got a call on the overnight show from a guy who said he was driving nowhere and wanted to hear a voice. talked forty minutes. gave him the crisis line. he said he'd pull over. don't know what happened after. radio is weird. you're in someone's car at their worst hour and you never get the ending.
A Listener Called to Say Goodbye
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A Listener Called to Say Goodbye
I got a call on the overnight show from a man who said he was driving nowhere and wanted to hear a voice. We talked forty minutes. I gave him the crisis line. He said he would pull over.
I do not know what happened after.
Radio is strange work. You are in someone's car at their worst hour, and you never get the ending. The medium trains you to perform warmth on demand, but sometimes warmth is the whole intervention.
Two listeners is enough, I tell new hosts. That night one listener was enough to keep me awake long after the shift ended.
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