So Alexandra apparently finds out that we aired her episode, and sent me an email asking me why we decided to do so, I sent her a link to this thread and told her that the answer could be found here. Her response:
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That's it? That's why? Oh God you make me laugh...thanks I really needed that. Your listeners knew I was ill and had to split up the interview over two days due to having four children in the house giving my time only for you to be nasty with me and disrespectful...wow!
Yeah, I can see where some folks would feel what they feel but then again you can't please everyone and that's the way of the world. Your pod cast or anyone else's wouldn't change the mere fact we are all entitled to our opinions included disgusting old me.
When people do not know you and make assumptions based on other's agenda's, you just can't take it seriously.
By the way, I spoke with my father about how you treated me and HE was disgusted. It's the other way around. You don't have to like or agree with everything your guest says but it seems to be your show's format, which is more about bating people into arguments and pushing your view as the end all be all.
Your not fit to be my mentors and I would never look at you that way. Your a pod cast for Pete's sake..are you kidding me? I hope you don't have aspirations to do REAL radio because you guys need to learn etiquette first and foremost as a good host knows to be respectful regardless of the topics. I was polite with you and just because you don't get me or agree with my ways doesn't give you cart blanch to be a schmuck which you were and obviously still are.
YOU KNOW? ;-)
Ahhhhhh ha ha ah ha it's called a sense of humor...look it up and it may teach YOU something. Yikes!
I wish you nothing and am treating you as you have done with me.
I hope you feel good about what you have done and maybe one day can look back and see the error of your ignorant ways of the lack of humanity and fair and balanced conversations.
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And then came another email from her, shortly on the heels of the previous one:
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I tell like it is and hide nothing and if your putting me down with your attempt at obnoxious-we-don't-like-her phrases then you really need to reevaluate how you are as a person in general because it is just down right nasty. You in essence did not like the interview so decided not to play it. Then, you do months later. Why? What purpose does it serve if you obviously didn't like it then why air it? Oh I know, to poke fun at the guest and make them feel badly and have a laugh on them?
What did I ever do to you to warrant such arrogant, rude behavior? You have every right not to agree with your guest but you DO NOT and SHOULD NOT treat them poorly when all they have done is given their time to you and didn't flake out on you, cancel, etc., and keep to their word on their thoughts and feelings and personal experiences. That is not for you to judge and if you think your above the human race and want to play God, then do it on your own time.
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My response:
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Sigh...
And what exactly did we "do"? We asked you questions, you answered them to the best of your ability.
Your defensiveness speaks volumes. And while we're not "on cable" (a term you used over and over), in case you haven't noticed, the Internet is the new broadcast medium of the planet. Instead of limiting ourselves to terrestrial radio - with it's limited range - we have almost 50,000 inquisitive minds listening to the show live every week, many more downloading it after the fact. Our audience is global in scope. The amount of positive email we get far outnumbers the negative. And if we don't post C2C numbers, well, we'll have to make do without attracting the kinds of lunkheads and psychopaths that call into that show. Our audience is high quality, intelligent, and thoughtful. I'd trade 100 potatoheads for one good mind any day.
We're not in this for money - we've got nothing for sale - and if you did some due diligence before spouting off your mouth/fingers, you'd discover that I'm personally involved with this show because of a lifetime of paranormal experiences that I'm trying to understand. My view? I don't have one, I have no agenda outside of honest, logical discussion of these topics. I have no preconceived notions about what this is all about, no position to defend, no agenda (including "getting on cable"), outside of intense personal curiosity. I don't think that ghostly phenomena are more important than UFOs because "ghosts are more popular on TV", I'm of the mind that there are possible links between these phenomena, and I'm pushing past the existing boundaries of thought to try and gain some genuinely useful insights.
And regardless of your attitude, I have the deepest respect for your father, I think he's done incredibly important work in the field. And I think you're trading on his reputation, which is not surprising, but let's get real here. Without his name, you'd be another footnote in the field. If you must know, we buried that "interview" primarily out of respect for your father. We needed to plug something in this week, and yours is the only interview we've ever killed, so we brought it back to fill in a pinch. Thanks for making me sorry we did so, if I never hear from you again, that will be soon enough for me.
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And here's what hopefully will be the last I hear from this person:
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Sigh here too as you keep missing the point. My best did not fit into YOUR agenda. I do tons of radio for all sorts of personas and there have been areas where we would agree to disagree but never have I ever been treated the way you treated me. This has nothing to do with my father as you asked ME on the show and it really unnerves me to no end how you go back to that point.
I am ABOUT positiveness and your rude attitude towards how the show went and not airing, then airing with your rude labels put on the title is proof positive of what your truly about. I didn't have to do a thing. You continue to insult me because you do not understand me and that is your basis of this explanation.
Why are you even bring up money and why your in this? All I have said and am saying today is you were nasty with me and how you went about doing this show...that's it. I have no issues to you not liking my interview and am completely fine with it. What I have an issue with is your mannerism and attitude of Mr. Intelligent who's above you. Your VERY condensing sir and would be wise to take a look at that and perhaps think about it.
Your assumption of why I am in this field has no place. Who the heck are you to determine anything from one interview? Do you even know me? My family? Your such an ass...oh my gosh you really are! Your pompous and self-righteous. YOU do not know me. We were never friends and never had real conversations for you to make any assumptions. How dare you. But of course the obvious of the bunch is I am the daughter so therefor ALL this came about ONLY because of that. Yes, now at this hectic point in my life that you seem to know so much about, is the perfect opportune moment to do what? Oh man you need help. But that's okay because there will be people who look at the children of parents who made their way in life for something, and assume it's only about the name recognition and not about what their parents stood for. Typical and quite predictably really.
That's like me saying you have no life, live behind your computer as a nerd does and gets off on putting down people because you have nothing going on for you in your little life. Sad and pathetic little you.
Grow up David and realize your quite the schmuck. My father has nothing to do with this nor do I...you can't treat people like this based on the mere fact of what they feel and think. Shame on you. Grow up.