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“The New Books podcast is a great idea that is poorly executed.
Some of the most inept interviewers you will ever hear are the hosts of these podcasts.
If you are listening to these podcasts in the hope of learning what the book is about, you often will be disappointed.
Interviewer mistakes include:
-- Failure to understand that people are tuning in to hear what the AUTHOR has to say, not what the interviewer thinks.
-- Boring, trivial, tangential questions that elicit little information about what the book says. It is possible to listen to some of these podcasts and never learn what the book says.
-- Far too much introductory background. It’s not unusual to slog through 15 or 20 minutes of such introductory blather before the first question is asked about what the book says.
-- Overlong questions in which the interviewer tries to show off his/her erudition by outlining every possible answer before giving the author a chance to answer.
The other big disappointment of this podcast is the choice of books to review. A large percentage of the titles are eye-glazing renditions of race/class/gender victimology. Zzzzzzz......”
DogmaSux via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/18/18
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“The new books network is consistently filled with fascinating original interviews with a wide array of writers and academics who have changed the ways I think about a number of fields and sparked many lines of inquiry. Many of the interviewers and very skilled and I especially appreciate the...”Read full review »
Invisibilibilizible via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
07/09/17
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“Such great content; can’t get anywhere else via podcast. But when I’m about to begin listening, I know there’s a 75% chance of audio problems. I think the interviewer was typing the whole time on the last one in between questions. Very wierd and persistent audio problems for years.”
Overclock the Yard via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/13/17
“There are several books in political science that I heard about first through this podcast. In one case, I wound up using it in a class that started a month after the podcast, and in another I assembled an APSA panel on the book. Without the podcast, it takes the profession longer to have timely...”Read full review »
Professor Chris via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/26/17
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