Every now and again, instead of making media, I’m in the media. Such is the case today, with this fine piece by David Templeton, published in both the Petaluma Argus-Courier and Press Democrat.

It begins…

What drives Petaluma’s Daedalus Howell, host of ‘The Drive’ radio show?

Daedalus Howell is on the air.

“Welcome back to ‘The Drive with Daedalus Howell,’ 95.5 FM,” he said at 3:34 p.m. on a warm afternoon in late March, as the red “On Air” sign in Wine Country Radio’s Studio G suddenly lit up after a five-minute commercial break. “Let’s take a quick look at the traffic, shall we? Good news! That accident we reported earlier by Third Street in Santa Rosa has almost entirely cleared up.”

While producer Aurelio Aguilar adjusted knobs on his control panel, Howell’s words flowed by as cleanly and fluidly as a long, sinuous chain of dominoes falling one after another…

Read the rest of Templeton’s story at the Press Democrat.