{"id":18076,"date":"2015-03-31T00:08:57","date_gmt":"2015-03-31T07:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/?p=18076"},"modified":"2015-03-31T00:08:57","modified_gmt":"2015-03-31T07:08:57","slug":"radio-morning-show-coaching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/radio-morning-show-coaching\/","title":{"rendered":"RADIO MORNING SHOW COACHING IN ANOTHER LANGUAGE"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"radio<\/a>I understand why people often are surprised that I have coached radio morning shows<\/a> that are done in a language I don’t speak.<\/span><\/p>\n

But I can tell when something works or not, without understanding the words.<\/span><\/p>\n

The first time I experienced this was years ago in Leipzig, Germany. I was listening to the radio in my hotel room, and the evening jock \u2014 speaking only German, of course \u2014 did a character voice.<\/span><\/p>\n

I could tell the character was funny. For one thing, it clearly was a character and not just a funny voice. For another\u2026I dunno. I could just tell.<\/span><\/p>\n

In a taxi in Paris, the driver had on a French station. One guy was talking, obviously delivering the news. But then I heard a shift in his voice. <\/span><\/p>\n

I couldn’t resist the impulse: I leaned forward and asked the driver, “Is he talking about the weather now?”<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

The driver nodded, yes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here’s an example of how you can fully understand someone whose language you don’t speak (unless you happen to be Finnish).<\/span><\/p>\n

You can recognize a “home run call” in any language\u2026and it doesn’t need to be confined to baseball.<\/span><\/p>\n