all things considered would never consider me

A (selected) list of names to prove why I could never be an announcer or host on any NPR program, local or national (nasal voice and stutter aside.)

Marin Alsop
Karen Grigsby Bates
Kajon Cermak
Thea Chaloner
Farai Chideva
Andrei Codrescu
Korva Coleman
E.J. Dionne
Mandalit del Barco
Priya Finnemore
Corey Flintoff
David Folkenflik
Lourdes Garcia-Navarro
Tre Giles
Tom Gjelten
Vertamae Grosvenor
Charlayne Hunter-Gault
Danyell Irby
Ina Jaffe
Xeni Jardin
Sasha Khoka
Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson
Vy Pham
Ofeibea Quist-Arcton
Guy Raz
Kai Risdahl
Cokie Roberts
Lakshmi Singh
JC Swiatek
Neda Ulaby
Nick van der Kolk
Doualy Xaykaothao
John Ydstie
Daniel Zwerdling

I am afraid that my name is simply too boring.