He was working remotely from our dining room. His office is in New York. Yna was peeking at his work on his laptop, and all of a sudden, the lady came rushing to the family room from the living room, and blurted out...
"PA! PA! You should read this line from Gabriel Garcia Marquez's book for their podcast."
Well, if you don't personally know the mister, he is really shy---a polar opposite of me.
Yna’s tratu had actually asked her if the mister would be interested in doing a voice over for their show. He said that the mister’s soft, even voice would be perfect for the lines, and Jay is also a big fan of Marquez’s books.
While I was cooking, Yna begged me to convince her father. With all my faith, power, and might, I told him...
"Jay, like what I have been telling Tata (my sister in Australia), let us do the impossible for 2020. Doing a voice over is something new for you. Do it! It's not something you'll do in front of a crowd."
He wasn't convinced yet. Yna asked me to talk to him more. So, I added...
"Do you know anyone who works for a radio station or any media as big as NPR? Do you know anyone who'll have the same opportunity and experience as this? Just remember, a lot of our friends doesn't even know what NPR is."
It's the truth. I don't know a lot of people who know about the National Public Radio (NPR), which is one of the many Apex companies in America. The mister is a listener---from news, to old radio soap operas, to classical music. Most of all, he's a fan of Tiny Desk Concerts. With me, I listen with him on long road trips, but I am more of a podcast listener. I listen to Throughline on most of my daily afternoon walks.
"By the way, don't tell Papa that the episode is for this year's season premiere." the young lady whispered to me.
After investing a lot of my convincing power, coupled with unlimited back massage bribery, not to forget, Yna's potent persuasion, guess what?
He agreed to do it.
Even before the episode was published, we were all so happy, excited, and proud of the shy-no-more mister.
Early morning of January 9, Larry sent me a text message with a link of the episode for the mister's 'voice actor debut.'
Throughline is NPR's first History podcast, premiered last year in February. Yna's tratu is one of the producers.
Listen to the episode here, click play below. You can also read the transcript here.
On the evening that the podcast was aired, I was getting ready for my bed when...
"OMG! I can't believe that Christopher Columbus had..."
...that he had ____ !" finished the mister.
You'll find out what it is if you listen to it. Hehehe.
My sister in Australia is a fan of the podcast now. She's listening to the first episode at this very moment. Her only wish is that it'll be available on Australia Spotify one of these days.
And also, our last name is perfectly said by the host, Rund.
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