ellen5e.com » radio http://ellen5e.com Blogging about my 5 E's Wed, 04 Jan 2012 06:40:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 No Interview on 7-7 http://ellen5e.com/p/no-interview-on-7-7/ http://ellen5e.com/p/no-interview-on-7-7/#comments Sat, 11 Jul 2009 01:37:51 +0000 ellen5e http://ellen5e.com/?p=399 I was asked by several different people why I didn’t talk on WIBC radio this week. I told them that there was just too much happening in the world for me to even fit in the normal Tuesday morning time slot. Blessed boss of WIBC Tom Sevarino lost his battle with cancer. The “gloved one” Michael Jackson’s memorial service planned in California had all of the police and media in a tizzy. How could a small town gal with a rare disorder that is unknown by even much of the medical community compete with that? LOL. Nah, the radio producer even was kind enough to call to apologize, but I totally understand. News was happening.

It was funny, because one of my friends tweeted me fearing that she had missed the time slot of the report. She usually is driving into work at that time and finds the topics we discuss interesting. It has been eye-opening to see how very many people are familiar with Eastside Ellen’s foreign accent syndrome story. They all tell me that it is fascinating, which it is. I’ve run into people at the grocery store, church, the bank and recently the hospital who ask if I am Eastide Ellen. All of them smile!! Yes! They are also so kind as to show true empathy. These people are not just listening into a report, but are identifying with it. What would they do if this happened to them? That’s part of what I love about growing up and living in central Indiana; people really care about their neighbors.

At this point I am unsure as to whether I will continue to report at WIBC on Tuesday mornings. Perhaps the story is no longer newsworthy. I don’t know how programming decisions are made. All I do know is that I am going through something that is so very rare that even mainstream medical doctors don’t know how to handle it. There is an opportunity for pioneering medical research to be made, and I am the kind of person that will share it all. I totally believe that God remains in control of every detail. I trust that there is an ultimate good that will be realized as a result of this trial and the events that are happening even now. I derive great joy in knowing that there are people who are standing beside me in both “good thoughts” and prayers, who are as perplexed as I am. and who are as fascinated and dumbfounded as even the local medical community.  We may not know the answers yet, but it is comforting to know that Hoosiers join together in an attempt to help each other.

It is for just such a reason that being on WIBC 93.1 FM “the News and Talk of Indiana” has been a great source of comfort, inspiration, intrigue and humor in a time that otherwise could threaten to undo a person. I am so very proud to call myself a Hoosier — albeit one that sounds like some kind of foreigner.  I am still a farmer’s daughter, even though my voice may stand out a bit more when calling in the cows : D

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]]> http://ellen5e.com/p/no-interview-on-7-7/feed/ 0 WIBC Interview for June 30th http://ellen5e.com/p/wibc-interview-for-june-30th/ http://ellen5e.com/p/wibc-interview-for-june-30th/#comments Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:24:27 +0000 ellen5e http://ellen5e.com/?p=364 Today’s interview with Terri Stacey and Big Joe Stayzniak on WIBC 93.1 FM can be heard at the following link. Radio Waves imagesHowever, before you listen let me explain one thing. Earlier in the morning show, Joe and Terri were talking about a bit of a mystery that is happening at the radio station. Newsman Joe Ullery noted having found two french fries lying there at the station. Previously, there were found two fingernails (of the press-on variety) that had a FRENCH manicure. I found it funny that Joe Ullery has almost made a shrine of the fingernails because they make him feel happy. Why does Joe keep “noticing these things but not disturb the scene”?  So it was my bright idea to mention a possible solution to the mystery. LOL

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Summary:  refer jokingly to the French Connection mystery at the radio station, excited to see neurologist tomorrow for EEG results, singing is fine but speaking is accented, different parts of the brain?  Speech therapy scheduled to start in two weeks. When  you dream do you speak with your accented voice? Working on words to make it better. Is the accent getting better or not? One step at a time. Happy July 4th everyone!  Have a “Bangin’ Time”!

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]]> http://ellen5e.com/p/wibc-interview-for-june-30th/feed/ 0 WIBC interview June 23rd http://ellen5e.com/p/wibc-interview-june-23rd/ http://ellen5e.com/p/wibc-interview-june-23rd/#comments Thu, 25 Jun 2009 04:04:41 +0000 ellen5e http://ellen5e.com/?p=352 Here is the audio for the interview with WIBC 93.1 FM’s Big Joe and Terri Stacey for this week.  Radio Waves images

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Briefly: talk about whether they think my foreign accent is getting better? What is an EEG? What happened during the EEG? And the benefits of friending on FaceBook.

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]]> http://ellen5e.com/p/wibc-interview-june-23rd/feed/ 0 Weekly Report on WIBC http://ellen5e.com/p/weekly-report-on-wibc/ http://ellen5e.com/p/weekly-report-on-wibc/#comments Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:17:58 +0000 ellen5e http://ellen5e.com/?p=314 This weeks report at WIBC 93.1 FM sound file is at the following link:Radio Waves images

WIBC 04 Sound File of Terri Stacey and Big Joe Staysniak of WIBC 93.1 FM interviewing me.

This episode is mostly about meeting another FAS person we’ve named Fishers Fran who has intermittent episodes of accented speech. There is a clip of the audio from the video that we took earlier in the week.

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]]> http://ellen5e.com/p/weekly-report-on-wibc/feed/ 0 “Hello It’s Me” http://ellen5e.com/p/hello-its-me/ http://ellen5e.com/p/hello-its-me/#comments Fri, 05 Jun 2009 23:39:32 +0000 ellen5e http://ellen5e.com/?p=162 Tuesday was another interview time with WIBC 93.1 FM radio friends Terri Stacey and Big Joe Stayzniak. I’m in a regular spot on Tuesdays at 7:45 a.m. for now. I am attaching the mp3 so that you may here the interview.

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For those friends who do not have the bandwidth to listen to the interview (and you know who you are) here is a brief outline.

In the previous week’s time:

I saw a brand new doctor/neurologist who said “why are you here?” and who had never heard of Foreign Accent Syndrome before. Having never heard my unaccented voice, he didn’t notice the significance of such a drastic voice change.

I have been scheduled for an EEG test for the 12th.

We talked in the interview about how very many people hear me and ask “Where are you from?” and my standard answer is “Where do you THINK I am from? We are taking a vote and I’d really like to know what you think?”

Then I gave Terri and Joe the real wonderful news: my singing voice IS my voice.  In other words, after having talked for a while in my accent voice I am getting a bit depressed about this not being MY voice. However, God has given me a gift; He has left me a bit of comfort. When I cannot stand it anymore all I need to do is SING. I then gave a sample of my singing “You are my Sunshine”…. Terri noticed it right away. “Wait a minute Ellen!! That is YOUR singing voice!!” I replied “Yes, that IS my voice… my real voice”,  So God has given me the ability to sing in my REAL voice. : )

The interviewers made some kind comments about my singing voice. “Maybe God wants you to sing more.” They also commented on my positive attitude and said we’d talk again next week at the same time if it’s okay.

My answer?  “Yah Shuuuure”

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