Getting a little sick of all the “look at the Left exploding, aren’t they a bunch of fuckwits” videos and such. They sucked (and still do), they lost, they don’t deserve our attention, fuck ’em, time to move forward.
Like Oz commentator John Anderson has done with Victor Davis Hanson in this podcast. Now go and spend a couple hours to a) see how a real interviewer approaches a topic and b) bask in the clear wisdom and analysis of VDH.
By the way — and this next isn’t a political interview — go and watch Rick Beato talking with maestro keyboardist Rick Wakeman of Strawbs, Yes, etc. As with Anderson, Beato only asks a few questions — I think it’s fewer than half a dozen over the entire 90-minute interview — as Wakeman walks us through recording techniques, musical history and how Yes put their wonderfully-complex songs together.
And finally, even if you aren’t at all interested in Formula 1 racing, spend some time as former team principal Otmar Szafnauer (American, not German) shows his considerable managerial capabilities in an interview with some guys I’ve never heard of, but who also give the interviewee the extreme courtesy of asking only a few questions, not interrupting his answers, and basically giving the audience the benefit of his insight.
It’s a common thread running through all three, and I don’t want to hear any bleats of the foul “tl;dr” genre. Knowledge isn’t gained from bumper stickers, but from knowledgeable people giving us the benefit of their wisdom and experience. And the more time we give them to share with us, the deeper our understanding becomes and the more our lives are enriched.
I happen to know a great deal about all three topics, and I still learned a whole lot from all three interviews.
You’re welcome.
