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“The author of the previous review ("Mean Interviewer") writes the following: "The only problem is that the interviewer is mean to the person he interviews! For some reason he seems to think that the more disrespectful he is, the better. Too bad, as for some reason he is able to get very interesting people in his government to show up." She's talking about John Humphrys, the main host/interviewer featured on this podcast. This guy is one of the pillars of British broadcast journalism, and could teach every last mainstream American member of his profession a lesson or two about how to do the job. He can be mean, in a sense, but I disagree entirely with the characterization of him as disrespectful. To the contrary, he gives his interview subjects -- elected government leaders in many cases -- the respect of expecting them to answer straightforward questions straightforwardly. He asks follow-ups that press through the reflexively vague talking points that many respondents offer, and his candor often earns candor from his subjects -- shames them, in a sense, into being candid or appearing foolishly evasive in their answers. THIS IS WHAT AN INTERVIEW SHOULD DO. It should attempt to get past truisms to capture some meaningful information about the subject. The reviewer who wonders at the fact that John Humphrys can consistently get the most important people in Britain (and the world) to agree to be interviewed by him should ask herself whether the fact that he can is, perhaps, not despite but because of this style. He has earned the respect and the credibility of the public -- and thus those who must answer to the public -- precisely by virtue of this candid, BS-resistant interviewing approach. Any American who happened to hear his interview with Condoleezza Rice last year must have thought exactly what I did: What could it do to revive American journalism if he had any counterpart in the US mainstream broadcast press? Needless to add, I highly recommend this podcast.”Read full review »
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United States of America ·
02/05/07
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“This was 5 star in terms of content. However, it seems to have increased the number of ads for other bbc programming. It’s becoming rather irritating and repetitive. A shame, as I used to enjoy listening to a weeks worth of pods.”
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02/19/18
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“Always used to enjoy listening to the today programme on my drive to work so the podcast was a good chance to keep on top of current affairs when not driving. Please don't dilute this to a business news only podcast as appears to gave happened over the last few days. Arigato.”Read full review »
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Great Britain ·
11/05/10
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