I will have to listen more carefully now! I also think a lot of context clues are missed since we just hear the interview, not see the interview.  They did a best-of celeb interviews during the holidays last December, if i remember correctly.

What has everyones favorite interview she's done been? I LOVE the one with Joanna something? she's married to a baseball player.  I die. So funny. 

 

Longtimelistener wrote:

Joanna Garcia Swisher? Something like that.

YES

I listened to maybe 30 seconds of the Jai interview.  I thought it was TERRIBLE!  I feel like her interviews are the definition of the word "bethos."

The reason I liked the Jai interview was that it wasn't a traditional interview style. It was cute and flirty.... The going by drink based on time of day was fun and had me lol'ing..... However I agree with what a few of you said saying the past few interviews sound like she's trying to prove she's still desirable to men or finds them attractive.

I don't like when she takes any chance to shit on America..... Especially if the interviewee is not from the US.

I cringe almost anytime she interviews a female because it sounds like either she's trying to one up the guest or impress them so they like her.... Her go to questions/phrases for female guests are:

"I think we are in an interesting time right now In (insert form of media) because ______"
"Can we be friends? I feel like we are best friends right now. Ha ha ha."
Some bodily function gets brought up
"How do you deal with haters. Because I have some internet trolls who hate on me."
Some sort of dig at her in laws
And now if the guest brings up being divorced she wants to make that the focus.... Like Alicia Quarles, she diverted a celeb gossip segment to talk about divorce.

WeddingBitch wrote:

YeahRightJackie wrote:

I listened to maybe 30 seconds of the Jai interview.  I thought it was TERRIBLE!  I feel like her interviews are the definition of the word "bethos."

They certainly are not her strong point. And anyone who thinks they are never heard a good interview.

 
Really? That's interesting. I enjoy Taylor's interviews. So I've never heard a good interview? Wow. I guess according to you, Howard's interviews must suck also. I saw Cheryl Strayed being interviewed live. Amazing. Powerful. Oh sorry, I forgot. According to you, I've never heard a good interview. Thanks for letting me know.

FKFriday wrote:

SoftPretzels wrote:

"I think we are in an interesting time right now In (insert form of media) because ______"
"Can we be friends? I feel like we are best friends right now. Ha ha ha."
Some bodily function gets brought up
"How do you deal with haters. Because I have some internet trolls who hate on me."
Some sort of dig at her in laws
And now if the guest brings up being divorced she wants to make that the focus.... Like Alicia Quarles, she diverted a celeb gossip segment to talk about divorce.

I swear you stole this from her notepad lol
 

 
lol!! The "I think we are in an interesting time right now" statement/question is by far one of the most annoying.....

I was noticing (this was with Jai) that the interview was much longer than most? Does she have leeway in the interview length if she is enjoying how it's going? 

I know someone wrote that they liked the "what would you drink at "x" time" bit, but I thought it got old after the first few drinks/times. Seriously? What adult is going to take someone as a serious industry person when they are supposed to be interviewing them about their new MOVIE and she's saying, "So, what would you drink at 9 am? How about 10? And noon? What about 2?"

I really thought Jai was trying hard to play along but I'm sure he was thinking, "Who the hell booked me this one? What does it have to do with Suicide Squad? Can I commit suicide right now so I can stop her babbling at me about changing my drink every hour? Does she have a drinking problem? If I go out drinking with her, I will definitely have a drinking problem!" 

I thought he handled it well and yeah, it was 'fun and flirty,' but why would she be fun and flirty if she's in a relationship with a young lady? To prove she's still 'got it' with both sexes? Even Katie called her on it....

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It started out as a fun question (can't remeber the context) but she just kept going and it got really old really quickly. You could start to feel the tension/uneasiness, it's just got super awkward.

Goldclutch wrote:

 Howard is a master. I could listen to hours of his celeb interviews. Even with people I don't care about.

I have to agree with you here....After a couple of you said this, I actually listened to him interviewing Gwen Stefani the other day and he was on point!  Even she was like "damn you did your research!"  I imagine she's done an interview or two before, so even she was impressed.  I often wonder if sometimes they're fed info, like Howard could def afford to have someone do his prep, but I think he might actually do it.

The amount of research that Howard does is far beyond any amount of work that Taylor or her "team" want to do. He knows about the persons childhood, all their previous work, their past, old relationships, actual stories about their life, people they've dated... You can tell he is interested in their story and actually cares about their responses. He's not waiting for them to finish speaking so that he can ask something else, or talk about himself. He makes them so comfortable that they talk about things that they normally would not. He's best there is.

piopio12 wrote:

Just playing devils advocate here: Howard makes millions of dollars he has a reward for doing "good work" after Kenny's periscope I'm questioning why anyone would want to work at Sirius as a full time job, but to the point, why put in extra effort to be prepared, etc, when financially you are getting F'ed over? Over the last couple of months people have said Kenny has been mailing it in, of course he would if he's making pennies! You don't do your best work if you feel taken advantage of!

 
Feeling undervalued at work is definitely demotivating- but you agreed to the pay when you accepted the job. I think the professional thing to do is continue to do the job to there very best of your ability until you land something else. That tends to be a good litmus test too- if you think you're underpaid but don't get substantially higher offers elsewhere or make more working for yourself, maybe you aren't as valuable as you thought.

Not saying Kenny was unprofessional, and he clearly has value because he's able to support his family with his own endeavors. I do however think Taylor should be wary of over-valuing herself at this point...she hasn't built a second career for herself the way Kenny has.

piopio12 wrote:

Just playing devils advocate here: Howard makes millions of dollars he has a reward for doing "good work" after Kenny's periscope I'm questioning why anyone would want to work at Sirius as a full time job, but to the point, why put in extra effort to be prepared, etc, when financially you are getting F'ed over? Over the last couple of months people have said Kenny has been mailing it in, of course he would if he's making pennies! You don't do your best work if you feel taken advantage of!

Yes, but Howard has earned that money through a lifetime of hard work and paying his dues. 

Taylor and her team have a good thing going - an unknown girl without any prior experience with her own radio show?  Heck, I'd be out there killing myself and building up credits for future opportunities, whatever the paycheck (BTW, Taylor probably makes a lot more than Kenny did since her name's on the show).  Sirius is holding up their end of the bargain by giving her a paycheck - is T holding up her end of providing high-quality content and bringing in more advertisers for the station?  

I'm nodding my head in agreement with everything you ladies are saying. Taylor is trying to ride the wave until something falls into her lap. You can't even compare Taylor to Howard. She's nowhere near his level of professionalism and success. 
For the work she does put in, it's just getting her by. If you want to move up, you bust your ass ala Howard. Maybe there isn't anywhere for her to go up to? And there is always the likelihood that she has something major in the works that she's biding her time until it starts.