What Makes Good Chemistry? For Chat Podcasts, It’s Fundamental What Makes Good Chemistry? For Chat Podcasts, It’s Fundamental
The New York Times
The popular podcast genre makes the generation of compelling conversation look effortless. In reality, it’s anything but.
Naomi Fry, a critic and podcast host, had something to get off her chest.
“This is such a horrible thing to say, and probably many listeners will not like hearing this,” she began, speaking hesitantly. Her co-hosts, the fellow critics Vinson Cunningham and Alexandra Schwartz, leaned in from across a small, round table at a recording studio in Manhattan.
“I don’t like … philosophy?” Fry said, as if asking for permission.
Cunningham and Schwartz, who had joined Fry to discuss, in part, the book “Should We Go Extinct?” by the philosopher Todd May, burst into laughter. Soon Fry was laughing, too.
“I thought you were going to be like, ‘I think humans shouldn’t exist,’” Cunningham said.
“It’s just such a philistine thing to say, I feel,” Fry replied.
