Do you ever wonder what your radio hosts look like? I do. I spend a LOT of time listening to the radio and every once in a while, I wonder what my hosts look like. So today, I decided to find out.
Terry Gross (Fresh Air)- Not at all what I pictured. I imagined her with dark brown hair, shoulder length, no glasses, less "casual". I'm not sure why- she seems like so much fun and this look makes a lot more sense for the interviews that she does.
Steve Inskeep (Morning Edition)- Spot on. Just smiling more.
Soraya Sarhaddi- Nelson (Foreign Correspondent)- Pretty close to what I pictured. I thought she'd be younger though and much longer hair. But definitely that skin tone and nationality.
Peter Kenyon (Foreign Correspondent)- For some reason, possibly because he has the same name as Chelsea's former chief executive, I pictured him bald and with glasses. I could not have been more wrong.
Michele Norris (All Things Considered)- Interestingly, this is just as I pictured her. I also thought her named was Nichelle for the longest time.
Robert Seigel (All Things Considered)- I'm not sure what it is about the All Things Considered bunch, but again, this is exactly how I pictured him. It's hard to tell in this picture but I imagine him as a red-head for some reason...
Neal Conan (Talk of the Nation)- Wow, I'm not sure how I pictured him, but this is not it. For some reason, the voice and the picture just don't seem to go together. Not that there's anything wrong with what he looks like- I'd call in to talk to him. He looks nice. And is nice. But just not what I was expecting.
Lourdes Garcia- Navarro (Foreign Correspondent)- Just as I pictured her, although I usually imagine her with big sunglasses on as well as a head scarf, since she's so often in the Middle East.
Peter Sagal and Carl Kassel (Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me)- I'm not sure how I pictured Peter Sagal, but it's not this. I am definitely see him saying the things that he does. I think I may have pictured him a bit younger. The eyebrows are my favorite. And Carl Kassel is kind of like I pictured, just with a bigger coif of gray-ish hair and also a little heftier. He looks kind of like an older J.K. Simmonds...
Click and Clack (Car Talk)- Wow, not at all what I have pictured in my head. I pictured them a lot younger (although, they were when I first started listening to Car Talk), a lot more stereotypically Italian (terrible of me), and no facial hair.
Bob Mondello (Art's Critic)- For some reason, I pictured him like this guy who does commentary for VH1's I love the (fill in the blank). Big round, horn-rimmed glasses and curlier hair.
Kai Ryssdal- I pictured him not as thin and tall as he is, and also a lot more "surfer-ish" (maybe because of the name Kai? Same color hair though.
Who are your favorite radio personalities and how do they compare with how you imagine them looking?
***Update***
We watched the TV version of WWDTM and it was HYSTERICAL. It was great to see them doing, essentially, the radio show. But there was an added element of watching them interact, not just listening and wondering what their facial expressions were like or if they stood up, sat down, etc. I would LOVE to see Mo Rocca on this show because he so awkwardly wonderful.
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