The hubris of Today presenters.

No one needs to apologise Ailidh. I doubt everyone (anyone?) would agree with me that one of the best interviews ever was Jimmy Young's interview with Margaret Thatcher. Why? Because he let her talk with just a bit of directing the conversation. We learned so much more because of this.

The idea that the interviewer has to beat up each interviewee because "we are running out of time", as they so often say, is ridiculous. It's a choice the programmers make about what sort of programme they want. I'm not surprised that chatty podcasts have become popular.

That’s the key imo, good interviewers encourage their subject to talk. That means good listening with an occasional forensic question

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No one needs to apologise Ailidh. I doubt everyone (anyone?) would agree with me that one of the best interviews ever was Jimmy Young's interview with Margaret Thatcher. Why? Because he let her talk with just a bit of directing the conversation. We learned so much more because of this.

The idea that the interviewer has to beat up each interviewee because "we are running out of time", as they so often say, is ridiculous. It's a choice the programmers make about what sort of programme they want. I'm not surprised that chatty podcasts have become popular.

I did like Jimmy Young. People thought he was a lightweight interviewer but he certainly got a lot more out of people, perhaps more than they intended, because he didn't interrupt, wasn't at all aggressive, just a little prompting to keep it on track.

I disliked Jimmy Young but I’d bring him back instantly to replace the loathsome Jeremy Vine

It seems that I am not alone in regularly reaching for the off-switch in the morning.
Rajan's interviewing style is appalling as well as speaking so quickly that he falls over with so many words that it turns into a gabble.
Not the right job for him I think -
unfortunately I find the alternative National radio news programmes cringeworthy.