It took about three hours to arrive at my destination–the studios of KCUR 89.3 in Kansas City, Missouri, an affiliate of NPR, National Public Radio. Now 11 a.m. Friday, July 19, 2019, I am in a recording studio. It’s kinda cool to sit in front of a funky-looking microphone and listen through headphones to what is being said, what I am saying.

This is an interview for part of an upcoming series of NPR podcasts about lesser known community histories. Producer Suzanne Hogan contacted me for this interview after reading my book JIM aka The Wonder Dog. Jim was an actual dog that lived in Missouri from 1925-1937. He had some very unusual talents which have never been explained, even today. Although Jim lived in three towns in Missouri, Marshall is the community that has taken Jim to heart and is doing what it can to keep the dog’s memory alive. There is a Jim the Wonder Dog park located in the exact spot where the Ruff Hotel was. That also happens to be where Jim lived. There is a museum next to the park.

My interview is scheduled to be aired in November 2019.
Stay tuned.

PS: A note from Suzanne: “The interview sounds good.”