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Post-show Ramblings.


Tonight’s episode of In Your Inner Ear was the most relaxed one to do.

Maybe it’s because our chosen topic for the evening – being dull – is very close to our hearts, be it intentionally or unintentionally. Or perhaps, now we’ve reached our ninth programme, we’ve got into the groove of what we doing enough to not be flustered by it. Whatever the reason, it felt good to do. It was less like making a radio show, and more like having an enjoyable conversation, without tipping so far off the scale as to become self-indulgent (though I’ll confirm this when I’ve listened back to it).

The only frustrating thing is the quality of the broadcast, which is very variable. This is something the owner of the station is aware of (as I’ve mentioned previously) and is trying to fix. The studio moves to different premises shortly, possibly before next week’s broadcast, which will allow the chance to look at the set-up from scratch, and improve it. Either way, the station has a great feel to it, with lots of good intentions behind it – and the gear is good too. We’re also grateful of the opportunity.

Unfortunately, we need to squeeze in three prerecorded episodes at some point before the end of the month, to cover the three weekends in August that one or other of us is unavailable. This will be a challenge, but I’m sure we’ll manage it. Let’s hope we don’t do them all in one go; there’s only so much of our own collective company we can take.

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