Longform
A weekly conversation with a non-fiction writer about how they got their start, how they work, and how they tell stories. Co-produced by Longform and The Atavist.
Episodes
Podcast: Longform: Episode 262: PJ Vogt of Reply All (Part 2)
PJ Vogt is the co-host of Reply All. "Every radio story is broken. Everything is missing some piece it's supposed to have. Everything has some weird interview that didn't go the way you thought it was going to go, or you thought you had an answer but you were wrong."
Podcast: Longform: Episode 262: Alex Goldman of Reply All (Part 1)
Alex Goldman is the co-host of Reply All. "I am not the authority on the internet. I'm not an expert on particularly anything, except stuff that I like."
Podcast: Longform: Episode 124: Alex Blumberg
Alex Blumberg is a former producer for This American Life and Planet Money. Last year he founded Gimlet Media, a podcast network, and hosts its first show, StartUp.
“When someone starts talking about something difficult, when they get unexpectedly emotional, your normal human reaction is to sort of comfort and steer away. To say, ‘Oh I’m sorry, let’s move on.’ What you need to do, if you want good tape, is to say, ‘Talk more about how you’re feeling right now.’ It feels like a horrible question to ask. It feels like you're going against your every instinct as a decent human being to go toward the pain that this person is experiencing.”
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