like to congratulate everyone involved on all their hard work.
