I don't think it's necessarily a matter of "interesting" but whether it's an ideal way to showcase these guests (which I surmise is what outlace is trying to ge

I don't think it's necessarily a matter of "interesting" but whether it's an ideal way to showcase these guests (which I surmise is what outlace is trying to get at). The guests he's had on his podcasts is astounding, no doubt about that. But suppose you knew nothing about Susskind/Kahneman/Knuth/Stroustrup/etc's prior work and listened to these podcasts, could you have deduced (given the conversation/questions asked) the mountain of work they'd produced to be worthy of their accolades in the first place? I don't think I could've and in some way that's a letdown and a bit of a missed opportunity. In the end it's Lex's podcast and he should have w/e conversations he wants with his guests. That's alright too.