A sensitive interview

At KQED, I interviewed a father who lost his daughter to suicide. I had to ask some really tough, emotionally sensitive questions. I think I did OK considering I had never asked questions from somebody who had been through that sort of experience, but it was still a grinding 50+ minutes. The father seemed much stronger and more resolute than I.

I am stoked about tomorrow's show, which features SF Chronicle columnist Ray Ratto, baseball scholar Jules Tygiel, freelance writer Dan Fost (from the UC Berkeley freelance panel!)...and potentially a special guest. We're going to be talking about the SF Giants and their 50 years in the city, which should provide some great insight into baseball, the Bay Area, and America.

I sometimes like to stay in the office because I like to take it in, put on some basketball, read some magazines and books in peace...but as of late it's felt kind of suffocating after-hours. Too much basketball, haha.

Today I also met Asian American filmmaker Arthur Dong...his new film, Hollywood Chinese, can be found here: http://www.deepfocusproductions.com/HollywoodChinese/index.html.

I also listened to a new band on NPR named Pacifika on Six Degree Records.