Listen ""$everance" author Rick Kaempfer"
Episode Synopsis
Rick Kaempfer just released an amazingly entertaining satirical novel: $everance.
It is the first book I've managed to finish in two years (due to my
preoccupation with my crazy toddler) and I laughed out loud many times
while reading it - yeah, it's that
funny! If you work in the radio business you'll love the inside view
of the industry and if you're not in the media you will certainly learn
a lot of eye-opening trade secrets. He also co-wrote an earlier book
(with John Swanson), The Radio Producers Handbook. Both books cover a subject matter he knows all too well: broadcasting.
Before becoming a full-time writer, Rick was a nationally recognized radio producer in Chicago for Steve Dahl & Garry Meier (1987-1991) and John Records Landecker (1993-2003). I first met him at WLUP when he produced The Morning Loop Guys
(2005). He has also hosted his own radio show, wrote and hosted
national radio specials, and currently co-owns an advertising agency in
Chicago. Rick has
some amazing blogs (links are below) that I read regularly and highly
recommend, plus he is also a contributing editor at Shore Magazine and a
humor writer for The Beachwood Reporter. Rick literally writes
something new for public consumption every day. I don't know how he
does it all while raising three boys!
It is the first book I've managed to finish in two years (due to my
preoccupation with my crazy toddler) and I laughed out loud many times
while reading it - yeah, it's that
funny! If you work in the radio business you'll love the inside view
of the industry and if you're not in the media you will certainly learn
a lot of eye-opening trade secrets. He also co-wrote an earlier book
(with John Swanson), The Radio Producers Handbook. Both books cover a subject matter he knows all too well: broadcasting.
Before becoming a full-time writer, Rick was a nationally recognized radio producer in Chicago for Steve Dahl & Garry Meier (1987-1991) and John Records Landecker (1993-2003). I first met him at WLUP when he produced The Morning Loop Guys
(2005). He has also hosted his own radio show, wrote and hosted
national radio specials, and currently co-owns an advertising agency in
Chicago. Rick has
some amazing blogs (links are below) that I read regularly and highly
recommend, plus he is also a contributing editor at Shore Magazine and a
humor writer for The Beachwood Reporter. Rick literally writes
something new for public consumption every day. I don't know how he
does it all while raising three boys!
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