'Never be afraid of silence, silence is very powerful.'

'Never be afraid of silence, silence is very powerful.'
A great quote, one that I believe is one of the most truthful ones out there. I also believe it should be applied to certain girls out there that have mouths like 7-11, but that's just me.
The last lecture happened to be audio. Annoying for some in that they have to rely solely on audio, great for others in that they don't have to attend a lecture. Personally, I was the latter in that I had to force myself to listen to audio for half an hour.
Regardless! The lecture was extremely interesting in that two incredibly smooth-voiced men gave generally good advice about pursuing stories and careers and radio/journalism. The first guest was Richard Findler, a radio host. Some of the most crucial parts that he talked about were:

• Radio is NOT like TV. TV is high impact in that it is entertaining, but it isn't easy to relate to. It generally comes through to you from a distance.

• Radio, on the other hand, tries its best to make YOU (the listener) feel like you're part of the conversation, and to keep you involved in it.

• Radio interviews are usually kept simplistic, like interviewing a celebrity: There would probably be about 7 minutes of total interviewing, excluding special cases (political debates, REALLY big celebrities on the show). 

• The key for making an interview entertaining is that the person is in a trustworthy, secure, safe interview. Act in an accusatory manner (much like political candidates do today) and the interviewee clams up or becomes defensive.

• What is important is that the viewer has to be genuinely interested to make it a story. 

• If someone's lying or fake, then we can smell it a mile away, it's much easier to lie on TV than on radio. (This I believe is due to TV changing how everything looks: The faces are different, the lighting is unnatural, and most of the words are at least half-scripted. On radio, there is only the voice, which is made more and more easy to hear, thus more easy to tell if they're fake/lying.)

(Not Richard Findler's exact words) You need a driving force, something energetic that makes you enthusiastic about working. Findler's force is (his words) that he wants to be useful, he wants to give his audience something, which gives him a sense of public service, and that's what keeps him energetic and happy, something that makes me energetic and happy because genuine honesty and reality seem to be fading more and more into the background these days.

Finally, due to the last post being much longer than necessary, I'll finish up now with a quick finisher and another interesting perk at the end for the longer readers.

Defining moments on radio: 

'Those moments when someone reveals something of themselves personally, and they've almost forgotten they've been on radio: that's been the magic moment.'

And now for the interesting video.