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Greg Johnson – Media

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Summary. I’m grateful to have been featured in the media and interviewed on a variety of topics such as politics, technology, health, religion, and simple living. Click here for a Google search to some articles and stories about when I lived in a small home.

Television. Here are some of the television shows I’ve been featured on.

  • January 2008, interviewed on CBS affiliate KGAN Channel 2 for the story “Keeping Warm for Less.” Photos from the interview are here.
  • 6 November 2006, PBS affiliate WQPT interviewed  for a special feature about my small home.
  • On 21 May 2006, CBS affiliate KCCI Channel 8 in Des Moines Iowa featured a story about me and my small house. Click here to watch the video now.

Radio. I have been interviewed by National Public Radio, MSNBC, and Israeli National Radio.

  • Sustainable Home Day, ABC News Radio Canberra Australia, Interview with Gregory Johnson, 10 September 2011. This recorded-live-interview with ABC Radio News Canberra Australia was on 10 September 2011 (11 September 2011 in Australia) as a part of the Sustainable House Day event. [More…]
  • Writers Voices, KRUU FM Interview with Gregory Johnson, 28 November 2008. “Writers’ Voices with Monica and Caroline warmly welcomes author Gregory Paul Johnson, as well as guest host Steve Cooperman, this Friday, November 28 at 1pm. Steve Cooperman is a former journalist and KRUU show host who is currently involved in numerous community projects. Steve put his own life on a diet about a year ago when he moved into a 500 sq ft cottage with a wood stove, close to the town square, greatly reducing driving miles.” [ Audio | Article ]
  • WAQY-FM Radio, “Bax and O’Brien” radio show, 17 October 2008. “WAQY-FM serves the Hartford, CT Market as a 50,000 watt station, which not only covers most of Connecticut, but also a majority of Massachusetts as well as parts of Rhode Island. The Bax and O’Brien program has been on the air for the past 13 years, and has been consistently number 1 in the target audience.” [ MP3 Audio File ]
  • Newstalk Radio in Ireland, Moncrieff with Sean Moncrieff, 29 September 2008, 9:20 AM CT. Gregory Johnson was interviewed by Sean Moncrieff of Newstalk Radio, Ireland’s National Independent Talk Radio. [ MP3 Audio File ]
  • Public Radio, WSUI, “Live from Prairie Lights” 11 July 2008. After the Mobile Hermitage open house, Gregory Johnson was interviewed by Julie Englander of WSUI (Public Radio) at Prairie Lights Books in Iowa City. He read from his book Put Your Life on a Diet: Lessons Learned Living in 140 Square Feet. Photos are now available from the day’s events. [ MP3 Audio File ]
  • ABC News AustraliaByDesign with Alan Saunders, 10 March 2007. Jay Shafer and Gregory Johnson were joined by Matt Adams in an interview with Alan Saunders, the host of ByDesign. The show aired in Australia on Saturday at 9:00 am, 10 March 2007.  “By Design is a program about how we shape our world – a vibrant show about people and the things that surround us. From the cities and buildings we live in to the cars we drive and clothes we wear, the program deals with architecture and material culture, the politics of the built environment and design – all through the prism of our daily lives. It explains how, through the creative process, human ideas take on tangible form and designers reinvent the world to keep pace with its changing needs and desires, lifting the quality of our lives. The program explores how design — the way things look, feel and function — reflects social change; what the decisions we make as consumers of architecture and everyday objects tell us about who we are.” [ MP3 Audio File ]
  • The Exchange with Ben Kieffer on Public Radio WSUI/KSUI. 7 February 2007. “The Exchange is the name of Iowa Public Radio’s news/talk program. The list of lofty goals for the new show includes: going beyond the headlines of breaking stories, giving listeners access to elected officials, framing community problems, providing listeners the chance to discuss them as well as offer ideas to solve them. Our definition of news is anything that is significant and/or interesting to a large portion of our statewide audience.” Click here for the 46 MB MP3 audio file, or right click on the link to download/save. Click here to learn more about The Exchange radio show.

Print and Online Media. Gregory has been interviewed, quoted, featured, or mentioned in these articles: