Ratings crunching to reveal the secret radio star
Welcome to Unmade, written in the UK while you were sleeping, midway through what feels like the industry’s final working week of the year. In less Covidy times, the typical pattern was to go hard all the way through to Christmas Eve, then assume you might not be able to reach anyone until after Australia Day. This time, I’ve spoken to very few people who plan to go beyond Friday. It’s been a loooong year!
Happy Cat Herders Day. Today’s writing soundtrack: Oscar Peterson’s Night Train. Thanks for the tip, Adam.
It’s been a week of thinking about communities.
I spent much of the first half of the week anxiously checking social media as a bush fire crept around the edge of my home base at Sisters Beach in Tasmania. It focuses the mind when you’re on friendly terms with the near neighbour whose home the firies are fighting to save. With the help of water bombing choppers, fire fighters on the ground and a change of wind direction, they succeeded. Being the first fire of the season at least means there’s no shortage of emergency resources. I’ll appreciate being back there in February all the more.
