Rob McGinley Myers is the host for Anxious Machine. He is partof The Heard, which is a podcast collective of several differentand awesome shows. The best way to describe Rob’s podcast is it’s ashow about the impact of technology on our everyday lives. Rob’sinterview style really brings out a lot of gems in people. We talkabout the impact technology has on kids, his podcast style, and hisweightless journey.

Show Highlights

• 04:45 – Podcasting is a medium andnot a genre.
• 06:45 – Rob doesn’t listen topodcasts on an increased speed.
• 08:00 – What was the first podcastRob listened to?
• 09:15 – Should we separate radiopublishers versus independent podcasters in a differentcategory?
• 10:05 – How can Apple make thediscovery process easier?
• 12:35 – What’s Rob’s story?
• 16:20 – How did Rob get intopodcasting?
• 18:15 – Podcast Movement was greatthis year.
• 20:00 – What is Third Coast?
• 23:30 – What is The Heard?
• 27:15 – As the show gets better,does Rob feel more pressure in finding better guests?
• 31:40 – Rob explains what Love andRadio does.
• 32:15 – Rob talks about how hecame to create one of his podcast episodes.
• 35:50 – Does Rob worry about howtechnology impacts his kid’s lives?
• 37:20 – In the article, TheTouch-Screen Generation, the author conducts an experiment to seeif her child would eventually get bored of the iPad.
• 39:35 – What’s Rob’s ‘studio’setup?
• 40:55 – Rob loves reading hisstories in front of people.
• 48:50 – People are more likely toreveal certain things about themselves in audio form.
• 51:15 – How does Rob bring outsuch great stories in people?
• 54:00 – Rob talks about S2:E2 –All My Days Have Been Guns
• 59:00 – Rob talks on how studyingcomparative literature has helped his podcast.
• 01:00 – What’s Rob’s AnxiousMachine’s story?
• 01:03 – Rob used to be overweightand believes being overweight is a math problem.
• 01:11 – Rob makes a consciouseffort to interview very different people.
• 01:13 – What’s the story behindusing the title S2:E5 – These Things Is Miracles?
• 01:18 – What do Rob’s studentsthink of his podcast?
• 01:19 – Rob is both surprised andnot surprised about his podcast show.

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