It’s funny when I hear people talk about other jobs. We all know the difficulty involved with being a public servant. And that includes all forms of occupations where you are there to serve, protect, or help the public. So those are the jobs I’m NOT going to be talking about.

I’ve heard people look at talk shows like ours and others and think it’s easy. And I get where they are coming from, but when you put them behind a mic and tell them to talk on one single subject for the next 2 or 3 hours or more…well, that can be tough. Then tell them to do that for either 5 days or even once a week. Again, tough gig.

Which is why I smile a bit when we get news stories about video game streamers and folks on YouTube making tons of money and I hear people say they want to do that. That it’s easy or they are missing out on an easy million bucks from this streaming thing. But streaming is just like any other job when you look at it from the outside. Observably easy, but realistically daunting.

It’s the exact same thing when we tell people radio isn’t as easy as you think. And you might brush it off on both counts (radio and streaming), but putting your feet to the fire and you’ll see just how easy neither of those things are.

I’ll leave streaming to those who are good at it and have both the emotional and mental fortitude it takes to be good enough at that to live off it.