#42 chatting passerby magazine with founder Clémence Polès
from the Interviewing Interviewers archive
One of the first things you can know about me is that interviews fascinate me. To a degree, I think they appeal to my perennial fixation with studying the ways people interact, down to how they play with their hands or avert their gaze as they ponder a question. Magic happens when someone is asked a question for the first time. Recently, going down the rabbit hole of Colin and Samir, Matt Alagiah, Zane Lowe, and their guests, reminded me of a series I launched last year and tucked away.
Interviewing Interviewers stemmed from a simple curiosity: what would it be like to, for once, interview those who interview others? I revel in observing their methodologies, fallbacks, lines of inquiry, knowing that one small detail changes the arc of a story. Gleaning the story they try to tell eagerly, and noticing how their own personalities, interests, and views come to light, I wonder if they desired to be asked, too. Intrinsically, I was motivated by the fact that I would get to talk to the peo…
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