Hey, everybody. Zach St. Louis here, a producer of Question Everything. Once in a while we do a staff picks kind of thing here at Question Everything. It's like the staff pick shelf at the bookstore, which to give you a sense of what some of us are listening to over here. And my pick to share with you today is from a podcast called Talk Easy, hosted by Sam Fregoso. If you've never listened to Talk Easy, it's an interview show where Sam sits

down with all kinds of people. It's a lot of Hollywood types, actors, directors, writers. But he also

talks to artists, politicians, activists. And as you'll hear in this episode, I'm recommending,

journalists. I am a regular listener of this show, and to me, there two things that make a talk-easy interview really stand out.

The first is the crazy amount of research that Sam does to prepare for his interviews.

Like, if his guest said something in their college newspaper 25 years ago,

Sam has definitely read that and will probably ask them about it.

The second is how he leans into feelings.

Sam pushes his guests, respectfully, to look inward and figure out what's motivating them.

That's definitely on display in this episode, which is an interview with MSNBC host, Chris Hayes.

Sam interviewed Chris not long ago about the book he recently wrote called Sirens Call,

which is about all the ways that corporations are competing for our attention and how

that's affecting our lives. They wrestle with some real problems about how we're getting

our information and how companies are trying to keep us staring at our screens longer

and longer. It's scary and right on theme for question everything.

What I really liked about this interview is that Sam isn't just asking Chris to share what he

learned in reporting this book. He also holds Chris's feet to the fire as someone who has made a

career off of fighting for people's attention as a cable news anchor. It's interesting to hear

Chris try to square those two things in real time.

Even if I'm not sure I 100% agree with him,

we'll see if you agree with where he lands on that.

So with that, I leave you with this episode of Talk Heasy,

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