Steve

In the dream, I found a key, let myself into their apartment, walked into the living room, and there in the middle of the living room floor was a magazine. I picked it up. It was called I, E-Y-E, which, in fact, there was such a magazine back then. Then I woke up with this feeling of exhilaration, like I have the answer now, but I had no idea what it meant, none at all.

So I did something very unusual. I've never done it since. Never done it before either. I put on my tennis shoes, ran five miles across town, came to this apartment, knocked on the door just as I had in the dream. Nobody was home as I had dreamt. And I happened to know where they kept a key hidden. I took the key.

So I did something very unusual. I've never done it since. Never done it before either. I put on my tennis shoes, ran five miles across town, came to this apartment, knocked on the door just as I had in the dream. Nobody was home as I had dreamt. And I happened to know where they kept a key hidden. I took the key.

So I did something very unusual. I've never done it since. Never done it before either. I put on my tennis shoes, ran five miles across town, came to this apartment, knocked on the door just as I had in the dream. Nobody was home as I had dreamt. And I happened to know where they kept a key hidden. I took the key.

let myself in, walked into the living room, and there in the middle of the living room floor, as I had dreamt, was a magazine. It was called Focus, which for any of your viewers who are familiar with the San Francisco Bay Area, that's the magazine of listener-sponsored radio and television, KQED. And as I'm paging through,

let myself in, walked into the living room, and there in the middle of the living room floor, as I had dreamt, was a magazine. It was called Focus, which for any of your viewers who are familiar with the San Francisco Bay Area, that's the magazine of listener-sponsored radio and television, KQED. And as I'm paging through,

let myself in, walked into the living room, and there in the middle of the living room floor, as I had dreamt, was a magazine. It was called Focus, which for any of your viewers who are familiar with the San Francisco Bay Area, that's the magazine of listener-sponsored radio and television, KQED. And as I'm paging through,

this magazine had dawned on me for the first time in my life, I could pursue my interests by getting involved in the nonprofit section of the media, which was a complete change because at that moment, I didn't own a radio or a TV. In fact, I had an attitude about them. I felt that Electronic communication was phony baloney that the only authentic human communication was face-to-face.

this magazine had dawned on me for the first time in my life, I could pursue my interests by getting involved in the nonprofit section of the media, which was a complete change because at that moment, I didn't own a radio or a TV. In fact, I had an attitude about them. I felt that Electronic communication was phony baloney that the only authentic human communication was face-to-face.

this magazine had dawned on me for the first time in my life, I could pursue my interests by getting involved in the nonprofit section of the media, which was a complete change because at that moment, I didn't own a radio or a TV. In fact, I had an attitude about them. I felt that Electronic communication was phony baloney that the only authentic human communication was face-to-face.

And I changed my mind at that moment. And went to KPFA Radio in Berkeley, where I live, which was a nonprofit radio from the Pacifica Network. And I said, I'd like to volunteer. And they said, even though at that point I had a master's degree, they said, sure, sit at this desk. And when you hear the buzzer from people trying to get into the front door, push this button and let them in.

And I changed my mind at that moment. And went to KPFA Radio in Berkeley, where I live, which was a nonprofit radio from the Pacifica Network. And I said, I'd like to volunteer. And they said, even though at that point I had a master's degree, they said, sure, sit at this desk. And when you hear the buzzer from people trying to get into the front door, push this button and let them in.

And I changed my mind at that moment. And went to KPFA Radio in Berkeley, where I live, which was a nonprofit radio from the Pacifica Network. And I said, I'd like to volunteer. And they said, even though at that point I had a master's degree, they said, sure, sit at this desk. And when you hear the buzzer from people trying to get into the front door, push this button and let them in.

And I gladly did it. And within three weeks, I had learned how to produce a radio program. I had produced one. The program director liked it, and he said, we have a regular slot, a program called The Mind's Ear, every Tuesday and Thursday at noon. Would you like to host it? So within just a few weeks of my dream,

And I gladly did it. And within three weeks, I had learned how to produce a radio program. I had produced one. The program director liked it, and he said, we have a regular slot, a program called The Mind's Ear, every Tuesday and Thursday at noon. Would you like to host it? So within just a few weeks of my dream,

And I gladly did it. And within three weeks, I had learned how to produce a radio program. I had produced one. The program director liked it, and he said, we have a regular slot, a program called The Mind's Ear, every Tuesday and Thursday at noon. Would you like to host it? So within just a few weeks of my dream,

I'm sitting at a table like this with 10,000 people listening in on the conversation and world-class experts from everywhere who are on book tours coming through the San Francisco Bay Area. And all the subjects that interested me the most showed up.

I'm sitting at a table like this with 10,000 people listening in on the conversation and world-class experts from everywhere who are on book tours coming through the San Francisco Bay Area. And all the subjects that interested me the most showed up.

I'm sitting at a table like this with 10,000 people listening in on the conversation and world-class experts from everywhere who are on book tours coming through the San Francisco Bay Area. And all the subjects that interested me the most showed up.

And that gave me the confidence to go back to the University of California and take advantage of a very obscure rule they had, which is if you are a graduate student in good standing and you want to do a doctoral dissertation in a topic, where no department will sponsor you, but you can find three faculty members from different departments who are willing to sponsor you.