Free I Represent Sean Rosen by Jeff Baron Page B

put one together: I go to a place in my town. It could be any kind of place—a store, a park, a gas station. I interview people who work there and other people who are there that day shopping or walking their dog or getting gas. I also take pictures.
    It’s usually a Saturday or Sunday afternoon. I stay for about two hours and I usually interview about eight people. I try to use every person I interview in the podcast. I would feel bad if I interviewed someone and they were waiting and waiting for the podcast to be uploaded, then they listened to it and they weren’t even on it.
    The questions I ask in the interviews are a little bit about the place and a little bit about the person I’m talking to. I also record all the different sounds of the place. My digital voice recorder is small, but it has two very good microphones built in.
    Then I write a song that feels like it goes with the place. I edit everything, I upload it, and that’s my podcast. Each piece is short, so it’s very convenient. You can watch one piece or every piece on your phone or computer or whatever.
    The bar mitzvah podcast will be different. Besides being in Detroit, it’s going to be in two parts so I can fit in all the places and people. Sometimes it’s hard to find people who want to be interviewed. Not at this bar mitzvah. When people saw me recording someone, they came over and said, “Me next. Interview me next.” I’m talking about adults, not kids.
    This was a very noisy bar mitzvah. The loud music made everyone shout, and sometimes it’s hard to hear the questions and answers. I tried every filter and noise reduction thing on my computer, but I just can’t use some of the interviews. Like the one I did with my grandmother.
    I came downstairs to ask my parents what to do about Grandma. “Forget it, Seany. I ain’t touching that with a fork.”
    Then my mom said, “Before you put it online, send her an e-mail and tell her why she isn’t in it. Do it tonight.”
    â€œMom . . . can you do it?” They both laughed.
    To: Thorny Rosen
    From: Sean Rosen
    Dear Grandma,
    How are you?
    It was great to see you in Detroit.
    Remember our interview at the bar mitzvah party?
    Remember how noisy that party was? Even though you were talking loud, I can’t use your interview in my podcast. There was too much noise. You’ll still be in some other parts of the podcast.
    I know you’re disappointed and if you want to skip my birthday present this year, you can.
    Love,
    Sean

chapter 20
    I can’t stop staring at my computer. Is Brad ever going to write back to Dan Welch? I thought it would be really fast. Like he’d get the e-mail and call out to Stefanie, “Dan Welch wants to know if you can have your meeting with Sean Rosen on Skype.” She’d say, “Sure. Why not?” He’d say, “Good. I’ll take care of it.” Then she’d say, “Thanks, Brad. You’re the best.”
    Now I’m starting to get worried. Maybe this is what happened.
BRAD:
Dan Welch wants to know . . .
STEFANIE:
Dan who ?
BRAD:
Dan Welch. From Dan Welch Management. It’s about your meeting with Sean Rosen.
STEFANIE:
Sean who ?
BRAD:
Sean Rosen. His client. Dan said you wanted to meet him.
STEFANIE:
I did? Why? Who is he? What does he do?
BRAD:
I have no idea, but whoever he is, he wants to have the meeting on Skype.
STEFANIE:
Why? Is he shooting a movie in Africa?
    Maybe Brad is on vacation. Maybe Stefanie is on vacation. Maybe she has chicken pox. If she does, she’ll want to meet on Skype, because she can’t go to the office. No, she won’t. She won’t want anyone to see her with chicken pox.
    It’s only been a day since Dan sent the e-mail, but it was a long day. French was awful. She’s never going to call on me again. Then I forgot to be away from the Publication Room when Doug came to have his picture taken.
    I tried