Why NPR conversations sound so fake: Reporter two-ways

This "training" document tries to convince reporters that they can have natural-sounding conversations on air, that are actually preplanned and fully scripted. Of course in practice, it is nearly impossible.

In fact, it seems a misplaced goal in the first place, for a news organization presenting itself as an authentic source of information, acting in the public interest -- to invest so much in a format that is fundamentally inauthentic.

Could this be part of the reason that listenership is declining?

LLM’s would work so much better.