“Listened to a few after discovering recently; interesting guests and topics. The host is clearly passionate about this career path, but his interviewing feels a little amateur at the moment, but we all have room for improvement.
Main suggestion would be for the host to practice his responses to guests sharing traumatic experiences - sometimes he comes across as almost too shocked (repeating “oh my god”) which isn’t empathising, and sounds as though he’s brand new to hearing tough stories. Also, the questions weren’t particularly interesting, so would suggest he plan his questions in advance better or take a moment to think of what to ask next.
Finally, I just listened to the episode with the courageous woman sharing her story about the trauma involving attempted honour killing by her family. At the start of the episode, the host rambles for a bit about how he would cry but he can’t cry… it sounded strangely lighthearted to introduce an incredibly sensitive and serious topic. I’m really not one for censoring jokes, it’s just in this context it seemed out of place and out of touch, and a bit unprofessional. Also, toward the end of the episode when she said about replying to people who contact her for help, the host said “you’re gonna run yourself into the ground though”. It felt like an odd response from an interviewer who doesn’t know her well. She’s an adult who can make her own choices. Instead, something more open and less condescending could’ve worked better like “how will you manage it so it doesn’t become too overwhelming?”
I’ll keep listening to episodes I’m interested in though. Good luck Andrew!”
PhotoNH via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
01/06/24