Brandon's Buzz

I just discovered this podcast in the past year and I'm a big fan. Good interviewer with a diverse list of interview subjects that you don't hear from often enough. Brandon's interview style is thoughtful and probing. He can be hyperbolic at times but I take that to be his inner fanboy geeking out about the people he interviews, often people he's admired for a long time. His enthusiasm and passion for this is evident and contagious!

It is wonderful to listen to so many different interviews. It isn't just soap opera people that Brandon interviews, he also interviews singers. With the Pam Long interview, I do wish that he had asked, or, had brought up the fact that Jay Hammer's character had interacted heavily with the Bauer and Reardon families his first two years on the show. Something that Long's critics tend to ignore or dismiss. Also, frequently ignored by Long's critics (re: the Bauers) is that she was responsible for developing/co-developing the characters of Rick and A-M, two members of the Bauer family, into fan favorites.

Brandon interviews a cool array of people. He clearly puts a lot of work into his preparation, which makes the resulting interviews both informative and fun. If you're interested in pop culture, especially in the arenas of music and television, you won't be disappointed. This is a new endeavor, so he's still learning as he's going, but it is already so professionally done that I'm looking forward to seeing where this will go in the future! Keep more episodes coming!

I love Brandon's introductions. I don't think that I have ever heard introductions that were so well prepared and thought-out. Even the people he interviews almost always comment on his intro of them. While I do enjoy Brandon and his questions, I feel at times that there are pauses that are uncomfortably long between the time that the guest answers the question and the time that Brandon asks another one. Often times the guest is not sure if he/she is still connected and that makes it uncomfortable to listen to the dead air. That is the only negative that I have. The rest of it is extremely positive. Again, I love his intros. I almost always learn more about the person interviewed than I had ever known before. I also love the fact that he has many diffrent genres of guests. Although many are soap actors, which I love, they are not the same ones that everyone interviews, making it more interesting. Gloria Loring, Joan Van Ark, Michael Bruno, just to name a few, were very well done. Thanks, Brandon