There Is No Cat - Clip job

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Wednesday, May 24, 2006

Clip job

Joe Mahoney, as part of a series of posts about how to make interesting radio programs, posts a very funny (and brief) interview with Hastings Kumuzu Banda with the BBC from 1957 (if I recall correctly). Banda later became President for Life of the African nation of Malawi, referred to in this interview by its colonial era name of Nyasaland. The White House press secretary could learn something from this guy. I've heard this clip a number of times; the BBC World Service used to have a request show that played any kind of sound recording, not just music, and this one would inevitably pop up at least once or twice a year. Absolutely classic, has to be heard to be believed.

Tags: radio BBC interview Banda stonewalling

Posted at 12:08 AM

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I actually had as a college track coach a relative of Dr. Banda's - great-nephew or something, I guess. It might have been a coincidence of names, but he was a former national Olympic coach for Malawi, which suggested some kind of official connections.

Posted by pjm at 8:11 AM, May 24, 2006 [Link]

It's almost literally a small world.... :-)

Posted by ralph at 9:56 AM, May 24, 2006 [Link]

How incredibly bizarre...takes "no comment" to an art form!

Posted by Elaine at 7:45 PM, May 24, 2006 [Link]

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What do you mean there is no cat?

"You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat."

- Albert Einstein, explaining radio