Crafting Engaging Question-Driven Stories

PJ Vogt is the host of Search Engine.

“One of our tests editorially is if we think we’ve got something good, but we haven’t started reporting or recording on it, I’ll just try asking the question at dinner and stuff. If it derails conversations, that’s a really good sign.”

Show notes:

• @PJVogt
• Vogt’s Substack
• Vogt on Longform Podcast
• 03:00 “Why Are There So Many Illegal Weed Stores in New York City? (Part 1)” (Search Engine • Mar 2024)
• 03:00 “Why Are There So Many Illegal Weed Stores in New York City? (Part 2)” (Search Engine • April 2024)
• 03:00 “When Do You Know It’s Time to Stop Drinking?” (Search Engine • Jan 2024)
• 08:00 “Why Are There So Many Chicken Bones on the Street? (Part 1)” (Search Engine • Jan 2024)
• 08:00 “Why Are There So Many Chicken Bones on the Street? (Part 2)” (Search Engine • Jan 2024)
• 13:00 “Is There a Sane Way to Use the Internet?” (Search Engine • Oct 2023)
• 15:00 “How Do You Survive Fame?” (Search Engine • Feb 2024)
• 15:00 “The Tao of Rick Rubin” (New York Times • The Ezra Klein Show • Feb 2023)
• 15:00 “Rick Rubin Says Trust Your Gut, Not Your Audience” (Bari Weiss • The Free Press • Mar 2023)
• 16:00 “Rick Rubin, The Seclusive Zen Master” (Tim Ferriss • Jan 2023)
• 16:00 “Frank Sinatra Has a Cold” (Gay Talese • Esquire • April 1966)
• 18:00 The Ezra Klein Show
• 18:00 Fresh Air
• 19:00 Crypto Island (Jigsaw Productions • 2022)
• 26:00 “Do Political Yard Signs Actually Do Anything?” (Search Engine • Apr 2024)
• 27:00 Reply All
• 35:00 “What’s Going on With Elon Musk?” (Search Engine • July 2023)
• 38:00 “What’s It Like to Go Blind? (Search Engine • July 2023)

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