On this episode of Off the Clock, I’m joined by my pal and ace reporter John. Here’s some of what we talk about:

First Question: What is your favorite song and why?

• imparting your taste onto your kids and why we do that
• kids destroying the cultural world of their elders, building it in their own image, and nostalgia
• the paranoia of early fatherhood
• the current state of news media and how he views his place inside it – is it still his dream job?
• how do you prepare for interviewing someone as high profile as Ringo Starr?
• why journalism should comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable, and why arts journalism still matters in times of large scale crisis
• we spend some time talking about the one and only Lynn Bartels (R.I.P.) at about the 31 minute mark
• the ethics of covering people you have a friendly relationship with, influencers, and the like
• how does John maintain his joie de vivre?
• falling asleep to horror movies and/or punk rock

Theme song by Sorry Sweetheart.

Logo by Nebulus Visions.

Produced by Deft Communications.

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Recorded at Prodigy Coffeehouse.