Tag: interview

How To Prepare For ‘Spontaneous’ Interviews

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Mixing up the regular posts I do over at the Creative Choices Blog, and my coverage of the Edinburgh Fringe, I’ve been talking there this week about how I prepare for my interviews… the ones that sound rather scattershot and improvised, but still get to the point in the time needed… Many years ago, while doing some work at a local talk radio station, I was told by the lead presenter one of the lessons that was passed on to him… “preparation, dear boy, preparation, that is the key.” It’s a rule that I certainly take to heart, and one

Here Comes the Edinburgh Fringe Podcasts for 2008!

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Fringe podcast has started again – I suspect many of them will be cross posted here, but in case you want to be niceley organised, this is the RSS feed for just the Fringe material. The Edinburgh Fringe 2008 Show #1 (MP3 40.4 mb, 44 minutes 10 seconds) DOWNLOAD the podcast by right clicking on this link, or press play and listen in your browser. [audio:http://edinburghfringe.thepodcastnetwork.com/audio/tpn_eff08_20080801_01.mp3] Download MP3 – Show Notes – RSS Feed August the first, and the starting gun on both the Edinburgh Fringe and the Edinburgh Fringe Podcast has fired. Which means a month of daily podcasts

The Voice of S60 Podcast, from the S60 Summit

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More from the Nokia organised S60 Summit, here’s the interview Rafe and I did with Saara Bergstrom, who runs Nokia’s own podcast, the Voice of S60. It’s going over the news and issues at the Barcelona event, including the shocking news that the conference pens are of a much lower quality than previous years. Bah…. [audio:http://nds2.voiceofs60.nokia.com/fdp/voiceofs60/VoiceofS60_37_Rafe_Blandford_Ewan_Spence_28052008.MP3] Show Notes – MP3 File – RSS Feed

Marty Feldman, Chewbacca and the Desert Island Geek

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Looking for something light and fluffy for your Saturday listening? Then may I present the latest episode of Neil Dixon’s Desert Island Geek show. Described on the site as… “we invite one self confessed geek to spend a little time on the Island. But there’s a catch: they may only bring along a limited selection of geek items!,” the format should be familiar, with TV and Radio shows base around similar principles of getting people talking about things they like to find out more. [audio:http://m-uk.podshow.com/media/11749/episodes/111804/desertislandgeek-111804-05-10-2008.mp3] Desert Island Geek – Show Notes – MP3 File Note, this was recorded back in