> I now long for the type of television programs that I remember from my youth—talking heads discussing and debating serious topics. I never had that in my you

> I now long for the type of television programs that I remember from my youth—talking heads discussing and debating serious topics. I never had that in my youth, but YouTube recently started suggesting videos from The Dick Cavett Show from the 60's and 70's. The show was broadcast on TV and I think counted as light entertainment, so I don't presume it's very special for it's time, but seeing these interviews conducted at a pace where people can actually express themselves with anything but pre-canned anecdotes, with an interviewer who is actually listening and engaging with the topic is such a breath of fresh air compared to what I am used to. A lot of the interviews I've watched seem like they touch on pretty controversial subjects for the time (religion, LGBT, race, drugs, alcoholism etc) (of course it helps that the clips that get uploaded and recommended are of historical figures, so there's a lot of survivorship bias there)