I love the people you interview and the topics are important and timely. However your interviewing skills need honing. Two major issues. First, you intrude your thoughts and opinions and “witty” comments far too often. Especially now that you’ve been interviewed we don’t need to hear from you. You did this to distraction with the recovered addict. He was kind and even thanked you for saying what he was getting at, but as a listener I found it very distracting and inappropriate on your part. Second, you frequently ask double-barreled and even triple-barreled questions. E.g., “What did you learn from this experience, what is the take-away for you?” Which question do you want him to answer since there may well be two distinct answers. I was a university researcher and teacher. Especially as a qualitative researchers who did interviews with individuals and couples, I learned how you need to ask a simple, straightforward question, pause and let them answer it and then and only then ask a follow up question if I wanted more clarity or detail. Although I was a professor of family life I never would tell them what they needed to do, etc. listen to the guy on 99pi. He does great interviews.

Great work landing the best American columnist in the past 50 years as a guest. Fascinating commentary on politics in the era of Trump.

Wow - I was riveted during the entire interview of the first podcast I listened to. So many podcasts are 15 minutes of idea fluffed into 45 minutes of air. This is the reverse. Matheson makes great use of my time while engaging me in some of the important questions of the day.

What a man! Boyd’s unique experience and kind approach makes politics palatable. I love listening to his stuff.

This podcast has found its way onto my essentials list. Boyd’s insights are always 3 things: insightful, refreshing, and timely. After listening, I feel informed enough to carry conversations about the week’s hot topics. You can tell that Boyd has a great relationship with each of his guests, which makes them open up and speak candidly. I won’t miss an episode of this podcast and neither should you if you want to learn from the best!

Boyd’s commentary tries to be insightful but often comes across like a 1980’s LDS General Conference talk. Just be yourself Boyd and people will like you.