After 30 years at the CBC, Bill Richardson is stocking shelves at Whole Foods – and loving it

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After 30 years at the CBC, Bill Richardson is stocking shelves at Whole Foods – and loving it
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At 66, the former radio host has started a Substack and published a children’s book, but he spends most of his time at work, at Whole Foods

“That was a case of bad casting,” he says. “And bless their hearts for giving it to me. Hubris. I should have had the humility to say no. It was fun, I really enjoyed it, but I was not the right person for the job.”He’s being glib, but honest. As we sat at the Sylvia, listening to oldies pumping out of the sound system, he said something that really surprised me: he doesn’t think he was built for radio. He fell into it and he’s not sure it was the right place for him.

The book is illustrated by Émilie Leduc and includes an afterword by Stefanie Green, the physician who performed the procedure for Judy Pechet. Green, a former maternity doctor, uses the term “delivery” for the process. “It’s important that this book is written,” says Green, who has also just published her own book,Bill Richardson has a book coming out titled Last Week.Richardson has faced other significant deaths in these past few years, altering his life and its trajectory.

On his first day, his manager warned him: You know this is terrible work, right? Then the guy tasked with showing Richardson the ropes asked him if he was just out of prison. Cans and bottles – anything round – present a challenge. Tetra Paks are hell, he says. Packages of tea too. “There’s no weight to them. They move if you breathe on them.” And don’t get him started on the complexities of stacking bags of chips.

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