Interviews

Way back in 2023, I was interviewed a couple of times, online.

One interview was with Elizabeth Schneider for the podcast at Wine for Normal People. This was Episode 424: “Using data to answer our most important questions about wine”. This podcast is currently up to Episode 586, and so my interview is somewhat buried, and you need to subscribe to hear it. So, I thought that I could also make an MP3 version of the episode available here. [Note: this may not work on all browsers.]



However, I also did an interview with The Wonderful World of Wine, hosted by Mark Lenzi and Kim Simone. This was Episode 249; and my interview can be freely found on their SoundCloud channel.

Tom Wark has a web page talking about: The art and craft of the interview and the rules for being interviewed. He lists 6 types of interview, which will largely determine what comes of the talk: Ten questions; The rambling conversation; The structured interview; The timely insight interview; The panel; The press conference. My interviews seem to be between types two and three.

Perhaps more importantly, Tom has three rules of being interviewed:
1. Don’t speak about things you know nothing about (it will be obvious when you do)
2. Know when to stop and don’t ramble (your points will be more memorable)
3. Don’t tamp down who you are to sound more authoritative (you want people to know YOU, not someone you want to be).