Response to "Held Hostage"

     I enjoyed this radio piece. It is a very interesting topic that again I did not know a thing about before listening. While I do know some Spanish, it was still spoken too quickly for me to understand, and while it is always frustrating to not know what is being said around you, I felt that the non-translated pieces were short enough that they remained effective rather than a hinderance to listening. The reporter’s story - of her father’s kidnapping - was much more enticing than Viviana’s story. I actually had forgotten about her story until it was brought back up toward the end. I am not sure of the usual nature of the show, but in this case, the two narratives worked, but might have worked better if Viviana had been mentioned again more quickly, how her father’s kidnapping was similar, different, etc. I think it was helpful to have more than one story in this short section as the overall theme was something larger than one kidnapping, but focusing on the caller hotline for families of kidnapped individuals as well as the epidemic kidnapping once was in Columbia. Overall, very cool piece. I’ve got to start listening to these online shows!