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Thread #160954 Message #3820354
Posted By: keberoxu
13-Nov-16 - 02:45 PM
Thread Name: BS: Billy Best and his beautiful attitude
Subject: BS: Billy Best video interview
Hopefully this link will work. I don't know what "podcast" is, but the video interview may be an example of a podcast. The sound is good, so you can hear the voices. The interview was done by Skype and for some reason, the finished video doesn't have moving pictures. There are a series of fixed images from the Skype session. The last of the images shows Billy Best with his little son Max.
If you have never heard of Billy Best's story, the interview, 45 minutes, will tell you only so much, and you will have more questions. Since his story was a media sensation, a simple Google search on his name will turn up a lot of information. I just recently learned of him through a little magazine out of Arizona that I bought at the Sprouts chain of supermarkets in the checkout line.
The story of illness and recovery is considered sensational. But what I love is this young man's attitude. Listen past all the "you know"s and all the "like"s and figures of speech, and you can hear gratitude and basic good sense. For me the interview is worth listening to, regardless of the history it tells, because of his attitude here and now. So I wanted to share it with Mudcat.