Interviews & Stories
As a radio reporter and host, I have interviewed hundreds of people
from politicians to medical experts, artists, authors and regular
people. I can teach you the skills you need to being interviewed
as well as being the person on the other side of the microphone.
It’s the interviewer’s job to ask the right questions
and steer the interview in a way that creates an interesting story
arc. But an interviewee should always be prepared with something
to talk about, whether or not the interviewer gives you a chance
to look your best.
Below are some of the stories and areas I’ve covered and
guests I have interviewed -- most were great and some were challenging.
My areas of specialization are in Science & Medicine, Arts & Culture,
Animals & the Environment.
FEATURED INTERVIEW GUESTS (alphabetically) include:
• Joan Acocella, Dance Critic The New Yorker
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Mark Bekoff, Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior, The Ten Trusts (with
Jane Goodall)
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Mark Bittner, The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
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Barbara Boxer, U.S. Senator
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Joan Chen, Actress and Filmmaker, Xiu Xiu, The Last Emperor
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Marva Collins, educator and author, Ordinary Children, Extraordinary
Teachers
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David Elliot Cohen & Rick Smolen, Editors A Day in the Life
photography series
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Dianne Feinstein, U.S. Senator
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Dr. Julie Gerberding, Director, Centers for Disease Control
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Frank Gerry, Architect Guggenheim Bilbao, Walt Disney Hall
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Tippi Hedren, actress and founder of the Shambala Preserve
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Jake Heggie, Opera Composer “Dead Man Walking”
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Lou Hawthorne, CEO, Genetic Savings and Clone
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David Hilliard, Black Panther Party co-founder
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Pam Houston, author Sighthound, and Cowboys Are My Weakness
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John Lee Hooker, Grammy award-winning blues musician
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Spike Lee, Filmmaker, “Mo Betta Blues,” “Malcolm
X”
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Peter Knights, international conservationist, Executive Director,
WildAid
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Kronos Quartet members David Harrington, Hank Dutt, John Sherba
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Normand La Tourelle, founder Cavalia and Cirque du Soleil
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Christopher Moore, Fluke, Lamb, Coyote Blue, Practical Demon Keeping
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Mark Morris, dancer-choreographer for Mark Morris Dance Group
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Susan McCarthy, Becoming A Tiger and When Elephants Weep
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Gail Melson, Why the Wild Things Are
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Brenda Peterson, author, Between Species, Animal Heart, Build Me
an Ark
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Isabella Rossellini, actress and wildlife conservationist
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Betsy Salkind, writer for Roseanne, and comic on The Tonight Show
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Amy Tan, author Joy Luck Club, The Kitchen God’s Wife
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Bruce Weber, author, filmmaker and fashion photographer
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Frederica von Stade, Mezzo-Soprano
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Paul Volberding, pioneering AIDS researcher, UCSF
RADIO Credits:
NPR’s All Things Considered, Day to Day, Morning Edition,
Weekend
Edition, Marketplace, The Infinite Mind, Performance Today, On
the
Media, Latino USA, Living on Earth, Fresh Air, BBC World Service,
Art
Beat, KQED FM San Francisco, KALW, San Francisco, KPFA/Pacifica
Radio,
KUOW Seattle, Minnesota Public Radio, XM Satellite Radio.
FEATURED RADIO STORIES:
Science and Health:
• U.C. Davis Competes to Build Bio-weapons Defense Lab NPR
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Embryonic Stem Cell Research Controversy NPR, KQED FM
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Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery to Control Tremors at Stanford University
KQED FM, The Infinite Mind
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West Nile Virus Control Efforts in California – KQED FM
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SARS Fears Reach the West Coast (NPR All Things Considered)
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The New Face of AIDS – AIDS and Teenagers - series for Pacifica
Network News
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Cancer Treatment: Truthtelling: Helpful or Harmful?
(Part of a series called “Do No Harm” produced for
Duke University)
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Laughter Therapy for Cancer and Other Illness (The Infinite Mind)
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HMO collapse in California (series for KQED’s The California
Report)
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The Soaring Cost of Veterinary Care (episode for Animals Aloud
on XM)
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To Clone or Not to Clone? - Future of Genetically Engineered Pets
(Animals Aloud XM)
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Ghost Nets Endanger Divers and Sea Life (NPR All Things Considered)
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Lead Poisoning (Four-part series for Living on Earth)
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Northwest’s Disappearing Seabirds (NPR All Things Considered)
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Preventing Childhood Asthma Deaths (KQED FM)
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Serious High School Athletic Injuries (KQED California Report)
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Celebrity Bugs – Growing Creepy Insects for the Movies (KQED,
NPR, XM)
ARTS & CULTURE – Featured Radio stories
• Kronos Quartet 25th Anniversary Tour
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New Century Chamber Orchestra Profile
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Choreographer Mark Morrison presents his ballet “A Hard Nut”
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Trimpin Sound Artist Build Installation called “Pfffffft”
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G.I. Joe Does A Stint as a Nissei Soldier
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Black Panthers Memorial Bus Tour
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SF Symphony Strike coverage
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“Hecho en Califa” - Latino Artists in Los Angeles
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Culture Clash performs “The Birds” at Berkeley Rep
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John Lee Hooker interview for BBC Outlook
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San Francisco Mime Troupe 25 year retrospective
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Horse Ballet at The Early Music Festival
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San Francisco Examiner Sale – Nation’s oldest paper
goes on the block
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“Streetcar Named Desire Opera” premiers in San Francisco
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San Francisco International Film Festival annual preview
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