Update: The piece will air Thursday night at 6:30PM and 11:00PM on KQED radio 88.5 in San Francisco. Check their website for broadcast times in your area. The program will be archived and available for podcast as well.
A couple of days ago I was contacted by a producer of Pacific Time, a public radio program about Asian affairs produced by KQED in San Francisco.
She wanted to know my thoughts on Yul Kwon winning Survivor and if I would be willing to record something for the show. She had read my recent post about James Kim surviving because he was Korean and wondered how that point-of-view would apply to Yul.
From the very beginning we Kimchi Mamas have been rooting for "Team Yobo" (Becky and Yul), and I think I speak for everyone here when I say we knew a Korean would win. Why? Because he's Korean. That's the gist of the piece I recorded on behalf of the Kimchi Mamas for Pacific Time today. (I hope it comes off as tongue-in-cheek.)
I went down to the local public broadcasting station here in Honolulu where I'm spending the next three weeks. They put me in front of a mic in a sound-proof room and by the magic of radio technology I was connected with Pacific Time producers in San Francisco.
I read my piece a couple of times and even got to say, "For Pacific Time, this is Stefania Pomponi Butler in Honolulu." That was fun.
I'm not sure if they will use it, but if they do, you can listen to a podcast by checking out Pacific Time's site.
—Stefania Pomponi Butler
[photo credit: AP]
