Thereβs a lot of questions hanging about in podcasts. A lot of the same ones get asked over and over. Some are smart. Some unnecessary. Stupid questions get great answers. Jokes can be good questions too.
Iβm on the lookout for questions that make me stop.
In my Substack interview series Iβm asking podcasters this:
What's the best interview question you've ever been asked, or asked on a podcast?
I thought it was quite a good question, if I say so myself! But enough of the back patting.
Once Iβve got a bigger batch of interviews done Iβll put together the answers to my question and share them with you. Iβm hoping this will be helpful and it might show us something interesting. It might also be pretty dull. Watch this space.
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The other day I asked Mama about the question she remembers the most. Not just her favourite one but the ones that stayed with her over time.
She told me about a question that was nothing to do with her but that she loved. She had to explain it to me. THEN I got how funny the question is. See what you think.
I was listening to BBC Radio 4βs Womanβs Hour in the car on the way to the supermarket. We live in a rural place so journeys between places are long. This is great podcast and radio time.
There was one question the presenter (I forget which one it was) used over and over. It was three simple words.
Tell me more.
I wonder how often we get asked about ourselves. Isnβt that a big issue. We arenβt asked to say whatβs on our minds. People on Womanβs Hour answered her βtell me moreβ by launching off and into many minutes of talking about their lives and opinions.
It got me thinking about a kind of hunger for being asked that simple question.
Who says Tell me More to YOU?
Iβm hoping youβll be in touch to tell me more. I mean that.
with love,
Seraphina
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My cousin Simon asked me:
"What's funny about sorry?"