‘I think of it as anti-brain rot’: how our podcast team creates space for thought

The journalists behind our new show Radical Thinking wanted audiences to experience a guest’s thought processes rather than simply hear their hot takes. But achieving this required a very different approach

It doesn’t often happen during interviews. Something inside the person starts shifting. Fresh ideas get forged in real time.

Our new podcast series Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty has already managed to generate many such moments. Each time it happens, you can almost hear the expression changing on the guest’s face. At one point, I switched from audio to video to witness the change and then watch as they refined their thoughts.