A Civil Session

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When it was first suggested that we do a podcast inconjunction the HoCo libraries Choose Civility Symposium I wasn't so sure itwas a good idea. Paul and I both view the Choose Civility in Howard Countyeffort with a fair degree of skepticism. On the other hand, it was anopportunity to have a freewheeling discussion about civility with Andy Green fromThe Sun, Korva Coleman from NPR, and author and investigative humorist, Henry Alford. That was too tempting to pass up.
We talked about civility in politics, the press, Facebook,old TV shows and email. It was more fun than I’d hoped. This was first time we've had three guests at the same time and somehow everyone managed to get equaltime. I credit that to having a professional broadcaster in the group.
I also screwed up by calling Andy "David" at least once. I’llchalk that up to the fact that maybe I was bit tired after a day that startedat 5 AM. We didn't start taping the show until a little after nine last night. Inkeeping with the civil tone of the evening, Andy took it in stride and never saida word. When I listened to the show this afternoon I was embarrassed, to say the least. I can't imagine Korva making a gaffe like that. SorryAndy.
Since it was late, we deliberately kept it shorter thanusual. This episode is is only 26 minutes long. You can listen, to what may be our most civil podcast yet, here.