Terry Gross is the best regular interviewer in the US. She prepares well, is thoughtful and respectful, thinks on her feet, asks good follow-up questions, and focuses on getting the guest to talk.
I could not disagree more. She talks far too much. I think she lets her personality as a Personality get in the way.
I know this is subjective, and I don't need you to agree with my opinion. I'm only responding because I listened to her for almost two decades and have never been able to tell anyone these thoughts except for an undeserving ex-gf and a hapless hitchhiker.
I think we must be listening to different shows. Can you link to an example interview where you think she talked too much?
Many other interviewers regularly interrupt their guests, and impose their own (often idiotic) opinions / ideology instead of letting the expert explain. Gross does not do this.
>Terry Gross is the best regular interviewer in the US.
This is the part i disagreed with. All of your other statements serve to qualify this assertion. I have great respect for her staff, but i find her interview style over-the-top and self aggrandizing.
But seriously, can you point to a good example of that? Your criticism is shocking to me as my perspective as a long-time listener is that she's NEVER "over-the-top and self aggrandizing".
