How we Record a Two-Guest Episode

Cover art for the smoke and stories episode

Two microphones, one room and a running order that leaves space for the conversation to wander.

A two-guest episode is a different animal. Someone always talks over someone else, and the fix is not a louder microphone: it is a running order that tells everybody when their turn is coming.

We record each guest on their own track, keep the room quieter than feels necessary, and leave the first four minutes as warm-up that never makes the edit.

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Archibald Northbottom

Host of the show and the voice you hear every Tuesday morning. Fifteen years behind a microphone, still convinced the best interview question is the one you did not plan.

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