Episode 40
Episode 40: Vanessa Grigoriadis
Vanessa Grigoriadis, contributing editor at New York and Vanity Fair. On the art of the celebrity interview: "People are smart. Particularly these people. They're sitting there thinking, "When is she going to drop that question?" They know what you're do
May 8, 201349m 6s
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Show Notes
Vanessa Grigoriadis, contributing editor at New York and Vanity Fair.
On the art of the celebrity interview: "People are smart. Particularly these people. They're sitting there thinking, "When is she going to drop that question?" They know what you're doing. So the way I think about it is: let's have an actual, genuine, human, interesting conversation. ... [Journalists] have all sorts of schemes of what they think works for them. My scheme is no scheme."
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Grigoriadis on Longform
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