Great concept, poorly delivered.
Tom Merritt is exceptional on all of the podcasts he is on, and East Meets West has a great premise and content. The problem is in the delivery, on the "East" side. Roger Chang cannot effectively deliver anything he wants to say. He probably does great at writing, but in this type of audio he sounds unprepared, and his monologues are so littered with "Ummm", "You Know", "Uhhhh", and other filler words that it is painful to listen to him trying to make a point. I believe his points are probably very solid, and complement Tom's viewpoint, but that doesn't matter when they are delivered so poorly. Roger, if you are going to continue on this Podcast, I suggest you add a lot of time to your calendar for it. You probably need to listen to each show, after it is recorded and critique yourself. Take that critique and apply it to your prep time, which also needs to be dramatically expanded. I deleted this Podcast from my repertoire, but hope to come back in a few months to see if it has improved at all.Read full review »
StevePod via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 03/27/10
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I've seen/heard both of the hosts on other things, Roger from his days at TechTV and Tom from various CNet podcasts. And while they don't always get as geeky here as they do in those places it's still fun to listen to them, especially when they go off on tangents. R U Listening?Read full review »
CoolB via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 04/22/07
While I enjoyed the conversations the two host had, the poor production quality of the podcast made me decide to stop listening after their last podcast of 2011 and the first one of 2012. Tom sounded OK, but Roger was easily twice as loud as Tom and you can hear his breathing when he is not...Read full review »
NCGrimbo via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 01/10/12
Been listening for a decade or so. Always glad to see East Meets West show up in my feed. Great conversations on relevant topics. Keep up the great work guys.
Standard iphone uzer via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 04/30/21
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