Key Topics:
0:00: Introduction
1:45: What’s helped Michael navigate the transition to a new phase of life
3:45: Michael’s shift in identity post-KQED Forum
5:45: Curiosity and ‘usefulness’
8:10: Preparing for interviews
11:10: How Michael became an interviewer
14:10: Shakespeare characters, the anxiety of influence, and corporal punishment
23:10: How the function of media has changed over time
26:05: Bothsidesism and offering balanced viewpoints
30:40: ‘Always don’t know’, and not being captured by our strengths
33:45: Overpreparation, anxiety, and the role of an interviewer
38:20: The value of spacious conversation vs. discourse through sound bytes
40:30: Recap
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