So if you read my last blog post, you may remember that I mentioned I’d be having a live radio interview with CNN Salta about my book and other bits and bobs.
Well, I had it last night! This time round I was super nervous but I was assured the questions would be easy and if I struggled, I could talk in English. Noly was beside me for moral support as well as to be a translator if I needed him to be.
Entering the building I felt all very intimidated. It was, obviously, very radio-y and profesh. We got there and they were doing a phone interview with some kind of important person about covid. Then off they went to an ad break etc and we were ushered in. In the interview they asked me a whole load of random things, but they started with the usual. Tell us about your book, where are you from, what are you up to in Argentina, how come you came here, what did you know about Argentina & Salta before you came etc. Then, they threw in some curveballs which I wasn’t quite expecting! Tell us about your experience of living abroad during an epidemic, before you came did you have any pre-conceptions about Argentinians, what with the Falklands and all, in what ways is Argentina different from your country economically speaking, socially speaking etc. Those kind of questions! They also asked Noly a few bits and bobs too, including whether we’d ever received any bad treatment as a couple what with me being from England, which was an interesting question! (And no, we haven’t if you’re wondering). So yeah, there were some big questions in there to try and answer on the fly! Plus the radio interviewer was a veeery rapid speaker (I suppose that comes with the territory) so I think I did well to keep up with what he was saying really!
Generally, I felt I expressed myself okay but not as well as on the TV interview, but Noly said it was great! So perhaps that’s just my impression because I was nervous and also got a bit stuck on one of the first questions when I was trying to explain something.
Well, there you have it! As far as I know, this was my last radio/tv interview situation for the moment haha! It’s quite funny though thinking about it, because when I was here on my gap year I actually did both of these things with team Argentina. Thank goodness my Spanish has improved since then! I remember last time being asked what sports I like (terrible question for me. I’m very sporty in the least). I panicked and said “me gusta el tennis”, which means “I like tennis”, at which point all the team looked at me baffled like, do you?! (Which, no, I do not). They then asked me if there was any particular player from England I supported at which point I squeaked “no!” which earned me another baffled look from my team as they mouthed “ANDY MURRAY GIRL, TALK ABOUT ANDY MURRAY” hahaha.
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If you’re interested in seeing my live radio interview you can find it on facebook here.
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