(2019-11-10) Condor Blogchats

KicksCondor on Blogchats. Blogchat is a misnomer because I interview people over e-mail. But the actual conversation comes alive when it is posted to the blog.

I don’t want them to happen live. My interview with Nadia Eghbal took many months—and I’m so glad.

One distinct advantage: asking questions and waiting over time to answer them. It’s not that one is constantly mulling over the question for months. The questions are free to go completely out of mind. But, time passes, and new experiences happen.

I actually think that podcast hosts might get the benefit of the running conversation, the dayslong mulling—the microphone is always looming. But the guests can’t benefit from this. They have their one shot to say whatever might emerge