The success of a podcast episode that employs an interview format relies on both parties in the undertaking to bring their game. Listeners appreciate a presentation that feels like a casual conversation but they also want to hear stimulating questions from the interviewer that do some probing and prodding. From the interviewee, they’re listening for replies that create an atmosphere of improvised storytelling. A podcast may have great educational credentials but listeners will tune it out if they’re not entertained by the presentation. Performance is the unspoken ingredient of a podcast that’s only noticed in its absence. 

Since I’ve only been on the receiving end of interview questions I don’t know how they’re properly crafted but I can tell when they have been. A good interviewer opens a door and asks the subject to step into their own world. 

I was pleased to be asked by Tom Christopher to be interviewed for his podcast Growing Greener. The episode, Imagining In Stone can be found here.