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I try in my interviews to find the connections between my guests’ lives and their work (the reason we care about them in the first place). I’d love to know how Chris Rock got to be so funny, how Dennis Hopper developed his screen presence, how John Updike became a great writer.
Terry Gross • All I Did Was Ask: Conversations with Writers, Actors, Musicians, and Artists
Derek Sivers
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a podcast stops growing because people stop recommending it.
Tom Webster • The Audience Is Listening: A Little Guide to Building a Big Podcast
James Murphy, the founder of LCD Soundsystem, has been credited with a nice aphorism: “The best way to complain is to make things.”
Rob Walker • The Art of Noticing: 131 Ways to Spark Creativity, Find Inspiration, and Discover Joy in the Everyday

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If your job is to sell someone new to the medium, have a look at the top shows in podcasting and see if you can’t recommend just one of those, at least to start with.
Tom Webster • The Audience Is Listening: A Little Guide to Building a Big Podcast
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