This may surprise you, but I played with the jazz great Les McCann. I didn’t play music with him, though. I played tennis. So when I heard that he died late last year, I dug…
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One of the pleasures of teaching at PLNU is that I get to meet great students who become famous Hollywood directors! Here’s my story about Destin Daniel Cretton, director of the new Marvel Universe movie…
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Earlier this year the San Diego Union-Tribune had me as a guest on its podcast called Name Drop San Diego. They called me a “Journalism Guru” in the headline. The timing of the program was…
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In the middle of all of the disruption and pain and loss and confusion and uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is at least something we can savor. I wrote about it in the San…
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Two podcasts have posted recently, where the host talked with me about the art and craft of conducting great interviews. One was with a management/leadership resources company in London, England, called Mind Tools, and the…
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When Rachel Held Evans was barely 30 years old, she came to our Writer’s Symposium By The Sea to talk about blogging, ideas, and evolving faith. Here’s my interview with her. Maybe my favorite line…
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I got to celebrate Indie Bookstore Day on April 27 with the great gang at La Playa Books in Point Loma. They featured my new book, Talk To Me: How To Ask Better Questions, Get…
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This time it was Rob’s turn. I have interviewed Rob Bell twice — once for a magazine a long time ago, and again in 2011 for our Writer’s Symposium By The Sea, just as his…
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My new book “Talk To Me: How To Ask Better Questions, Get Better Answers, and Interview Anyone Like A Pro” just came out from HarperCollins, and it’s getting some good response! It’s both a practical…
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I talked to Eugene Peterson on the phone earlier this year, inviting him to an event I was trying to organize in San Diego. I asked him if he’d be willing to come. “No,” he…
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