4 weeks ago

Thanks for this fascinating interview and exceptional video edit. I was mesmerized with the behind the scenes details Charlie shared about the missions he was involved with. This was also one of Reagan’s best interviews. If I may, I’ll give some advice I’ve been thinking about for a while. (I do a few podcasts a year, and I have a blunders reel longer than William Henry Harrison’s inaugural address, so don’t take me too seriously or take any offense.) First, I suggest easing back on comments like “Wow, I never heard that before, I never thought of it like that before, That’s totally new to me” and so on. It gets distracting and a little tiresome. We all know Reagan is smart, but it seems he tries to hide that (maybe to show humility or to encourage his guest or to make the content seems more interesting) by showing surprise and wonder at the content being shared. There is a time for this, but I think most of the listeners would rather experience it for themselves without the host’s help. The host can be warm, but he should also be smart and a little skeptical. Secondly, if you interrupt the guest to make a comment, try to make sure the comment is going somewhere; otherwise, we’d rather have no comment at all. For some guests mirroring might be just what they need to gather their thoughts and launch into some details they had missed, but for other guests like Matt Landis, it seems like they have their agenda well laid out and at least for myself, I’m anxious for them to get on with it. Of course there are times to ask follow-up questions, make clarifications, and add meaningful points yourself, and I know how hard it is to do all these things well when the mics are on, so take this with a grain of salt. Hopefully that comes across as helpful and not critical. For all I know, other listeners are giving you the exact opposite advice. I enjoy and appreciate your podcast. Neil Weaver