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We're live with @levarburton. https://wamu.fm/2Euzg8T
How much does @levarburton prepare for his podcast where he reads stories to his listeners?
"I don't rehearse. I read the story once or twice. And then we record it."
"I don't rehearse. I read the story once or twice. And then we record it."
"When I was asked by some folks to consider hosting a children's television show on PBS that connected kids to reading through the television, I thought, 'This is great, I'm in,'" says @levarburton.
@levarburton was having a tough time and finding public domain material to read on Twitter during quarantine. And then authors began getting in touch...
"Neil Gaiman got in touch. And then the floodgates really opened."
"Neil Gaiman got in touch. And then the floodgates really opened."
It's a tough time for Black Americans. How is @levarburton protecting his heart?
"I try to remind myself and others to keep our heads up. Unless our head is up. We cannot see the horizon. And it's the horizon that beckons us."
"I try to remind myself and others to keep our heads up. Unless our head is up. We cannot see the horizon. And it's the horizon that beckons us."
Burton also says he wants everyone to keep an open heart.
"If the open heart encounters love, it responds with love. If the open heart encounters hate, it responds with love."
"If the open heart encounters love, it responds with love. If the open heart encounters hate, it responds with love."
What sort of effect does @levarburton think 'Roots' had on America?
"'Roots' was tremendously successful to opening that window of awareness. And then it was so painful that the unconscious or conscious response was to retrench."
"'Roots' was tremendously successful to opening that window of awareness. And then it was so painful that the unconscious or conscious response was to retrench."
"Be in this moment knowing it's going to pass. Hang in there. Hang in there," says @levarburton.
