Terry Gross is the best regular interviewer in the US. She prepares well, is thoughtful and respectful, thinks on her feet, asks good follow-up questions, and focuses on getting the guest to talk.
I know this is subjective, and I don't need you to agree with my opinion. I'm only responding because I listened to her for almost two decades and have never been able to tell anyone these thoughts except for an undeserving ex-gf and a hapless hitchhiker.
> I could not disagree more.
Someone could talk too much and all of these things could still be true. Which part do you disagree with?
This is the part i disagreed with. All of your other statements serve to qualify this assertion. I have great respect for her staff, but i find her interview style over-the-top and self aggrandizing.
I think we must be listening to different shows. Can you link to an example interview where you think she talked too much?
Many other interviewers regularly interrupt their guests, and impose their own (often idiotic) opinions / ideology instead of letting the expert explain. Gross does not do this.
Normally that would be part of an endorsement...