Hello all, thank you for your responses. I have located one prepper in the Ottawa area who's keen to be interviewed, so we'll be speaking with her at 3:20 tomorrow afternoon. If anyone else is interested I'm still happy to turn it into a panel discussion.

Denob, the 30-second ad seems like a fine idea, but CBC Radio doesn't air ads, so I'm afraid I'm not in a position to help you. But if you live in the Ottawa area and had an interest in being interviewed, you could certainly mention the preppers network if you like. Is it the network that you were hoping to advertise?

To others of you who have responded here, I'm sorry to have offended you with my request. My intention isn't to mock anyone. If you'd like to hear the interview we have planned for tomorrow, it'll be live streamed at cbc.ca/ottawa at about 3:20 tomorrow afternoon. 91.5 FM for those of you in eastern Ontario.

Susan,
I am sure you did not intend to offend anyone, however, some of the reporters from CBC radio have pretty much ruined the reputation of the CBC among preppers.
I for one will be sure to tune into the live stream.
I hope you do not follow in the footsteps of CBC reporters in the past.

I hope the interview-e was smart enough to ask for a list of questions before the show.....Do we have a report on how it went over......did they do a number on us again........

I hope the interview-e was smart enough to ask for a list of questions before the show.....Do we have a report on how it went over......did they do a number on us again........

We won't know until tomorrow. I'll be at work...maybe...LMAO... so if anyone can post a link it would be great.

JAB

As far as I can tell, it will be a live interview tomorrow.
The link given was cbc.ca/ottawa and the time was about 3:20 PM (I assume eastern time)
Interestingly enough, Susan Burgess is not listed on the website as one of their personalities, so she is likely a producer or assistant.
I will be looking for the live feed to listen in and should I find a comment section, I will certainly pass on the link!

You can now find the audio of the interview at cbc.ca/allinaday. On the right-hand side of the site, there's a section called Featured Audio, and you can find it in that menu. It's called "Ottawa preppers."

I find it interesting that a few people here have mentioned that the interviewee should have asked for a list of questions. I did provide a bit of a topic outline (since our guest was new to radio interviews and I thought it would help her feel more prepared), but typically journalists won't provide an actual question list in advance for ethical reasons. If we agree to a question line in advance, the interviewer's hands are then tied, and he/she can't ask logical (but unanticipated) follow-up questions. Perhaps it matters less for an informational interview like this than for an accountability interview with someone like a politician, but that is generally the practice.

Denob - yes, I am one of the show's producers (i.e. invisible elves). Most of us don't have a huge online presence.

Interested to know how the interview went......do we know......

You can now find the audio of the interview at cbc.ca/allinaday. On the right-hand side of the site, there's a section called Featured Audio, and you can find it in that menu. It's called "Ottawa preppers."

I find it interesting that a few people here have mentioned that the interviewee should have asked for a list of questions. I did provide a bit of a topic outline (since our guest was new to radio interviews and I thought it would help her feel more prepared), but typically journalists won't provide an actual question list in advance for ethical reasons. If we agree to a question line in advance, the interviewer's hands are then tied, and he/she can't ask logical (but unanticipated) follow-up questions. Perhaps it matters less for an informational interview like this than for an accountability interview with someone like a politician, but that is generally the practice.

Denob - yes, I am one of the show's producers (i.e. invisible elves). Most of us don't have a huge online presence.

Susan,
The reason many will ask for a list of questions is due directly to the negative interviews done in the past.
I can see however that this particular interview was not intended to mock as many in the past have been.
The interview seemed a bit short and obviously there was little research done in advance.
I do commend you on a positive interview, and not one that was set up to mock preppers.

In light of a surprisingly positive interview for a change with the CBC, perhaps YOU this show and interviewer would consider actually helping out and giving regular information that would assist the general population. Being Prepared or Self Reliant starts small and works its way upwards.

Maybe a regular segment on preparations towards a 72hr kit, longer kits, self reliant planning for city and urban? How to purify water, how to store water, how to buy foods in bulk and prepare them for long and short term storage. All these things could be part of an ongoing series of information segments. Justify the whole process as tips to assist!

Buying in bulk or putting aside food and items is not new on the contrary it is as old as the hills. With our modern way of thinking propagated by the media into the buying now frenzy thinking most have forgotten how our not so distant relatives lived.

Since this is Canada and winter you might start out with how to prepare for simple things like power outages and ice storms. Most remember the latest biggest longest ice storm in recent history, I also remember smaller ice storms as a kid in the Ottawa Valley. How about prepper style presents, car kits for winter and then for summer?

I challenge you, your show and ultimately the CBC to do the right thing, step up and help out! This is not new for the CBC though with a modern consumer driven mentality the CBC has fallen victim to this way of thinking itself. Look to the CBC's excellent online archives, Print, Radio and TV for some direction and history of the CBC helping the Citizens of Canada Prepare for whathaveyou.

ps. nice that you followed up, most just come and post to get people to do interview then never follow up, thank you for being professional enough to provide a proper communication and follow up like real professionals.

In light of a surprisingly positive interview for a change with the CBC, perhaps YOU this show and interviewer would consider actually helping out and giving regular information that would assist the general population. Being Prepared or Self Reliant starts small and works its way upwards.

Maybe a regular segment on preparations towards a 72hr kit, longer kits, self reliant planning for city and urban? How to purify water, how to store water, how to buy foods in bulk and prepare them for long and short term storage. All these things could be part of an ongoing series of information segments. Justify the whole process as tips to assist!

Buying in bulk or putting aside food and items is not new on the contrary it is as old as the hills. With our modern way of thinking propagated by the media into the buying now frenzy thinking most have forgotten how our not so distant relatives lived.

Since this is Canada and winter you might start out with how to prepare for simple things like power outages and ice storms. Most remember the latest biggest longest ice storm in recent history, I also remember smaller ice storms as a kid in the Ottawa Valley. How about prepper style presents, car kits for winter and then for summer?

I challenge you, your show and ultimately the CBC to do the right thing, step up and help out! This is not new for the CBC though with a modern consumer driven mentality the CBC has fallen victim to this way of thinking itself. Look to the CBC's excellent online archives, Print, Radio and TV for some direction and history of the CBC helping the Citizens of Canada Prepare for whathaveyou.

We are dreaming to think that this will go past the Mayan thing. My best guess is that the Prepping thing dies until the next threat.

Its winter in Canada, this is the next threat!

but.. I agree Gravs, a lot will leave and die down until the next apocoliptic event or massive solar flare, or Nuclear problem or Tsunami..

Excellent response, OldTimeGardener. My philosophy exactly. I think they might be quite surprised if they met this little old lady 'prepper' (and yes, I hate the term too ... I would prefer 'commonsenser' maybe). I doubt I would fit their image of what a 'prepper' is. I pressure can and dehydrate and keep extra food around, and think about what would I do if - the power went out for days, water wasn't available for some time, boring stuff like that - and try to equip myself not to be a burden on others under those scenarios.

Reading this post has been an eye opener for me in terms of how other people interested in being prepared regard the media.
Some has been blatantly — and painfully — ignorant of the media's roles and ethics, and other views, spot on.
If anyone wants any advice on how to deal with media in the future, I offer my assistance.
Similar to being ready for some type of societal collapse, education on how to speak with media (if the need arises) will alleviate worries and make one stronger for future encounters.

Susan is a unique individual, as are each of us. My opinions do not represent the whole of the prepper community, but then neither do yours. Likewise Susan's point of view obviously wasn't the same as others who worked for the CBC, yet the posts were initially pretty hard on her... maybe appropriate just to say that we apologise for jumping to conclusions about the purpose of your desire to interview preppers, we really should have given you a better chance at dialogue.

And to add, as others have mentioned, that the CBC could do a great public service by allowing some preppers to give brief motivational or informational segments on air. As you can see we have some very persuasive reasons for being prepared for emergencies as well as people who are able to give voice to them in a very interesting and coherent manner. Maybe some of our more eloquent members could team up with the government agencies in charge of promoting preparedness to the Canadian public and both parties could enjoy a more fruitful outcome through that partnership... otherwise the message just doesn't seem to get much lift off, or certainly not adequate lift off by any means.

Decent interview, The Question's were plain and to the point, The Host was polite and the individual that was interviewed did an excellent job in answering the Questions..
But Apologizing for the group as hole I think not, we have every right to be guarded and defencive..We as " prepper's " have had our words twisted and edited in various ways in the past, some of our members right here ! have had it done to them ; by the C.B.C. and other outlets....
And the fact that "we " as a group came at " susanmburgess " a little strong just says we are fed up and stand together, and will no longer tolerate being portrayed as paranoid and or crazy....