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Do I have a future in radio? Perhaps the best person to answer that question would be boss man Jeff, but I did sort of get an answer when I took part in a debate at Glasgow Metropolitan College on Friday.
The thrust of the debate was 'The future of music radio in an Ipod age'. I was worried on two counts: Would I stand out like a sore thumb in the college environment and be mistaken for someone's dad? ( Or was the baggy jeans and hoodie just a bit 'mutton dressed as lamb'?)

ÌýPerhaps more worrying for someone like me who would very much like to have a future in music radio, it was an risky topic to spendÌýa lunch hour discussing.
I was particularly worried in case the younger generation came to the conclusion that they really didn't need radio in age when they are all discovering bands on Myspace and the like.
I think I made a pretty good case for radio and in particular the 'shared experience' of a show like Get It On. I'd brought along a few emails from the show to illustrate how your stories, reminiscences and opinions can transform a tune.
Try and listen again to last Wednesday's 'songs about you' show and you'll see what I mean. A good example was the girl who e-mailed in to say The Waterboys classic song reminded her of her pessimist ex boyfriend. " He saw the crescent and I saw the whole of the moon" she said. In doing so she personalised the track for all of us and brought new life to an overplayed song. Ye cannae do that on a ipod!
Oh and well done to the hugely impressive Francesca Menoni and Jamie Kinlochan who organised the whole thing. I thought I had better credit them as based on what I saw on Friday there's a good chance they will be producing me in a few years time! It's never too early to start sooking up to your producer...