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Because he doesn't have the experience yet? He's been running the podcast for two and a half years, and this episode makes 160. How much experience do you rec

by TOMDM 6y ago

Because he doesn't have the experience yet? He's been running the podcast for two and a half years, and this episode makes 160. How much experience do you reckon it takes to get "good" at interviewing?

bob33212 6y ago
Some people don't like his style. I don't think they will ever think he is that good. Someone like Oprah would be considered to be far more talented at driving the conversation where she wants it to be. Personally I a huge fan of Lex, I think because the people and topics are what I'm interested in.
- type0 6y ago
  So much for his style that it makes his podcasts hit or miss (depending on the topic). For some personalities his conversational demagoguery feels nauseating, for others it fits the conversation. In my opinion Sean Carroll (Mindscape) has much more consistent conversational theme that borders on philosophical but still makes it engaging for the listener, where Lex often misses the red thread and rambles in unrelated territory. I don't think his podcasts are bad, just inconsistent, and thinking of how many he manages to do doesn't actually make it that strange. In order to improve Lex needs to curate his ramblings better and learn to read the motivations of his guests.
  - dogma1138 6y ago
    I think the biggest thing that Lex “needs” (that’s a bit strong wording because I do like his podcast) to change is that professional interviewers tend to drive the interview towards the benefit of the audience and the guest (the interviewer very well may have a hidden agenda but the good ones hide it well), Lex’s style is more about his own personal interests and anecdotes his uses this interviews primarily to benefit his own curiosity than to the benefit of the of viewership which why he tends to go on so many tangents I think.
dogma1138 6y ago
Look (or we’ll listen) to Larry King’s early years interviews vs later in his career, so I would say probably a life time. Also keep in mind Lex isn’t a professional journalist he isn’t even what one would call a science communicator. His podcast is still mainly two people having a conversation than a structured interview but he has gotten better at it overall. His early podcasts had quite a few wired moments where you can see that Lex was somewhere else thinking about something these are rarer now.

by TOMDM 6y ago

bob33212 6y ago

Some people don't like his style. I don't think they will ever think he is that good. Someone like Oprah would be considered to be far more talented at driving the conversation where she wants it to be. Personally I a huge fan of Lex, I think because the people and topics are what I'm interested in.

type0 6y ago
So much for his style that it makes his podcasts hit or miss (depending on the topic). For some personalities his conversational demagoguery feels nauseating, for others it fits the conversation. In my opinion Sean Carroll (Mindscape) has much more consistent conversational theme that borders on philosophical but still makes it engaging for the listener, where Lex often misses the red thread and rambles in unrelated territory. I don't think his podcasts are bad, just inconsistent, and thinking of how many he manages to do doesn't actually make it that strange. In order to improve Lex needs to curate his ramblings better and learn to read the motivations of his guests.
- dogma1138 6y ago
  I think the biggest thing that Lex “needs” (that’s a bit strong wording because I do like his podcast) to change is that professional interviewers tend to drive the interview towards the benefit of the audience and the guest (the interviewer very well may have a hidden agenda but the good ones hide it well), Lex’s style is more about his own personal interests and anecdotes his uses this interviews primarily to benefit his own curiosity than to the benefit of the of viewership which why he tends to go on so many tangents I think.

dogma1138 6y ago

Look (or we’ll listen) to Larry King’s early years interviews vs later in his career, so I would say probably a life time. Also keep in mind Lex isn’t a professional journalist he isn’t even what one would call a science communicator. His podcast is still mainly two people having a conversation than a structured interview but he has gotten better at it overall. His early podcasts had quite a few wired moments where you can see that Lex was somewhere else thinking about something these are rarer now.