The Challenges of Bringing on Strangers on the Podcast

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Spencer: I dislike that direction in the internet as a whole. It does feel like we've reached this evolutionary process where the most outrageous people and the people who do the most riling seem to get the largest audiences. In real life, I think of you as really playful, like often in social settings, you'll come up with games or weird social experiments. So not necessarily in a conflict direction, but just in general, you know, I don't see you doing bizarre episodes very often.

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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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