Powerful Radio

Powerful Radio is almost like a how to guide for radio interviews. I found it very interesting approaching the interview from the aspect of both the interviewer and interviewee. Trying to make an intriguing interview is always the goal of the interviewer, but I have never really considered strategies to make sure this actually happens. Especially interesting was the idea of asking “dumb” questions to lead a dodgy interviewee into actually answering a question. It is a very clever idea for getting out the information an interviewer wants to get out of his or her questions. Another was the slightly more stealthy technique of ending the interview, but “accidentally” forgetting to turn off the recorder. My first impression was that this sounded malicious but the allowing the interviewee another chance to be more comfortable was a perfectly suitable response to this. Looking from the perspective of the “civilians” also helps me feel much more comfortable interviewing. The reading brought up many interesting ideas and information about the people being interviewed to make me feel like I have a much more well thought approach at interviewing than I would have had without thinking about these things.