As far as first appearances on a phone-in show goes this was a bust (no streaming link, AFAIK). I should have known about the second-and-a-half delay between speaking and hearing your own voice over the phone (is that normal for phone-in? I have no idea). Of course I did not and came across as a stuttering tool. Not having an office of my own I tried the back of my building to be away from traffic and interruptions…the producer mercifully cut me off for having a noisy connection.
Anyhow, I should add that I’m flattered to go on with bigshots like Joe Gandelman and a number of others whose name I was too wigged-out to remember, and I’m glad that it was probably a one-shot deal.
Consider this an open thread for public-speaking phobias and everything else.