While Josh isn't a vlogger, he has the style of one. And you can watch the show online or subscribe.
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Josh Kornbluth jkornbluth at earthlink.net Date: Jun 27, 2007 12:07 PM Subject: * Broadcast News * To: "My Emailing List (6-27-07)" Hi, Friends: Usually I send you these occasional emails to let you know about my live performances (often only moments before the shows begin). But this time I wanted to drop you a quick line about my little TV program, "The Josh Kornbluth Show." We recently completed our second season on KQED, San Francisco's public television station, and right now the executives there are deciding whether to continue doing the show. It's been really wonderful -- a joy -- to do this program. I've met some great people -- both my guests and the folks at KQED. I've begun to learn about interviewing, and about broadcasting. But most powerfully, doing the show has deepened my relationship to my community in the Bay Area (and beyond, for those who catch the show online). It's been beautiful to hear from people on the street that they watch and enjoy the program. It's on free TV, so it's pretty much available to everyone, which is great. And also, from the beginning, longtime KQED viewers have spoken passionately to me about how glad they are that the station is doing local programming again (it hadn't for a long time). People love KQED, and they love public television. I feel the same way. When the station approached me about possibly doing this show, a couple of years ago, I was beginning to think about doing a stage monologue about democracy -- in large part because I felt that everything truly public in America was under attack. (Bill Moyers -- whose current PBS show, "Bill Moyers Journal," is to me the gold standard of politically conscious programming -- has often spoken eloquently on this subject.) We need to talk, publicly, about the things that matter to all of us. The sudden and magical chance to host my own talk show gave me the amazing opportunity to participate in this public discussion. It's been a continual thrill to do so. In fact, if station management does decide to continue with "The Josh Kornbluth Show," I would like the program to focus much more on important political and cultural issues. I'd like to dig more deeply into what local writers, artists, scientists, and other citizens are up to these days. So what I wanted to ask you was, if you dig the program, you might consider getting in touch with KQED and letting them know how you feel. If you're one of those people who's great at organizing stuff, feel free to ask other folks to do the same. It was a wonderfully risky and imaginative gamble on the station's part to launch a local interview show hosted by a bald monologuist with no background in either interviewing or broadcasting -- and now, perhaps, they need to hear from the community that such a program is a cool thing to keep around. Tell them -- and me! -- your ideas for the show. Let them know that you applaud the increase in local programming. If you have a blog, you might mention that KQED is making this decision right now. Also, it would be wonderful if you could check in with my own KQED blog -- http://www.kqed.org/josh/ -- and leave a comment. Go the the blog's "Watch" page -- http://blogs.kqed.org/joshkornbluth/watch/ -- and you can see any of the episodes, either in streaming video or (for the second season) in high-definition downloads or podcasts. Here are some possible email addresses you could write to: Office of the President: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Viewer Services: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Josh Kornbluth Show: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Also, feel free to write or call anyone else there who you think might be interested. KQED's mailing address is: 2601 Mariposa St. San Francisco, CA 94110 The main telephone number is: (415) 864-2000. (If front-desk angel Naty Panameno answers the phone, tell her hi from me. Ever since I started at KQED, she's always admonished me to stay positive.) You can also leave a recorded comment by calling (415) 553-2100. --- Well, that's what's up with my TV show! Now back to your regular programming. ... Take care, Josh -- http://www.joshkornbluth.com/ http://www.kqed.org/josh/ -- Steve Rhodes http://flickr.com/photos/ari/ photos http://ari.typepad.com http://tigerbeat.vox.com blogs http://del.icio.us/tigerbeat interesting articles & sites http://twitter.com/tigerbeat
