By Joel Thurtell
Leonard Slatkin got squeezed, but we got bumped.
WDET-FM 101.9 found time for the new Detroit Symphony Orchestra director before the station’s 10-12 a.m. “Detroit Today” program ended at noon Monday.
Porbably made a difference that we were canned and he was live.
‘Çourse, too, he’s a household name and we’re, well, not there yet.
Seems the interview with ACLU legal director Michael Steinberg on the Flint police chief’s crackdown on sagging pants took longer than expected. Very interesting interview it was, though, even if it meant delaying the broadcast of a feature about the book I co-authored with Patricia Beck about our June, 2005 canoe trip up the Rouge River.
Oh well. Maybe they’ll find another time slot for us.
When or if I find out, I’ll post it.
Meanwhile, that interview with the ACLU’s Steinberg was very interesting in terms of its focus on due process and civil rights. For my own discussion of an ambush on due process by The New York Times, tune in to joelontheroad.com tomorrow.
Contact me at joelthurtell(at)gmail.com
