THE BLURB: Canadian newscaster, Radio Host, Interviewer-par-excellence and reluctant Podcaster PETER ANTHONY HOLDER sits in. We talk about his decades of work in RADIO AND TV, BARBADOS, being an IMMIGRANT IN CANADA, MOON LANDINGS and one's Life COMING FULL CIRCLE.
SHOW NOTES:
If you ask me what I am today, I’d tell you unequivocally: I’m a podcaster, dude. I may have come out of movies and TV but these days? It’s all about podcasting for me.
I love this medium. I love its intimacy. Okay… I love the idea of being a voice in the dark.
Peter Anthony Holder also came out of TV – news and public affairs and interviews. And, in fact, he was an actual overnight broadcaster. A literal voice in the dark. And while he still thinks of his show – THE STUPH FILE – as a radio show rather than a podcast, it’s got lots of podcast dynamism to it.
That’s why I appeared on Peter’s show The Stuph File. He’s a great interviewer with a huge track record of great interviews of everyone from actors like Karl Malden and Ed Asner to politicians and trendsetters to Apollo astronaut Alan Bean who walked on the moon.
Anthony grew up in Montreal, Canada, the son of immigrants from Barbados. We talk about what the immigrant experience was like compared to what growing up Black in America is like where every traffic stop can suddenly become a fatal flashpoint.
We also talk about Barbados – one of the best places I’ve ever gotten to visit.
Hey, Barbados Tourist Board – we should talk!
Like me, Peter grokked what he wanted to be when he was a kid. Like me, he walks around in a state of semi-bliss because he gets to do the thing he loves pretty much every day.
After all these years doing what he does, Peter’s got almost 2500 interviews under his belt. Clearly, I’ve got some catching up to do! Well, let’s get this started then!
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