Details
- ISBN 9781598875911 / 1598875914
- Title See You on the Radio
- Author Charles Osgood
- Category Prose: Non-fiction
- Format Compact Disc
- Year 2008
- Publisher Highbridge Company
- Edition 0004th
- Language English
- Dimensions 134mm x 14mm x 156mm
Witty, wise, rueful commentaries from one of broadcasting's funniest, most stylish writers and newsmen.
“Charles Osgood is one of the best writers in America today, any form or medium,” says Dan Rather, and Jim Lehrer concurs, "He is a special mind and voice in a business where his kind is rare—and cherished." No one writes quite the way he does—the offbeat stories that make listeners stop and pay attention; the commentaries in which he shares his sense of wonder, dismay, or amusement; the well-spun tales of irony that often burst forth into wordplay or even poetry.
“See You on the Radio” gathers together over one hundred essays on everything from potholes, perfumes, felons and “freeloaders” ("Credit card customers paying on time! Taking bread from the tables of the moneylenders!"); to psychopaths and politicians (more alike than you think); to earthquakes, animal heirs, and the advancement of science. In all, it is further evidence of why, in the words of Walter Cronkite, Charles Osgood “is one of the greatest talents in broadcasting today.”
“Charles Osgood is one of the best writers in America today, any form or medium,” says Dan Rather, and Jim Lehrer concurs, "He is a special mind and voice in a business where his kind is rare—and cherished." No one writes quite the way he does—the offbeat stories that make listeners stop and pay attention; the commentaries in which he shares his sense of wonder, dismay, or amusement; the well-spun tales of irony that often burst forth into wordplay or even poetry.
“See You on the Radio” gathers together over one hundred essays on everything from potholes, perfumes, felons and “freeloaders” ("Credit card customers paying on time! Taking bread from the tables of the moneylenders!"); to psychopaths and politicians (more alike than you think); to earthquakes, animal heirs, and the advancement of science. In all, it is further evidence of why, in the words of Walter Cronkite, Charles Osgood “is one of the greatest talents in broadcasting today.”
Witty, wise, rueful commentaries from one of broadcasting's funniest, most stylish writers and newsmen.
“Charles Osgood is one of the best writers in America today, any form or medium,” says Dan Rather, and Jim Lehrer concurs, "He is a special mind and voice in a business where his kind is rare—and cherished." No one writes quite the way he does—the offbeat stories that make listeners stop and pay attention; the commentaries in which he shares his sense of wonder, dismay, or amusement; the well-spun tales of irony that often burst forth into wordplay or even poetry.
“See You on the Radio” gathers together over one hundred essays on everything from potholes, perfumes, felons and “freeloaders” (“Credit card customers paying on time Taking bread from the tables of the moneylenders ”); to psychopaths and politicians (more alike than you think); to earthquakes, animal heirs, and the advancement of science. In all, it is further evidence of why, in the words of Walter Cronkite, Charles Osgood “is one of the greatest talents in broadcasting today.”
“Charles Osgood is one of the best writers in America today, any form or medium,” says Dan Rather, and Jim Lehrer concurs, "He is a special mind and voice in a business where his kind is rare—and cherished." No one writes quite the way he does—the offbeat stories that make listeners stop and pay attention; the commentaries in which he shares his sense of wonder, dismay, or amusement; the well-spun tales of irony that often burst forth into wordplay or even poetry.
“See You on the Radio” gathers together over one hundred essays on everything from potholes, perfumes, felons and “freeloaders” (“Credit card customers paying on time Taking bread from the tables of the moneylenders ”); to psychopaths and politicians (more alike than you think); to earthquakes, animal heirs, and the advancement of science. In all, it is further evidence of why, in the words of Walter Cronkite, Charles Osgood “is one of the greatest talents in broadcasting today.”
Charles Osgood, who has been dubbed CBS News' “poet in residence,” writes and anchors The Osgood File four times daily over the CBS Radio Network, and anchors CBS News Sunday Morning. He is the winner of three Emmys and three Peabody Awards. He lives in New Jersey with his wife, Jean. They have five children.
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