{"id":30417,"date":"2024-04-30T08:35:05","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T15:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lelandhale.com\/butcherbaker\/wordpress\/?p=30417"},"modified":"2024-05-20T12:08:07","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T19:08:07","slug":"a-tale-of-scandal-relief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lelandhale.com\/butcherbaker\/wordpress\/2024\/04\/30\/a-tale-of-scandal-relief\/","title":{"rendered":"A Tale of Scandal &#038; Relief"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Opposites Attract:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Never in my wildest did I think I&#8217;d make the pages of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/news\/27225853\/real-life-hunger-games-butcher-baker-robert-hansen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Sun<\/a><\/em>, one of England&#8217;s um&#8230; most prestigious scandal rags. Though I write about scandalous things, I&#8217;m not personally drawn to scandal. At least, I don&#8217;t <em>think<\/em> I am. <em>The Sun<\/em> is reserved for the dastardly deeds of our fellow citizens, you know, princes, princesses and scum. So, of course, they&#8217;re interested in one Robert C. Hansen. And even as I did the interview (via Zoom, no less), I knew how it would turn out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/news\/27225853\/real-life-hunger-games-butcher-baker-robert-hansen\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lelandhale.com\/butcherbaker\/images\/The-Sun-BB-Pure-Evil.png\" alt=\"scandal\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>The Sun Shows Us How!<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Call it a blessing, then, that barely a week later another piece comes out, this by a very thoughtful podcaster named Jim Sulanowski. His series is called <em><a href=\"https:\/\/spotifyanchor-web.app.link\/e\/zusDb3UqcJb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Murder<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/spotifyanchor-web.app.link\/e\/zusDb3UqcJb\"> Most Foul<\/a><\/em> whose title, of course, has a Shakespearian ring. Hamlet, to be exact. Could I have plotted a better contrast? I think not. And yet&#8230; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/spotifyanchor-web.app.link\/e\/zusDb3UqcJb\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lelandhale.com\/butcherbaker\/images\/murder-most-foul-butcher-baker.png\" alt=\"scandal\" width=\"500\" height=\"391\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><em>Jim Sulanowski&#8217;s Very Fine Podcast<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tale of the Tape<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Sun<\/em> journalist was young, almost boyish. Because it was a Zoom call, I could see that he was in the very fancy digs of The Sun&#8217;s London offices. Lots of glass. People meandering in the background. But when we got to forty minutes, the Zoom call came to an abrupt halt. He was using the &#8220;free&#8221; version. There&#8217;s a time limit. He had to send another invite, just so we could finish the interview. Hmm. All that fancy glass and no Zoom budget? Really?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sulanowski, on the other hand, was in his recording studio, e.g., his basement. Our first session went closer to three hours. A strain, perhaps, but I have to admit I&#8217;m a bit of a talker. And then we had a second session a few days later because, having done his homework, Jim thought it best to fill in some additional details. Yes!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pros and Cons<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>At this point in my &#8220;broadcast&#8221; career &#8212; such as it is &#8212; I&#8217;ve done interviews with all manner of professionals. Broadcast television. Streamers. Podcasters. All of them were conscientious and are, for the most part, good at what they do. As should be expected, though, some are just plain better than others. I&#8217;ll leave it at that. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That said, one needs to look at the format &#8212; the publication&#8217;s zeitgeist, if you will &#8212; to catch the constraints any interviewer labors under. From that point of view, everything went as expected. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Copyright Leland E. Hale (2024). All rights reserved.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lelandhale.com\/images\/lelandhale-portrait.png\" alt=\"Leland E. Hale\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Purchase <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Leland-E.-Hale\/e\/B005LEATVA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Butcher, Baker<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Order my latest book, &#8220;<strong>What Happened In Craig<\/strong>,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1941890229?pf_rd_p=d1f45e03-8b73-4c9a-9beb-4819111bef9a&amp;pf_rd_r=7G8DPC5WNEGBWK8G6981\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/what-happened-in-craig-leland-e-hale\/1129010868;jsessionid=BB32A736B72D9908645D42CAB43111BE.prodny_store01-atgap08?ean=9781941890226\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HERE<\/a><\/strong>. True crime from Epicenter Press about <em>Alaska\u2019s Worst Unsolved Mass Murder.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lelandhale.com\/images\/WhatHappenedinCraig-crop.png\" alt=\"Craig\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Opposites Attract: Never in my wildest did I think I&#8217;d make the pages of The Sun, one of England&#8217;s um&#8230;&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,592,589,9,10,27,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anchorage-1970s","category-anchorage-1980s","category-audible","category-butcher-baker","category-cindy-paulson","category-robert-hansen","category-serial-murder"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>A Tale of Scandal &amp; Relief - Butcher Baker<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Scandal sells, that&#039;s for sure. 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