I punched the radio on this morning and KERA had ceased it’s fundraising campaign! Finally…I never thought we’d get back to normal. This is the first time in two weeks I’ve been able to listen to All Things Considered uninterrupted. The things we take for granted. What a great program that is..

I also had the opportunity to listen to a KERA-produced program called Anything You Ever Wanted to Know, which is basically a Q&A session where listeners call in to participate either by throwing new questions out there or answering previous ones. The best part about the broadcast is you get the chance to hear what people in the community are thinking about. After about 15 minutes of listening an elderly gentleman called in to answer a prior question related to pest control in the summer. He swore up and down that the best way to keep scorpions, ants, etc. out of the house was to scrape the seeds of multiple jalapenos into a pan, cook it into a stew, and poor the peppers around the base of the foundation. He added that it didn’t have to be jalapenos either. “The hotter the better!”, he claimed. He also reminded the audience that the seeds are the hottest part of a pepper. You just don’t get this stuff on reality TV, folks!

It’s been a long week…welcome back KERA.