Yeah, I watched it on the stream, and it contextualizes a lot.
The interview was not full-on jokey, but it was dry/acerbic and friendly. I would call it "playful sparring."
Interesting. To me MA's headline gave me the sense that Bartz must have signed off in disgust or something. But who can explain the motives of "stringers" (or whatever the title of blog employees who write headlines today).