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Being 'On': David Talbot, Nick Bryant, and Guest Performance
from 2017, A Year Of Love And Peace · #76
Audio-only archive episode — no video to seek.
3 minContinuing the media-guest thread, they discuss the importance of being engaging in interviews, praising Nick Bryant as a great, unsettling guest, and touching on David Talbot's stroke recovery and other guests who didn't perform well on their show.
- 18:38Tim defines what he means by being "on" — the ability to elevate yourself when given opportunities like a live podcast.
- 19:17David Talbot, who came on to discuss The Devil's Chessboard, is a sweet guy but was recovering from a stroke at the time.
- 19:53Nick Bryant was a great guest with pretty scary material, and things got even scarier when the mics went off.
- 20:28Tim explains that people who write about dark areas are permanently affected, pointing to Bryant as someone visibly changed by his research.