Radio for Rwanda was notorious for these bizarre concepts I’d come up with on-air. There was this terrific campus bluegrass group called the Involuntary String Band, and violinist Martha McDonnell happened to bring her sister Kit down for the segment – so when Kit came in I had the idea to do this scene of us as two old southerners on a plantation while the band played in the background. This was probably offensive to people from the south, and maybe even the band, but everyone played along – and it turned out to be a really stupid, sweet improvised moment. I have no idea why I thought to say I was pregnant, other than that we’d been live for five hours and I was exhausted. Kit has this incredible laugh that you could hear wafting across campus; I think it’s safe to admit now that I was only somewhat-acting with regards to all that swooning.
