Excellent piece! I enjoyed each of your recommendations and especially loved that you mentioned narrative podcasts as they seem to be so rare.
A colleague of mine does a narrated podcast, The Streets of Our Lives, which I really like.
I know it takes her more time to create, but it allows her to really deepen/enrich the story from her guests.
And she can clarify things further that may not have been done during the actual interview.
I have a speaker and podcast booking agency and therefore read and listen to content from people in the podcasting space every single day. I find your offerings to be informative, unique, and fresh. I look forward to reading more!
It’s getting harder to find outlets willing to commit the time and money to narrative series, Anastasia. Thank goodness for determined storytellers - many of them readers of this newsletter- who persist in finding a way to keep this art form going. Thank you for the kind words!
One of my favourite questions to open an interview with is one that Bella Freud, a fashion designer and Sigmund Freud's great-granddaughter, asks her interviewees: 'Why did you choose the clothes you are wearing today?'
I also like how the setting completely changes the atmosphere of a conversation with celebrities, even though the guests are always big names. Having the guest lie down with the camera shot from above, so they are unable to make eye contact with Bella, completely changes the tone of the conversation.
What a great question - one I’ve never heard before and would never have thought to ask. Could you share the podcast name and a link to it so readers can listen?
Thinking about that leading question (“What did you have for breakfast?”) I remembered the piece “I'll Repeat the Question”, by Talia Augustidis. It tells a whole story with that question and the doubtful answers
Excellent piece! I enjoyed each of your recommendations and especially loved that you mentioned narrative podcasts as they seem to be so rare.
A colleague of mine does a narrated podcast, The Streets of Our Lives, which I really like.
I know it takes her more time to create, but it allows her to really deepen/enrich the story from her guests.
And she can clarify things further that may not have been done during the actual interview.
I have a speaker and podcast booking agency and therefore read and listen to content from people in the podcasting space every single day. I find your offerings to be informative, unique, and fresh. I look forward to reading more!
It’s getting harder to find outlets willing to commit the time and money to narrative series, Anastasia. Thank goodness for determined storytellers - many of them readers of this newsletter- who persist in finding a way to keep this art form going. Thank you for the kind words!
Hi Elaine,
One of my favourite questions to open an interview with is one that Bella Freud, a fashion designer and Sigmund Freud's great-granddaughter, asks her interviewees: 'Why did you choose the clothes you are wearing today?'
I also like how the setting completely changes the atmosphere of a conversation with celebrities, even though the guests are always big names. Having the guest lie down with the camera shot from above, so they are unable to make eye contact with Bella, completely changes the tone of the conversation.
What a great question - one I’ve never heard before and would never have thought to ask. Could you share the podcast name and a link to it so readers can listen?
Yeah! Sure. The podcast os Fashion Neurosis with Bella Freud
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6V0U6Qku2tlWZ789B4nlWX?si=1-oCVDP1SDeDbR0rEDpgsQ
Thanks for mentioning my newsletter, Elaine!
Thinking about that leading question (“What did you have for breakfast?”) I remembered the piece “I'll Repeat the Question”, by Talia Augustidis. It tells a whole story with that question and the doubtful answers
https://www.thirdcoastfestival.org/feature/checking-ones-levels