Jeff Holmes: recommendation

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…It just captured something about him. I don’t know how many listeners that had. Katherine Rundell is one of my all-time favorites. Rick Rubin was a great deal of fun for me and a real honor. Noam Dworman — I thought we had very good rapport and back and forth, but they’re all underrated, I have to say, right? Lazarus Lake — that was one of those episodes. Every once in a while, there’s an episode where as soon as you listen to it, you think, “This is really special.” I would say Richard Prum was one of those episodes. I had the experience listening to the Lazarus Lake episode similar to that, where it’s like, “This is an all-timer for me.” There was something about it — the way that he was, the topics he was talking about — it was actually heartwarming and affirming, but there was also some good stuff in there about competition and self-improvement. I had a number of other people reach out to me, or they said it on Twitter, they told me in person, that Lazarus Lake was their favorite by far. I think clear number one pick, Lazarus Lake. If you haven’t listened to that one, check it out; it’s really good. The ones you mentioned are great. The other one that I would throw out there is Glenn Loury. Traffic-wise, it did fine, but if you haven’t listened to that one, it has one of the most unexpected, affecting endings of any Conversations with Tyler episode, where you ask him about death, and he gives a very genuine, from-the-heart answer, and it’s really compelling. It’s not a typical Tyler question. I don’t think this is one of your Talent questions, but why were you compelled to ask him about death? It’s one of our most moving episodes, but I think it is a Tyler question. How is it you feel you’re going to face death? I want to ask more people that one. It’s hard to B.S. in response to that question without sounding like an idiot. So that makes it a Tyler question. You get a sense of how thoughtful a person is, and how they respond on the fly because I don’t think too many people have a ready answer. You’re not used to hearing that in an interview. “Oh, and by the way, President Carter, how do you feel you’re going to face your own death?” It doesn’t come up that much.…

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