Radio

This is one of my favorite scene from the movie Radio

"Well, l had a talk with Radio this morning. l told him, in not so many words, that we might be looking at some changes. lt didn't take long to see the more l talked... ...the more he didn't understand me. We got a lot of that going on around. When l was playing, l had a coach... ...he used to tell me to keep my priorities straight. He'd say, ''Son, you figure out what's important. You push everything else aside.'' l love football. l love everything about it. l love Friday nights when you look for a win... ...and Saturday morning when you found one. But that's not what's important right now. We got ourselves a young man we're not thinking about. The same young man who could hardly talk when we first met him... ...and now he's making announcements over the loudspeaker. Same young man who got himself a football letter last fall... ...but never wears it, because he can't afford a jacket. Now we're asking him to leave.

-Harold, we are not asking-

--The man's not done, Frank.

l know some of you don't know or don't care... ...about all that Radio's learned over these past few months. Well, the truth is... ...we're not the ones who've been teaching Radio. Radio's the one been teaching us. The way he treats us all the time... ...is the way we wish we treated each other even part of the time. l know something's gotta happen here. l know some changes gotta be made. And l know l can't let what happened last season happen again. So l've decided to step down as head football coach. See what you've done, Frank. l'd like to keep teaching, if that's all right. l'll keep an eye on Radio, make sure he stays out of trouble. And l'd like to spend more time... ...with a few other folks l've neglected over the years... ...while l still have a chance to. Much as l love this game, it's not half as important as setting that right."

Script from,

http://www.script-o-rama.com/movie_scripts/r/radio-script-transcript.html

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Quick Read: Listening Is An Act of Love

As many of you may know, Jason and I have many things in common. We have decided to do our quick read together, lucky you! Our book is actually a collection of stories, as told by those who experienced them. It all started out as a group called StoryCorps. Like many other "trends" or "fads" it started out small. StoryCorps started out as a simple oral history project. People would call in or come to their studio, telling their story. A person would bring a Friend, who would interview them (asking them key questions for the story)as they told their story, whether sad, funny, or aggravating. After a while, StoryCorps became so popular, they traveled around with a booth, encouraging people to tel their stories. The story we are reading was told at a booth in Salem, Oregon. Titled:

"PAUL MORTIMER, 49, and SHAWN FOX, 39, interview each other"



Since the this is a collection of stories, the man who edited the book, Dave Isay, chose to keep it simple, and title it with the names of the story tellers. Our story is fairly graphic, but we choose it because it shows an aspect of American life that goes unnoticed or uncared about. We both have laughed and cried reading the stories of the fortunate, and some of the not so fortunate. Hope you enjoy!


Paul died of a drug overdose on November 11, 2005. Less than a month after the interview was recorded.


click Here for the StoryCorp site, featuring our story.