Transmitting from the Mojave Wilderness in Joshua Tree, California.

Now is the time for Desert Oracle Radio, the voice of the desert.

Night has fallen on the desert.

The desert, in this case, the Mojave Desert,

but heard and appreciated, we hope, in all the American deserts.

Because this is the radio show where they're always talking about the deserts.

I know.

I am aware of the parameters of the job.

I got this correspondence from somebody in...

Let's say San Diego

and she says

Dear Desert Oracle

I like the show

but it's always about how the desert's so great

and that's not true

I know not true.

She adds,

underlined,

for emphasis,

the desert sucks.

But I do like the show.

Usually people at, oh, I like to fall asleep to the show.

...