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Signalswith Lena Ortiz
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Transcript · opening
LenaMy first time on air, I forgot to turn my microphone on. For four minutes.
LenaNobody called to complain. Which told me everything about how many people were listening.
LenaI'm Lena Ortiz, and this is Slow Signals. Today, a solo episode about the four years I spent at a community radio station in Hackney.
LenaIt was a tiny room above a launderette. The desk was older than me, and the whole building hummed when the dryers were on.
LenaMy slot was three in the morning. And I learned very quickly that a three a.m. listener is not an audience. It's one person.
LenaA cab driver. A nurse on her break. Someone who can't sleep. You don't perform for them. You keep them company.
LenaI still try to do that, every episode. I'm not talking to all of you. I'm talking to you.
That’s the opening. The rest of the conversation follows the chapters on the right.
