Putting a TV Personality in the Hot Seat!

Michelle Dunaway has interviewed me on the Fox17 Morning Mix…twice!

This time I put her in the hot seat and made her answer a few questions.

Oh How the Turntables…

Michelle Dunaway is her TV station’s Community Relationship Manager, host of the FOX 17 Morning Mix, and an Emmy-award winning storyteller. Michelle has worked in television journalism since her internship where she logged VHS tapes.

Michelle Dunaway was assigned the task of making me look interesting on television, not one but TWO times. Here’s my proof.

The first time I wore my “author costume”:

The second time I was more comfortable and decided to dress like myself:

We Will Ask the Questions!!!

I met Michelle at the Fox17 studios for a sit down. We talked about all sorts of things in a little over an hour.

How she got into television, her first jobs, the changing landscape of TV journalism, and cool shit like flying with The Blue Angels!

There’s advice for creatives and TV folks, fun stories, and also some talk of the best burgers in Grand Rapids, Michigan. (Shout out to Wishes!)

Advice, stories, how-to’s, inspiration, education, and more!

Call to Action:

Listen to the podcast! It’s lightly edited for time and flow. One of the biggest changes made in post: the conversation segments are not in the order in which they happened. What I do is create a structure out of the loose conversation and wedge the segments in between short musical interludes. Listen…you’ll see:

Ep.80 | Michelle Dunaway – A Podcast for Creative People

Michelle Dunaway is her station's Community Relationship Manager, host of the FOX 17 Morning Mix, and an Emmy-award winning storyteller.  Michelle has worked in television journalism since her internship where she logged VHS tapes. We talk about her journey from intern to hosting the Fox17 Morning Mix, which is on weekdays in the greater Grand Rapids, MI, area on Fox17 at 9am. (Not 10am (to 11PM, which I mistakenly said at the end of the podcast).) In this episode Michelle details traveling the country, flying with the Blue Angels, and gives insights and advice to people thinking about going into television, which crosses over to most creative people, I think. .     .     . Follow Michelle Dunaway on Instagram and Facebook. Follow Fox17 Morning Mix on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube.

If you wanna know more about The Morning Mix and how it operates, check out my interview with Michelle’s producer, Andrea Shaner:

Ep.55 | Andrea Shaner – How to Be on TV! – A Podcast for Creative People

Andrea Shaner is the producer of the Fox17 Morning Mix in Grand Rapids, MI. It's a "West Michigan lifestyle show with a little bit of everything from weather to local shops to crafting" that's on every M-F starting at 9am EST. Andrea started in high school AV, dreamed of being a meteorologist, became a news producer, then developed the Morning Mix. Here's her story and insights for creatives trying to get FEATURED on TV, not just a how-to  for those seeking to work in the television industry. Big shout out to A TALK IN THE ATTIC and Kirk Ross, for letting me use their studio to record this one! . . . Andrea Shaner Links Instagram: @andreamshaner Facebook: @andrea.shaner.1 Fox17 Morning Mix Links http://www.fox17online.com/morning-mix IG: @fox17morningmix FB: @MorningMix17 YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFCwefQY-2ysva39CmaRJqg . . . Go to http://www.christophertallon.com for show info, host info, blogs, social links, Everywhere BUT Bookstores tour stops, and links for Christopher Tallon's sci-fi/horror novel, Switchers.

Follow Michelle and The Morning Mix

• Follow Michelle Dunaway on Instagram and Facebook.
• Follow Fox17 Morning Mix on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube.

And if you haven’t seen Michelle in action, check out the clip of her interviewing me the first time. You’ll see how unprepared I was to be on television and how well Michelle wrangled this hot ADD mess into sounding almost normal.

Also, check out my books!

I have one available for sale currently, and one available for pre-order!

Go the THE SHOP at my website for more info and ordering links!

-CT

Christopher Tallon is the author of the dark, adventurous, time-travel novel Switchers.

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