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2019-09-06 Interesting Person of the Week

 


2019-09-06, I was the "Interesting Person of the Week" on TBSeFM, interviewed by former National Assembly member Jasmine Lee. We first met about six years ago when she was in the National Assembly, but we lost contact a few years ago when I changed jobs and went through a cell phone change.
We were in-studio, live on the air, for the “Interesting Person of the Week” feature on Jasmine Lee’s show, 10 Everyday.




The main thing I liked about it: The interview was interactive. She wasn’t just interviewing by going down a list of questions, then jabbing at me occasionally. She had her own thoughts and experiences and would mention them within the context of what I was saying.
When she introduced me, I was tempted to say, “If I’m so interesting, why did you wait to interview me? I didn’t get interesting until this week???” Well, even Michael Jordan wasn't MVP every year even though he is one of the all-time greats!
It turns out that they had guessed that I would be too busy. Wait, what? Too busy to talk about TNKR??? I hope I don’t have the reputation for being too busy for that. I am active, not busy!. That means, when there is something for the benefit of TNKR or myself, then I can always make time for it. If I’m hesitating to meet you, then it means you haven’t convinced me.

For those of you who worry that I get too much glory, I was invited to be on the show, then as usual, I talked to staff about inviting TNKR students on the show. Over the next few months, a couple of our students were interviewed by Jasmine.

2019-09-30 Eunhee and Seung-cheul
https://caseylartigue.blogspot.com/2019/09/2019-09-29-tbs-efm-eunhee-and-sung.html

2019-12-13 Cherie Yang



We were watched by some students visiting the studio. I bumped into some of them later, they were happy to take a photo with me.




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