good, but needs improvement
The authors and books are fascinating, if you can get past the 15 minutes at the beginning of each program that are wasted on academic-insider shop talk and the noises of presenter Marshal Poe's gastrointestinal and upper respiratory tracts. He's apparently conducting these interviews by phone using a headset with a microphone, which means that his every breath, gulp, burp, cough, hawk and snort are broadcast direct into the listener's ear. Very unpleasant. Use a speakerphone instead! And don't inject yourself into your interviews so much. We're listening because we want to hear what the authors have to say, not what you have to say.
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Marshall, we do not want to hear your bizarre breathing, phlegm, or powers to snore while awake. Keep your nose away from the Mic! Or invest in some kind of "on/off" switch on the occasions that you allow the author to speak. Distressing, because this is really really good after the first ten...Read full review »
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