Wo ist die Hauptbanhof?

Radio is easier to listen-to than to participate-in, especially if you're un-scripted - learned that from a HS buddy who was into doing the late-night college radio thing at the Big Private West Coast University. He wasn't gregarious or outgoing, and just liked the technical aspects and control - and so the late-night part gave him a safety margin. He didn't have to say much - just, "And that was Lead Zeppelin's Stairway to Heaven."

UPDATE: (rephrased)
It's like... have you ever tried to talk on the phone with someone who you didn't know well, while speaking a foreign language - and gotten a satisfactory answer you could comprehend? "Entschuldingung mir bitte, wann sol ich mit drei luftbaloonen an den Hauptbanhoff kommen?"
There's no established, nuance-based feedback-loop to quell the jitters, things grind quickly to a halting stop of blank spaces and empty stutters.

Nevermind.