Hello everyone!

We are reflecting on changes to our programming here at RFI English, and we want to hear from you! Write us and let us know what you like about our programmes, what you don’t like, what you would like to hear more of, less of, when you listen, how you listen. All your thoughts are welcome and very important to us. 

This week’s quiz question is about Libya, again. Earlier this week, France announced it would send two airplanes of medical aid to the country – doctors, nurses, medical equipment and medicine all aboard. The planes are going to … which city? To which city in Libya did France send two airplanes of medical aid?

You have until 24 April to send in your answers, the answer and the winners will be announced on the 1 May programme.

We’re starting to get the Sound Kitchen Listener’s Cookbook put together. The first step is to get it online, then we’ll get the “real” paper book to print. In the meanwhile, if you contributed recipes, send us your photo! They will first go on our web page, and then into the book.

Get into this kitchen and help the cook! Send in your essays on the theme “This I Believe”. This new main dish on The Sound Kitchen is inspired by the great American radio journalist, Edward Murrow. Every evening on Murrow’s radio show in the 1950s, a listener would read an essay about his own personal motivation in life. Your essay should stress your personal beliefs – the principals that guide your life. And of course, there’s a special prize in store for those who participate.

I still want you to write and tell me about people in your community who are doing good things – the “ordinary” people in your community who are doing “extra-ordinary” things, and trying to make the world a better place. Hearing about a person just like you and me who works just a little bit harder for others, and thinks a little less about himself, is encouraging for us all!

And I am still looking for your letters about the weirdest thing that has ever happened to you, or that you’ve seen – or, your favourite guilty pleasure (mine’s chocolate) – or your favourite day-off thing to do. Share your proudest achievement with us all – and send in your musical requests and dedications, too.

So, to your pens! Include a phone number, if you can. I’d like to call you and put you on-the-air – and send you an RFI CD. If you go on-the-air, you get a CD of music chosen by the RFI musical team – so don’t be shy!

Send your thoughts to me at:

thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr
or, of course, via “real” mail to:
Susan Owensby
Club 9516 / The Sound Kitchen
B.P. 9516
75016 Paris, FRANCE

I look forward to hearing from you.

Susan
 

Podcasts and Facebook

The Sound Kitchen is now podcastable. To subscribe, go to our home page at rfienglish.com. Up at the very top are tabs that say France/Africa/Culture/Sports, etc. Click on the tab that says “Features”. Scroll down until you see “The Club 9516/Sound Kitchen”, and click on the little red icon. A box comes up with the address, which you copy and paste into your podcast player. If you have trouble figuring it out, look to the right of our homepage for the “About Us” tab. There are a series of arrows, click on those until you get to “How to Listen to RFI in English”.   Click on that. Look for “For help with podcasting, click here”, click, and you’ll see how to subscribe to the Club 9516/Sound Kitchen podcasts.   One last thing … don’t forget the Sound Kitchen page on Facebook. Take a look – and participate!