Hosted by Lesley Lotto · EN · 122 episodes
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Lesley Lotto hosts Weekly Earful, a news show with 122 episodes published.
People are hoping for so many things in these trying times. While I’m writing about school budgets and state budgets, others, unbeknownst to many of us, cannot afford to buy food. They are putting food on their family ta
My gosh, how many times do we discuss dipping in and out of the news cycle to stay sane? Reporters and anchors on (mainstream) TV news and elsewhere say it’s a whirlwind of stories daily to keep track of, and some also s
Many of us have sadly had to deal with some form of sexual harassment at work. Some are traumatizing experiences, and others take the form of dealing with nasty people who don’t like that you are in a position of power.
It’s silly and trite, but I’m going for it. MAY THE 4TH BE WITH YOU. But what I mean to say is, May the FORCE be with you. Is this a Euphemism? Do you know what that is? I thought it meant something else frankly, but the
I was having a hard time coming up with a topic for this blog this week. Then, after a very, bad, awful week, I climbed up out of it and got back to being awake. I was preparing to go out for a morning walk when I was hi
We cover AI a lot on this blog, rant, or whatever you prefer calling it. A story caught my eye in the Columbia Journalism Review because it showed even careful journalists can be fooled by Artificial Intelligence shortcu
Lies and the Lying Liars who tell them. Remember Al Franken’s book from 2003? It was a blistering look at Conservative Talk Radio. Al of course, went on to be one of the first Liberal Talk Radio hosts on the old Air Amer
When news no longer matters and everyone is reporting the same story ad infinitum, we have a problem. When there is one side and only one side, we are robots, or Stepford Spouses and don’t really know what’s going on, do
We’ve been fighting a while to keep AM on the dial. Especially when you go buy a new car. Some of the newer vehicles don’t even have FM, so you have to pay, no matter what to get radio with human voices. These are genera
A long, long time ago, on a wing and a prayer I started a news network. It wasn’t designed to be a news network, it was a job for a person without a job, in a small town in Montana. After a year, I was anchoring 40 newsc
When I was a young person, in high school, I found journalism. I was a print reporter in high school and college. But I leaned into independent journalism in college. I found regular print reporting to be stodgy, unless
I love a good talk show, music program or channel and love an entertaining podcast. Sometimes when we get to overthinking, it’s great to unplug from our daily routine, and plug into audio. An Edison Research study shows
There’s a new trend online, which isn’t that new, reminding us that it’s okay to lean into boredom. To say that you’re bored, may just be because you are not glued to your phone, computer, television, or even a book. How
Obviously, you’ve got to have some fun in you or you wouldn’t want to be on the radio, yes? I was wandering through a retail store a year or so ago and a child was running about, yelling, laughing, skipping and generally
I had a boss back in the day when I was a brand-new Program Director who gave me zero feedback. I would ask and he would say, “if you did something wrong, I’d tell you”. I am not sure now after so many years if I appreci
Is it time to bury our heads in the sand like an ostrich? It is believed that when an ostrich thinks it’s in danger, it will bury its head and may believe its entire body is also hidden. It may feel like a good time to b
Not everyone can afford satellite radio and free, local radio has always been there for us. A new study behind the economics of that shows free, local radio powers the economy, bringing in $437 billion in annual GDP with
Another winning story for radio as the fitness industry may be a way of growth for advertisers. The Media Audit ad investment company MCCG Invest reported growth of 8% for audio platforms – with a focus on radio. The res
First, they came for Voice of America (VOA), then they took away the funds for the Corporation of Public Broadcasting (CPB). However, you may feel about the government putting up money for public assistance, or in this c
It’s been a doozie of an Old Year. Isn’t that what we call the year before the New Year? An old year? Well, if not, it sure felt old, and dreary and, whew, what a whopper! After 2 years of not anchoring news, by choice,
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