Buzzflash interview with Stephanie Miller~

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http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/interviews/064

Stephanie Miller, The Stand Up Comic of Progressive Talk Radio

A BUZZFLASH INTERVIEW

Generally human nature is that you don't want to be angry all the time, or depressed. In a way, that's on our side. That's the only power we have -- the power to mock them, which means you're taking the power back. You're not letting them make you afraid and depressed. A lot of people say it's the only way you can deal with what's happened to this country over the last however-many-years that Bush has been in, because it is depressing, and it is horrible.

-- Stephanie Miller, Jones Radio Network, 9 am - 12 pm ET


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BuzzFlash: Where can readers find you in their home markets or on the Internet?

Stephanie Miller: You can listen on my website, StephanieMiller.com. There's also a station locator there, so you can find out if I'm on a station near you. You also can listen on Sirius satellite, or, you can buy the stephcast for only $4.95 a month, if you buy a year in advance.

BuzzFlash: Usually, on your show, there would be a chime after that promotion.

Stephanie Miller: Bling!

BuzzFlash: Who does all those sound effects on your show?

Stephanie Miller: We are sort of a wall of sound, aren't we? We were produced by Phil Spector before he started killing people, eventually. I have a sound-effects machine and so does my producer, Chris Lavoie. He does a lot of it, and then I do some of my own.

BuzzFlash: It's so smooth and fluid. Within a millisecond of appropriate commentary, there's a sound effect on that relates to it. How long have you been working together?

Stephanie Miller: Jim Ward, Chris Lavoie and I worked together on my last show on ABC Radio Network, and we've been friends ever since then. We kind of share a brain. We've all been friends, like ten years, going back to ABC Radio Network.

I think a lot of these morning shows just throw people together. And I've certainly had that happen to me, too. But you really can't buy chemistry. Either you have it or you don't. I think part of that does come from just knowing each other, and being friends. Some days, I can't believe I get paid for this. I'm just hanging out with my two best friends, you know, laughing myself silly over something ridiculous.

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1. Mama and the mooks are the only way to start the day

I love the balance between important information (often gleaned from interviews) and the crazy sound effects, songs, and voice imitations. Keeps you informed without getting depressed.