What I've Learned About Conversational Podcasting

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After 100 episodes, what have you learned about conversational podcasting? "I sucked significantly less than I did when I first started," he says. He's still working on a bunch of things from the listener survey but has already improved on some of them. 'Act as if the guest is the most interesting person in the world,' one viewer told him.

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Is it possible to be both agreeable and skeptical in conversations? How can you give feedback and challenge people constructively without triggering their automatic self-defense mechanisms? More generally, how can you challenge people intellectually without riling them up emotionally? What skills are needed to be able to have detailed, productive conversations across a wide range of topics? How can you push through plateaus in the process of self-improvement? What are podcasts as a medium good for?

Find more about Spencer through his website, spencergreenberg.com.

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